NRS-17310 | Punishment Book [Woolooma Public School]

Regulations under the Public Schools Act of 1866, adopted by the Council [of Education] 27 February 1867 regulated the punishment of children in schools by stipulating: “In the government of the pupils, all degrading and injurious punishments are to be avoided. The Teacher’s discipline must be mild but firm, his manner kindly, his demeanour cheerful and calculated to gain the confidence of his pupils, and his language marked by strict propriety. While he should overlook no offence, his aim should be to prevent the necessity for punishment by the improvement of the offender.”In relation to corporal punishment the regulations continue: “Corporal punishment should be inflicted in extreme cases only, and then as a last resource; and the teacher must keep a record of the time and place at which pupils were corporally chastised, the amount of such punishment and the nature of the offence.”Uniform stationery soon evolved to enable compliance with these regulations. These punishment books are registers of all cases in which corporal punishment was given to pupils. The information they detail includes: the pupil’s name; age; nature of offence; amount of punishment (i.e. number of strokes); by whom sent; the date of the punishment; and by whom the punishment was inflicted.No cases of corporal punishment have been recorded in this volume, which contains only the signature of the Inspector of Schools in token of its having been viewed by him on the occasion of his visits to the school between 1964 and 1970, and further entries by the Teacher-in-Charge confirming that no cases had occurred down to July, 1972. It therefore appears that there were probably no cases of corporal punishment administered at this school during the entire period of its operation.

1866年《公立学校法》（Public Schools Act of 1866）项下的监管条例，经教育委员会（Council of Education）于1867年2月27日表决通过，对学校惩戒学生的行为作出了明确规制，其中规定："在管理学生的过程中，一切有辱人格且具有伤害性的惩戒方式均应被禁止。教师的管教手段需温和而坚定，态度和蔼可亲，举止从容愉悦，以赢得学生的信任，其言谈举止必须严守礼仪规范。教师虽不应姑息任何违纪行为，但其核心目标应是通过感化违纪者，从根源上避免动用惩罚的必要。"针对体罚（Corporal punishment），该条例进一步补充规定："体罚仅可在极端情形下作为最后惩戒手段予以使用；教师必须留存完整记录，载明学生遭受体罚的具体时间、地点、体罚强度以及违纪行为的性质。"为契合上述条例的合规要求，统一制式的体罚登记文书很快得到普及。此类体罚登记册完整记录了所有对学生施加体罚的案例，其所记载的信息包括：学生姓名、年龄、违纪行为类型、体罚强度（即鞭笞次数）、下达惩戒指令的人员、体罚实施日期以及具体实施体罚的人员。本卷未留存任何体罚案例的记录，仅包含学校督察的签名，用以证明其于1964年至1970年巡校期间审阅过本卷；另有负责教师的补充登记内容，证实截至1972年7月，该校始终未发生过体罚事件。由此可见，该校在整个运营周期内，大概率未曾实施过任何体罚行为。