3 January.
Re-opened school today.

Poetry for this year

St 1 "Good Night"
St 2 "The Harper" "Hunting Song"
St 3 "Miller of Dee" "Hunting Song"
St 4 "Excelsior" "Lord Ullin's Daughter"
St 5 "Napolean and the Sailor" "Mariners of England"
St 6 "How they brought" "The Cloud"
"To Autumn"

Approved by Mr. Colson H.M.I.S.

23 January.
Sent Bertha, Lottie and Edith Hutchinson home today because their brother is suffering from scarletina.

28 January.
Received report today of which the following is a copy.

Discipline is satisfactory and elementary subjects have been fairly well taught. Writing and Spelling are the most satisfactory of these subjects but copybooks have not received due attention. In class subjects Poetry was fairly known but not well recited but Grammar had evidently been taught with considerable care and intelligence. On the whole this subject fairly deserved the higher grant. Geography was well and intelligently in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Standards but in the First, Second and Third Standards was not by any means satisfactory. I recommend the good merit grant this year but to ensure the same recommendation next year improvement, especially in the directions pointed out, will be looked for.
The infants have been taught the elements of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic fairly well. The lower grant can only be recommended foe singing for while great pains had been taken in practising the notes; the songs have been entirely neglected.
T. Jaques has passed fairly but should attend to geography.

Staff
Jas. A. Ferrier, Cert. Teacher.
M. E. Wright, Assist and sewing.
T. Jaques, Pupil teacher, fourth Year.
W. Green, Pupil teacher, First year.

30 January.
Many children still away suffering from scarletina, measles, itch etc.

12 February.
Sent George Wright home this morning on account of an infectious skin rash.

16 March.
Was obliged to send about a dozen children home this morning for school fees.

19 March.
School half empty and work almost at a standstill.

15 April.
Sent after Joseph Archer and found him truanting

22 April.
Monthly Examination today of both First and Second Standards, bad results.

30 April.
Have begun cards in Standard 3 Arithmetic.

14 May.
Examined arithmetic in Standard 3 with on the whole satisfactory results.

27 May.
Took standards one and two in Arithmetic this afternoon and found standard one backward but standard two show progress.

18 June.
Very poor attendance today it being Birkin Missionary Meeting.
Shock of earthquake this morning.

2 July.
Very close weather, a few children away peapulling which is becoming general.

4 August.
Great Yorkshire Show at Selby and wretched attendance.

18 August.
Many children are away harvesting this week and as a consequence the attendance is very poor, shall in all probability break up for the harvest this week.

24 September.
Many pupils away blackberrying.

28 September.
Bad attendance on account on Hensall Feast.

8 October.
T Jacques away from school today he having accidentally hurt himself this morning.

16 October.
Beal Feast today and as usual gave holiday from noon.

29 October.
Examined upper classes in Grammar this morning with fair results.

3 November.
A good number of pupils absent gathering potatoes.

26 November.
Examined upper classes in Arithmetic with fair results.

30 November.
Kellington Feast so gave half-holiday in afternoon as usual.

24 December.
Broke up this morning until Monday.

29 December.
Fair attendance this week considering everything.

Number on Books 1885.

March 16 -------------------------138.
March 27 -------------------------140.
April 17 ----------------------------141.
May 1 ------------------------------144.
May 8 ------------------------------145.
June 5 -----------------------------145.
June 26 ---------------------------144.
October 30 -----------------------144.

1886 1886 1886 1886 1886

1 January.
New Year's Day, gave holiday.

19 January.
I have to complain of the negligence of my Pupil Teacher, William Green, with respect to causing the bell to be rung in proper time every morning.

26 January.
School inspected by Mr. Aldis.

1 February.
Gave half and full time certificates to those who have earned them.

2 February.
Poetry for the Standards

Standard 1 "Good Night"
Standard 2 "The Harper" "Hunting Song"
Standard 3 "Miller of Dee" "Hunting Song"
Standards 4, 5, 6. "Lass of the Birkenhead" "The Old Clock"
"The Slave's Dream"

16 February.
Received report today of which the following is an exact copy.

Reading is hurried and inaccurate. In handwriting attention should be paid to joiners. Spelling is weak and Arithmetic in the sixth and seventh standards is inaccurate. Parsing is well taught. The Geographical Readers are ill suited to the code and whilst there is intelligent and thorough knowledge in the first class, maps are and the lower classes still below good. Sewing needs care. The behaviour of the children is good save that the awkward shyness of the elder girls is painful to see and the bearing of the children might in many ways be improved.

