Programme for Term 90 Form II
Programme 90. (The 90th term of work set since the
Parents' Union School began.)
(May
to July, 1921. September to December, 1921, in the Dominions.)
Parents' National Educational Union.
The Parents' Union School.
(Address: House of Education, Ambleside.)
Motto: "I am, I can, I ought, I will."
(He shall) "pray for the children to prosper in good life and good literature."--(Dean Colet).
FORM II. (A and B)
PUPILS' NAMES __________________________________________
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Bible Lessons.
In all cases the Bible text must be read and narrated first.
A & B - The Bible for the Young:
Genesis, Lessons 17-24, by Dr. Paterson Smyth (P.N.E.U. Office,
1/6). St. Luke's Gospel
(S.P.C.K. Commentary, 9d.), chapters 16-24. Teacher to prepare
beforehand and to use Bible passages in teaching, and to add such
comments (from Paterson Smyth, say,) as will bring the passage home to
the children. Children may use The
Shorter Bible (Dent, 2/6); S.P.C.K. Bible Atlas (1/-).
Sunday Reading (optional): When I was a Boy in Serbia (Harrap,
3/6). Hymns by Keble. How to Use the
Prayer Book, by Mrs. Romanes (Longmans, 2/-). English Church History for Children,
Vol. II. (Methuen, 5/-). The
Children's Year (Church Seasons), by the Rev. G. R. Oakley
(S.P.C.K., 3/6). Sidelights on the
Bible, by Mrs. Brightwen (R.T.S., 3/-).
For private daily Bible reading children may use Lectiones forYounger Children
(Spottiswoode, 1d. each). A Boy's
Book of Prayer, by A. Devine (Methuen, 2/-).
Writing.
A & B A New Handwriting,*
by M. M. Bridges (P.N.E.U. Office, 5d. a card): practice card 3.
Transcribe, with card 6 as model, some of your favourite passages from The Tempest. Two perfectly-written
lines every day.
Dictation.
A & B Two pages at a time to be prepared carefully: then a
paragraph from one of these pages to be written from dictation, or,
occasionally, from memory. Use the books set for reading and history.
Composition (written and oral).
A Stories from work set in (a) Citizenship and Reading, or, (b) events
of the day, etc.
B Stories from reading. Children in B who cannot write easily may
narrate part.
English Grammar.
Parse and point out Subjects, Verbs, Objects.
A Meiklejohn's Short English Grammar*
(2/-), pp. 1-18; 106-118.
B How to Tell the Parts of Speech,*
by E. H. Abbott (Seeley, 2/6), pp. 55-74. Teacher study preface.
English History.
A & B A History of England,*
by H. O. Arnold-Forster (Cassell, 8/6), pp. 719-726; 745-806
(1820-1861). Black's History Pictures: The "Modern England" Period (2/6),
may be used.
A Social Life in England through the
Centuries,* by R. H. W. Hall (Blackie, 2/9), pp. 64-96.
French History.
A & B A First History of France,*
by L. Creighton (Longmans, 5/-), pp. 279-290 (1820-1861), to be
contemporary with English History. The
Story of France, by M. Macgregor (Jack, 12/6), may be used
instead.
General History.
A The British Museum for Children,*
by Frances Epps (P.N.E.U. Office. 3/9), chapter 8. Teacher study
preface. Keep a book of Centuries (P.N.E.U. Office 8/-), putting in
illustrations from all the history studied during the term. The Great War, by C. R. L. Fletcher
(Murray, 6/-), pp. 29-66.
Citizenship.
A North's Plutarch, edited by
P. Giles (Cambridge Press, 8/6): Timoleon.
Smith's Smaller Classical Dictionary
(Dent, 2/6). The Citizen Reader,* by H. O. Arnold-Forster (Cassell,
2/6), pp. 198-224.
B Stories from the History of Rome,*
by Mrs. Beesly (Macmillan, 2/6), pp. 168-189. The Complete Citizen,* by Dr. R.
Wilson (Dent, 8/-), pp. 104-189.
Geography.
A The Ambleside Geography Books,
Book III.* (8/6), pp. 241-276.
B Book III.,* pp. 65-102.
A The Great War,* pp. 29-66
(to be read with good map).
A & B Round the Empire,*
by Sir George Parkin (Cassell, 3/6), pp. 97-122. Phillips' Atlas of
Comparative Geography (new edition, 3/-). Map questions to be answered
from map in Geography Book and then from memory before each lesson. All Geography
to be learnt with map. Children to make memory maps; see also tests
under Scouting. Teacher may
find Outdoor Geography, by H.
Hatch (Blackie, 3/-) useful.
Natural History, etc.
A & B The Sciences,* by E.
S. Holden (Ginn & Co., 4/6), pp. 110-147. Children should make the
experiments where possible. Keep a Nature Note-book (P.N.E.U. Office, 8
1/3 d., and see Home Education.)
Make special studies for the season with drawings and notes. The Changing Year, by F. M. Haines
(Wadsworth, 8/-), or, Countryside
Rambles, by W. S. Furneaux (Phillip, 2/6): April to July. [Furneaux's Nature Study Guide (Longmans, 6/6),
may also be used for reference for out-door work.] See also tests under
Scouting, Parents' Review,
June, 1920.
