[WED]School day observations

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Some things never change - boys throwing stones at passers-by.
Well, there is record of this behavior of exactly the same thing in Anglo-Saxon times.
BTW - does anyone know whether local resident, Tim Parnell, is still selling the facsimile Anglo-Saxon Wedmore Ring ? 
All the best
Martin.
> 
> From: "Lyn Nunn" <lyn@webexpress.net.au>
> Date: 2002/10/07 Mon AM 06:31:13 EST
> To: "wedmore list" <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
> Subject: [WED]School day observations
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I noticed when reading the school logs that things hadn't changed much - the
> boys were constantly giving the headmaster grief by throwing stones at and
> scaring horses of passer-by's on the road side of the school. There were
> also mentions of children defacing the walls.
> 
> William Tincknell was punished 2 Sept 1881 for stone throwing in the school
> yard.
> Oliver Webber was punished 24 Feb 1884 for playing in the girls playground.
> 
> Mrs Tincknell ( I am pretty sure this is my great grandmother) complained in
> March 1881 that Mr Job (The asst master) had boxed her sons (Albert) ears
> causing them to bleed. The Master gave instructions that no punishment be
> inflicted by any of the Assistants in the future.
> 
> 21 Dec 1891 Punished (2 strokes on the hand) John Fisher for striking
> another boy.
> 
> Other than those though there wasn't a lot of punishment recorded.
> 
> Attendance was a bigger concern - there were the truants mentioned earlier,
> illness and the harvest seemed to keep quite a number away. There were quite
> a few "readmittances" and it seems to have been partly because parents could
> not afford the fees -
> 
> 21 Jan 1889 Robert Tincknell, a boy of 11 years re-admitted today.
> 
> 7 June 1889 Several children have returned to school after a long absence.
> Robert and Charles Tincknell, Sarah and Dorcas Frost are among these.
> 
> In the week now closed Miss Pitfield called to arrange with me as to the
> payment by her of the school fees of the 4 children named above.
> 
> 28 July 1889 - Robert Tincknell son of a widow was allowed by resolution of
> the board to leave school for work. ( he was 12 years old then).
> 
> 31st July 1889 Charles Tincknell came this afternoon too late to be marked.
> (afternoon school began at 1-30pm)
> 
> 29 Mar 1895 - Samples of bad attendance since Nov last - Harriet Fisher,
> Arthur Webber, Walter, Albert and ------- Fisher.
> 
> Exceptional treatment was given to some children at exam time - I took this
> to mean they were exempted from the exam as they had not been at school long
> or had not attended very often and therefore were not up to standard.
> 
> The Fishers, Tincknells and Webbers seem to get the most mentions. I wonder,
> does anyone know if the Webbers also lived in Guildhall and were part of
> "the bad lot"?
> 
> It was nice to see though that the literacy and numeracy levels of the
> children improved greatly over the years and to read the pleasure between
> the lines of the Masters as they noted it and began to be able to introduce
> other subjects such as geography.
> 
> 
> Lyn Nunn
> Brisbane
> Australia
> 
> lyn@webexpress.net.au
> lnunn@optusnet.com.au
> 
> 
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