NRS-15919 | Class roll book [Back Station Creek 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.

依据1867年2月27日颁布的《1866年公立学校法案》（Public Schools Act of 1866）第17条之规定，班级点名册需依规留存。该册本逐日记录每名学生的在校出勤情况。
该系列点名册的格式长期保持统一。册本的设计逻辑为：每组对开页用于记录单个班级在一个季度内的出勤情况。页面以垂直方向划分为多列，每5列为一组，对应每周5个教学日。每列的表头标注当日日期（日与月），学生的出勤情况将登记在对应姓名旁的列中。
点名流程通常每日进行两次，分别为上午和下午；每名出勤学生将被标记一笔符号。若学生姓名旁出现完整叉号（X），则代表其全日出勤；若仅为单斜杠（/或），则仅代表其上午或下午出勤。其中，‘S’代表因病缺勤，‘L’代表经批准的缺勤，‘A’代表未说明原因的缺勤。
除出勤记录外，登记在册的每名学生信息还包括：其在入学登记册中的姓名与编号、年龄、上一次督导评估时所在班级、宗教信仰派别、应缴学费与欠费金额，以及各季度的累计出勤总次数。
通常依照册本的基础格式，每组对开页用于单个班级的出勤记录，也可为班级内的男女生分别使用独立对开页。不过单个册本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。