Exam for Term 91 Form I
Examination 91. M,
Parents' National Educational Union.
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The Parents' Union School.
(Address: House of Education, Ambleside.)
Motto: "I am, I can, I ought, I will."
FORM I., (A & B)
PUPILS' NAMES ____________________________________
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Bible Lessons.
A&B I. 1. What do you know about Moses as a boy at school?
2. Tell
about Moses and the burning bush, or a story of Moses and Aaron.
II. 1. Tell about the wise men from
the East.
2. Tell
about the healing of the leper, or of the man who came through the roof.
Writing.
A. Write a line of poetry from memory.
B. Print: "The fairies meet by night to play."
Tales.
A 1. Tell how Christian fought with Apollyon, or, how Faithful was tried in
Vanity Fair.
2. Tell how Ullyses invented the horse
of tree, or, how he escaped
from the Island of Calypso,
or, 2. Tell about
Ullyses and Eumaeus.
B. 1. Tell a short fairy story or part of a "Just So Story."
English History.
A. 1. What do you know about Captain Cook in Australia, or, about how Lord Roberts saved
the guns at Delhi?
2. Tell a story about the Duke of
Wellington as a boy, or about Sir Joshua Reynolds.
B. 1. Tell a story about (a) Lord Kitchener, or, (b) General Joffre.
2. What do you know about Viscount
French?
Geography.
A. 1. Describe a compass. What does it tell us?
2. Can you draw the shape of
India? What do you know about (a) the climate, (b) the River Ganges?
or, 2. What do
you know about (a) John Chinaman and (b) Hong-Kong?
B. 1. Why do people never come the end of the world?
How can we know its shape?
2. Tell about "leaves walking", or, about the Indian's blow-pipe,
or, 2. What do you
know about Lapland or, the
Red Indians of America?
Natural History.
A&B 1. Describe two kinds of wild fruit you have found and
two birds you have watched.
A 2. Tell about "the nursery in the
flowerpot"
or, 2.
Describe three kinds of birds' nests. Where do birds sleep?
3. What do you know
about the woodpecker? or,
Tell about the old "Mugger" and some his relations.
B. 2. Tell what you know about a
stickleback, or, an otter.
3. Tell all you can
about a giraffe.
or, 3.
What do you know about (a) the African elephant, (b) the rhinoceros?
Sums. (all working must be
shown)
IA 1. Three boys earned 2s, 4d, 3s, 7 1/2 d, 4s, 9
1/2 d. They then shared it equally. How much will each receive?
2. A wheel is 6 inches
round. How many times would it turn around in going 9 feet, 6 inches?
3. A grocer divides 6 lbs of
tea into 4 oz. packets. How many packets will there be?
or, 1. Find the
value of seven motor cars at £384:17:8d. each.
2. If three pennies weigh
one ounce, what would be the weight of £6 in pennies?
3. If morning school lasts
from 9 - 11:30, how many minutes of school time are there?
IB 1. Mary has half-a-crown and John has half
as much. How much has Mary more than John?
2. Bob cut 2 feet then one
foot six inches from a string four feet long. How much was left?
3. How much money would it
take to give 20 children 2d each?
Picture Study.
A&B Describe Watts' "Una and the Red Cross Knight."
French.
A. 1. *Point out and tell in French the parts of the body. (page
72)
2. *Recite La Chanson de la Laine, or a scene
from a French fable.
B. 1. *Say something in French about the pictures on pages
24 and 25.
2. *Recite "In the Snow" or "Noel" and
"Une, Deux, Trois."
Brushdrawing.
1. A picture (with name) of a story you have read in your
Tales.
2. A branch of wild rose with hips.
3. A man leading a horse.
Recitations. *
Father to choose a hymn, a poem, a Psalm, and two passages from the
Bible lessons.
Reading. *
Father to choose an unseen passage.
Music. *
Examine in work done and report progress.
Singing. *
Father to choose an English and a French song, and I A, two tonic
sol-fa exercises.
Drill. *
Drill, before parents.
Work. *
Outside friend to examine, but list of handicrafts completed to appear
on Report Form.
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N.B. 1.--Examination to begin on Monday, December 12th. Papers to be posted on Saturday, the 17th, with no other enclosures.
N.B. 2.--Subjects thus indicated (*) to be marked on the Parents' Report according to Regulations.
N.B. 3.--Members are asked to read the Regulations carefully, as much
time is lost by the Examiners when (a) there is no numbered list of the
subjects sent for examinations, (b) the papers for each child are not
fastened together, or
(c) the name of the member
does not appear.
N.B. 4.--Answers may not be written on both sides of the paper. The papers should be tied together loosely with string.
N.B. 5.--Please note carefully (a) the amount of written work expected in Form I., (b) the Regulations as to the number of papers to be sent in by Schools.