The infants make good progress in their elementary work and the tone of the class is very pleasing.
T. Jaques has passed fairly. He should be informed that he is now qualified under Article 50 but can only qualify himself under Article 52 by passing satisfactory the examination under Article46.

W. Green - History.
B. E. Hutchinson - Failure.

Staff

Jas. Alex. Ferrier - Cert Master.
Maria E. Wright - Asst.
W. Green - P. T. Second Year.
B. Hutchinson - Monitor.

2 March.
A terrific snowstorm yesterday and today, only 43 present this morning. As the snow still continues to fall I have given holiday this afternoon.

18 March.
Began beadwork in infant's room.

22 March.
On going into the classroom this morning about 11-45 I found my pupil teacher W. Green who had then two classes under his care learning his own home lessons, his classes of course having no supervision whatsoever. This is by no means the first instance of gross neglect on his part.

31 March.
Bertha Hutchinson has been absent for the last two days.
20 April.
Examined Standard 4 this morning in Grammar with good results.

12 May.
Took Standard 1 in Arithmetic, found addition good and gave first lesson in subtraction.

24 May.
Bertha Hutchinson away from toothache.

31 May.
Only moderate attendance today on account of Whitley Anniversary.

4 June.
A funeral at Kellington this afternoon has taken a number of children away from school
Gave Standard 4 an arithmetical test this morning which was very well done.

15 June.
Very poor attendance today on account of sports at Pontefract to which many of the children have gone.

22 July.
A number of children went to Eggborough Feast yesterday afternoon and today.

5 July.
Lena Makin, monitress, began a month's trail today.

9 July.
The average this week has suffered very much from the beginning of peapulling, many having been away all this week from that cause.

3 August.
Reopened school this morning with a scanty attendance, only 87 being present. peapulling will not be finished until the end of this week.

10 August.
Have decided for reasons given below to withhold the following from inspection next January.
Rosanna Moore, Standard 1 - weak intellect.
George Pogmore, Standard 1 - weak intellect.
Hannah Briggs - bad eyesight.

24 August.
Scarlet fever has broken out in the village.

26 August.
Scarlet fever is still confined to the two families in which it broke out.

31 August.
The attendance this week is wretchedly bad, harvesting operations having begun in Birkin and neighbourhood taking all the children away.

7 October.
Emmersons and Wrights still away with scarlet fever.

14 October.
Many of the Kellington children away yesterday attending the funeral of Rosa Rhodes.

2 November.
A few pupils away on account of the potato harvest.

30 November.
Gave holiday yesterday afternoon and this afternoon for Kellington Feast.

14 December.
Was obliged to cane H. Gunton severely this afternoon a bad, disobedient and unpromising lad.

21 December
A great many children away today gathering corn according to a local custom.

27 December.
Shocking attendance today, a pigeon shooting match in Beal being the attraction.

31 December.
Poor attendance today, many away Xmas gifting.

Numbers on Books 1886.

March 26 -------------------131.
June 11 ----------------------140.
June 18 ----------------------141.
July 9 -------------------------142.
August 27 -------------------146.

1887 1887 1887 1887 1887

11 January.
School almost empty today, a thaw having rendered the roads almost impassable.

12. Jan 1887
For next year
Geo 4. 5. 6. British Empire
C W Aitchins

24 January.

Poetry for the Standards

Standard 1 "Good Night'
Standard 2 "The Harper" "Hunting Song"
Standard 3 "Miller of Dee" "Hunting Song"
Standard 4 5 6 Selection from "Lady of the Lake"

10 February.
The following is an exact copy of the Inspector's Report for 1886.

Mixed School.
The children are orderly and they have passed a very satisfactory examination. There is evidence of much careful and intelligent teaching. The paper work might be more neat and careful and the first standard read poorly. I thought they answered well in Geography, they showed very little intelligence in other subjects. The maps drawn at the inspection were very poor but in viva voce Geography the children showed that they had been very intelligently taught.
Infant's Class
The infants are taught with much kindness but stricter discipline might be maintained. The attainments are on the whole very fair. The room should be kept tidier and all dirty and worn out cards be removed. A good cupboard would be useful.

W. Green has passed fairly.

Staff
Jas. Alex. Ferrier First Division Cert Master.
Maria E. Wright Asst.. (Art 84).
William Green P. T. Third Year.
Lena Makin P. T. First Year.

16 February.
Measles has broken out in the village and the complaint is spreading with the most alarming rapidity.

21 February.
School almost empty today, measles seem to exist in almost every family in Beal and are spreading in Kellington and Birkin as well.

28 March.
Reopened school today after having been closed by the Medical Authorities for five weeks on account of measles. Most of the children have recovered, 113 being present at the opening.

