NRS-17146 | Programme and Lesson Registers [Pelican Flat Public School]

Each teacher maintained a programme and lesson 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. 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. For Primary grades, there is normally a four-page spread for each term’s English programmes, three-page spreads for Mathematics and Social Studies, and half- to one-page spreads for other such subjects as Natural Science (or Nature Study), Music, Art, Handicrafts/Needlework (or Handwork), and possibly also Health and Physical Education. For Infants grades, there may be a three-page spread for English, and half- to one-page spreads for Arithmetic, Social Studies, Music, Health Education, Physical Education, and Art and Handicrafts. These arrangements may vary slightly from year to year. The teacher completed lessons on all of these topics in the course of each week.