NRS-16885 | Programme and Lesson Registers [Kahibah Public School]

Each teacher maintained a programme and lessons register for their class. The programme register covered an academic year. There is an introductory page setting out the name of the school, the grade, the dates of the terms, the average age of the pupils, the name of the teacher and the date of assignment to the class. The volumes are sub-divided into terms. At the end of each term is an unstructured page headed “Remarks.” The programme is otherwise set out in pre-printed pages. At the left-hand edge of each verso page is a column marked with week numbers. There is a four- or even five-page spread for each term’s English programmes, three-page spreads for Mathematics and Social Studies, and half- to one-page spreads for other subjects. With slight variations from year to year, the weekly programme is set out under the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Scripture, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education, Natural Science, Music, Art and Handicrafts/Needlework. The teacher completed lessons on all of these topics in the course of each week.