NRS-20644 | Class roll [Goonoowigall Public School]

The Class Roll Books were required to be kept under Regulations in accordance with the Public Schools Act of 1866, issued on 27 February 1867, s. 17. They give a day-by-day record of each pupil's attendance at school.The format of the Roll Books remains consistent over time. The volumes are designed to allow for each double-page opening to constitute the record for one class during one quarter of the year. Pages are divided vertically into columns, which are organised in groups of five, representing school weeks of five days each. Each column is headed with the date (day and month), and the attendance of each pupil is recorded in that column against the pupil's name. Rolls were normally called twice daily, morning and afternoon, and one bar of a cross was entered for each pupil present, so that a complete cross (X) against a pupil's name indicates that they were present all day, while a single stroke (/ or \) indicates their presence only for a morning or afternoon. An 'S' was absence from sickness, 'L' was absence with an approved reason, and 'A' was for an unexplained absence. In addition to their attendance record, the information recorded about each pupil includes their name and number in the admission register, their age, class at last inspection, and religious denomination, the fees due for them and fees in arrears, and their total attendance in each quarter.Normally each opening is used for a single class, as the basic format of the volumes provides, or separate openings are used for the girls or boys of each class. Individual volumes, however, may be used to record the attendance in either one class or several.This series from Goonoowigall Public School is represented by a single volume.

班级点名册需依据1867年2月27日发布的《1866年公立学校法案》第17条的相关规定进行留存归档。此类名册详细记录了每名学生在校的每日出勤情况。
该类点名册的格式长期保持统一。每册点名册的设计均为：每期（季度）单个班级的出勤记录可占据一套对开页面。页面以纵向划分为若干列，每五列为一组，对应每周五个教学日。每列顶部标注日期（日和月），每名学生的出勤情况将记录在对应姓名旁的该列单元格内。
校方通常每日进行两次点名（上午、下午各一次），学生出勤一次则在其姓名旁记录一横；若姓名旁为完整叉号（X），则表示该生当日全天出勤；若仅为单斜杠（/或），则表示该生仅上午或下午出勤。标注'S'代表该生因病缺勤，'L'代表因获批事由缺勤，'A'代表无故缺勤。
除出勤记录外，名册中每名学生的登记信息还包括：其在入学登记册中的姓名与编号、年龄、上一次督导检查时所在班级、宗教教派、应缴学费、欠费金额，以及各季度的总出勤时长。
按照册本的基础格式，每套对开页面通常仅对应单个班级，也可拆分页面分别记录该班级内男生与女生的出勤情况。但单册点名册既可用于记录单个班级的出勤情况，也可用于记录多个班级的出勤情况。
本次收录的古努维加尔公立学校（Goonoowigall Public School）系列点名册仅包含单册。