5 April.
Whites broken out in measles this week and away from school.
Given Standard 1 to Green and Standard 3 to Miss Makin.
Caned A Archer for playing truant.

11 April.
Easter Monday, moderate attendance. Gave holiday this afternoon instead of the usual whole day.

20 April.
Caned Fred Brown and Charles Pea for truanting.

27 April.
There are only 86 children present this morning, the remainder staying away on account of a wedding at Beal.

5 May.
Took Standard 3 for a first lesson in money sums.

9 May.
Grace Johnson (8) who attended school on Friday apparently quite well died on Saturday night. She was a most docile and intelligent child.

10 May.
Most of Kellington children away attending the funeral of the above. Scarlet fever is reported to have broken out among the children, have informed the sanitary officers of this fact.

17 May.
Many children away, those at Kellington attending the funeral of a child who died from scarlet fever on Sunday.

26 May.
There is a very scanty attendance this week, many are away ill but scarletina does not seem to be spreading.

21 June.
Jubilee Day, no school.

22 June.
Children's tea and games after school today, 170 present.

24 June.
Average for this week has been affected by the Jubilee celebrations in the surrounding villages, 95.2.

29 June.
Peapulling going on today and bad attendance.

1 July.
Examined Standard 2 this morning with fair results in Reading and Arithmetic and bad results in Writing, the Spelling being very weak.

8 July.
Broke up school this morning for three weeks peapulling holiday.

1 August.
Opened school today, wretched attendance.

5 August.
School closed again for a fortnight on account of harvest and scarletina.

22 August.
Re-opened school today with fair attendance, a few still away with scarletina.

30 August.

Perhaps it would be as well now that the school is again getting into something like working order to give a brief resume of the difficulties which the school and staff have laboured since the Examination last January. At the beginning of February measles broke out among the children, at first in a mild form afterwards with a virulence which caused the school to be closed for five weeks by order of the Medical Authorities. On reopening on March 28 it was found that although the bulk of the children had recovered there were many lingering cases left. In fact the epidemic was not finally stamped out until the beginning of May. On May 9 Grace Johnson, a child In Standard 2 died suddenly after a few hours illness she having been in school the day before. The cause of death was found out to be scarlet fever which now went the round of the children following the wake of the measles. On July 8 the school broke up for three weeks peapulling holiday. On resuming on August 1 it was found that scarlet fever was still raging and this combined with the beginning of the harvest decided the Board to close again for another two weeks. This combination of circumstances has had a most prejudicial effect on the school work which is extremely backward and it will require an excellent attendance during the next four months to rub off arrears of work and bring the school to anything like proficiency.

6 September.

List of Object lessons

Frog Corn Ostrich
Rabbit Sugar Reindeer
Clay Beehive Whale
Money Cow Wool
Birds Gold Cotton
Flowers Coal Salt
Houses Butterfly

23 September.
Many children have been away this week gathering blackberries.

17 October.
Beal Feast, half holidays today and tomorrow.

20 October.
Caned H. Lee this afternoon for truanting.

26 October.
Fresh cases of scarletina have occurred in Beal, Birkin and Kellington. Have taken Standard 1 this week into my own care completely as they are in a deplorably backward condition.

3 November.
Pontefract Statutes today and very poor attendance.

18 November.
In scarlet fever this week.

25 November.
Standard 1 making good progress and all classes showing improvement.

28 November.
Kellington Feast and only 89 present this morning, gave usual half holiday in afternoon.
The following children will be withheld from Exam for sub-joined reasons.

J Stacey /
M Coney / Weak intellect
J Goddard /

W Baxter /
J Foster / Delicate
A Goddard /

W Lee / Bad eyesight

6 December.
Examined upper standards in Arithmetic with excellent results in Standard 3 and bad results in 4 and 5.

13 December.
Examined Standard 4 in Arithmetic with good improved results.

21 December.
St. Thomas' Day, most of the children begging corn - 72 and 89 present.

26 December.
Holiday today

Number on Books 1887.

February 11 ---------------150.
May 14 ---------------------149.
July 1 -----------------------143.
September 16 ------------134.
December 2 --------------129.

1888 1888 1888 1888 1888

4 January.
Examined Standard 1 today with fair results.

12 January.
Visited by Mr. Simpson, School Inquiry officer. Very thick foggy day

20 January.

Poetry for Standards.

Standard 1 "Good Night and Good Morning"
Standard 2 "The Harker" "The Violet"
Standard 3 "The Miller of Dee" "The Hunting Song"
Standard 4/5/6 Selection from "Marmion"

26 January.
School inspected by Mr. Hitchins and Mr. Thackray.

7 February.
Classes being re-arranged.

2 March.
Received Report today of which the following is a copy.

Copy of Report for 1887.

