NRS-16699 | Programme and Lesson Registers [Cessnock West Public School]

Programme and Lesson Registers constitute a programme of the teaching intended to be undertaken in each term, and are written up in advance of the term. Separate formats are provided for Infants’ School and Primary School grades. Each volume of the Primary registers covers an academic year. The class is normally, but not invariably, indicated on the front cover of the volume. There is an introductory page setting out the name of the school, 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 two-page section 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. The exact amount of space allocated to each subject varies slightly over time, but typically a four-page double spread is provided for each term’s programmes in English, three-page spreads for Mathematics and Social Studies, and single pages under the headings Health and Physical Education, Natural Science, Music, and Art and Handicrafts/Needlework. Each subject is further broken up under such sub-headings as (for instance) Literature, Language, Expression, any of which may be further broken down into such areas as Handwriting, Vocabulary Building and Grammar. A column for recording variations in the planned programme is provided at the right-hand side of each opening.The Infants’ School registers are in a similar, but not identical, format. There is a three-page spread for each term’s English programmes, one-and-a-half pages are allotted to Music, and half- to one-page spreads to other subjects. With slight variations from year to year, the weekly programme is set out under the following subjects: English, Arithmetic, Natural Science (or Nature Study), Scripture, Social Studies, Music, Health Education, Physical Education, Art and Handicrafts (or Handwork), and Developmental and Creative Activities.Along with the registers for individual classes, this series includes two Needlework Programme registers. These differ from the normal type of Programme and Lesson Register in that they deal only with one subject of teaching, they cover (on successive pages) all the classes of the Primary School, and that each volume presents the Needlework programme for several successive years.This series is represented by Infants’ School registers for the years 1957-1970, Primary School registers for 1965-1967, and Needlework Programme registers for 1959-1964 (in two volumes). Not every class is represented in any given year.