Mixed School - The children have passed a very good examination.
Infant's Class - The children make very fair progress.

L. Makin has passed fairly but should attend to Geography, History and Needlework.
W. Green - Arithmetic, Grammar, Composition and Mathematics.

Staff
J. A. Ferrier - First Div. Cert. Master.
M. E. Wright - Asst. (Art 84).
L. Makin - P.T. Second Year.
W. Green - P.T. Fourth Year.

Percentages
Reading 96.4
Writing 90.4
Arithmetic 92.8

Average 93.2

16 March.
Miss Makin was away all the week on account of the weather. Mrs. Wright was away from school on Wednesday, ill.

16 April.
Miss Makin away from school Friday and today, ill.

19 April.
19 Miss Makin still away.

26 April.
Miss Makin still away from rheumatism.

27 April.
With a view to improving the Friday afternoon's attendance have today marked registers at 1-30 pm with a view to letting children go at 3-30 pm, shall continue the experiment for a few weeks to note results.

26 June.
Birkin children away on account of Missionary Meeting.

1 October.
Re-opened school today after three weeks Harvest Holidays, 112 present. A heavy snowstorm in the afternoon reduced the number to 100.

9 October.
Many away potato lifting.

30 October.
A sale at Kellington has kept away many children this afternoon.

27 November.
Gave half-holidays yesterday and today for Kellington Feast.

14 December.
A few children away today attending a funeral at Kellington.

20 December.
Examined standards today, good results except in Dictation.

24 December.
Let children go this afternoon, holiday also tomorrow (Xmas Day).

Number on Books 1888.

January 20 ---------- 131.
February 10 --------- 134.
March 10 -------------128.
May 18 ----------------132.

1889 1889 1889 1889 1889

19 January.

List of Object Lessons.

Frog Birds
Silkworm Clothes
Rabbits River
Houses Farmyard
Gold Soap
Silver Tea
Flowers Rice
Coal Ants
Salt Butterflies

Poetry for Standards.

Standard 1 "The Voice of Spring"
Standard 2 "The Chimney Sweeper" "Swinging Song"
Standard 3 "The Inchcape Rock"
Standards 4/5/6 Selection from "The lady of Lake"

13 February.

Received Report today of which the following is a copy.

Mixed School The children have passed on the whole a fairly good examination. The Singing deserves praise.
Infant's Class The infants are taught with much kindness and they are very fairly advanced.

W. Green has passed fairly. He should now be informed that he is qualified under Article 50 but not under Article 52.
F. E. Wright and C. M. Hutchinson Failure.
Lena Makins name has been removed from the Register of Pupil Teachers

Staff
J. A. Ferrier, First Division Cert., Teacher.
M. E. Wright, Asst. Article 84.
C. M. Hutchinson, Monitor.
F. E. Wright, Monitor.

Percentages.
Reading 93.7
Writing 82.5
Arithmetic 83.7

Average 87%

20 March.
Visited by Miss Mann who distributed the school prizes.

27 March.
Began Gulliver's Travels in upper classes, the children seem to like this book.

3 April.
Miss Mann took object lesson with infants this morning.

2 May.
Many cases of whooping cough have broken out and the attendance is very scanty

6 May.
I am representing M. Lamb who has an abscess in her head.

16 May.
Many children away from whooping cough. Visited several houses enquiring after children.

28 May.
Caned Joseph Archer this afternoon for playing truant and also Ellen Denton for swearing in the playground.

19 June.
Examined Standard 1 this afternoon, results disappointing.

20 June.
Examined Standard 2 this afternoon, Arithmetic bad.

3 July.
Closed school today (Wednesday) by order of the Board for three weeks holiday, peapulling being general
in the district.

2 September.
Re-opened school after three weeks Harvest Holiday.

24 October.
Lottie Hutchinson, Pupil Teacher, away this week ill.

7 November.
Pontefract Statute Hirings, only 85 and 91 present

19 November.
The following children will be withdrawn from examination for the subjoined reasons.

W Peel - (delicate).
St. 1 G Smith - (weak intellect).
St. 3 M Lamb - (represented in St.2, delicate).
St. 4 J Archer - (weak intellect).
St. 4 H Lee - (weak intellect).
St 2. J Stacey - (represented in St.1, weak intellect).
St. 4 - W Dyson - obvious dullness).

12 December.
Removed the name of Rosanna Moore from the registers by the Board's orders, she being non compos mentis.

24 December.
Closed school this morning for holiday this afternoon and tomorrow.

30 December.
Visited by T. Jaques and W. Green, old pupil teachers of this school.