A Life and Her Children,* by
Arabella Buckley (Macmillan, 6/-), pp. 185-166.l
B Madame How and Lady Why,*
by Charles Kingsley (Macmillan, 6/-), pp. 176-231. Jack's Insects,* by E. Selous
(Methuen, 3/6), pp. 62-83.
Picture Study.
A & B Reproductions* of six pictures by J. F. Millet (P.N.E.U.
Office, 2/-). Teachers see notes in the April Parents' Review, 1921.
Arithmetic.
Teacher should use The Teaching of
Mathematics, by I. Stephens (P.N.E.U. Office, 6d.).
A A New Junior Arithmetic,*
by Bompas Smith (Methuen, 4/-), pp. 156-158; 102-118. Much care with
tables and rapid oral work.
B A New Junior Arithmetic,*
pp. 1-23; 60-63, or continue
Practical Geometry.
A. Lessons in Experimental and
Practical Geometry,* by Hall and Stevens (Macmillan, 2/6), pp.
33-43. The School Set of
Mathematical Instruments (Macmillan, 2/-).
Latin.
A. A First Latin Course,* by
Scott & Jones (Blackie, 2/6), pp. 21-43, each lesson to be followed
by narration; or, Young Beginners'
First Latin Book* (Murray, 2/6), pp. 24-29; with corresponding
exercises, questions, and vocabularies.
French.
A. Siepmann's Primary French Course,*
Part I. (Macmillan, 3/-), Lessons 10-12 inclusive, with grammar and
exercises. Teacher read aloud, translating with the children's help,
and children afterwards narrating in French. French Fables in Action, by V.
Partington (Dent, 2/), pages 32-42.
B. Siepmann's Primary French Course,*
Part I. (Macmillan, 3/-), Lessons 1-3 inclusive, with grammar and
exercises. French Songs, by
Violet Partington (Dent, 9d.).
Drawing.
A & B Six (a) wild flowers, (b) studies of animals, that you have
been able to watch, (c) people at work in the fields, in brush-drawing.
Original brushdrawings from scenes in books set for reading. Paint-box
with specially chosen brush and colours (P.N.E.U. Office, 3/-)*: pencil
must not be used.
Recitations.
A & B Psalm 105, and two suitable passages of twelve verses each
from (a) Genesis, (b) St. Luke's Gospel. Two hymns (by
Koble). A scene from Shakespeare's The
Tempest, or, two of Southey's Ballads,
or forty lines from Macaulay or Scott.
Reading (including
holiday and evening reading).
A & B Books set for Geography, History and Recitations should
afford exercise in careful reading. Shakespeare's The Tempest* (Blackie; Plaintext
Edition, 7d.). Southey's Ballads*
(Blackie, 3d.).
A Bulfinch's Age of Fable*
(Dent, 2/6), pp. 156-186. Kingsley's Water
Babies* (Dent, 2/6). Scott's Marmion*
(Blackie, 1/-).
B The Heroes of Asgard*
(Macmillan, 5/-), pp. 163-211. Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome* (Blackie,
1/-). Marrayat's Children of the New
Forest (Collins, 2/-).
Music.
Continue Child Pianist
(Curwen & Son); teacher using the Teacher's
Guide (revised edition, 7/6).
Musical Appreciation.
Programme of Music (Mozart) to be heard: Parents' Review, April, 1921.
Singing.
Two English songs from The National
Song Book, edited by C. V. Stanford (Boosey & Co., words and
voice parts 1/6 each,* complete with music 6/-). Two French songs. A Book of French Songs (treble
only, Blackie, 7d. each), may be used. Fifty Steps in Sight-Singing, by
Arthur Somervell, steps 11 and 12, inclusive (Curwen & Son, 2/6).
Teacher use also Ten Minutes'
Lessons in Sight-Singing, lessons 28-34 (Curwen, 2/6).
Drill.
Syllabus of Physical Exercises
(Eyre & Spottiswoods, 1/-), tables 83-86. Ball Games and Breathing Exercises,
by Alice R. James (Longmans, 1/9). Music
for use in Mrs. Wordsworth's Classes (P.N.E.U. Office, 3/6), may
be used. Peasant Dances and Songs of
Many Lands, by Mrs. Kimmins (Evans, 7/6). Skipping. Ex-Students
take House of Education Drills. Teacher would find useful How to Teach School Dances (Evans,
4/6).
Work.
Help in house or garden. Claymodelling
(Boutledge, 9d.). The Little Girl's
(a) Sewing Book, (b) Knitting Book (R.T.S., 2/6 each),
or very desirable, Needlecraft in
the School, by M. Swanson (Longmans, 7/6); teacher read
letterpress with discretion. Children make a garment (see the needs of
the "Save the Children Fund," address: 29 Golden Square, Regent Street,
W. 1). Boys and girls mend clothes from the wash each week: First Lessons in Darning and Mending
(P.N.E.U. Office, 2d.), may be used. See also tests under Scouting (Parents' Review, 1920). Teacher
would find useful What shall we make?
By M. La Trobe Foster (G.M.S., 1/-).
* In home schoolrooms where there are children in A as well as in B,
both forms may work together, doing the work of A or B as they are able.
N.B. - The prices of books are constantly rising; those given are the
latest before going to press.
N.B. 1. - In grammar (English and foreign) and in mathematics there
must be no gaps. Children must go on from where they left off.
N.B. 2. - Each child in A and B should have a copy of all books, etc.,
marked * and a set of the Pictures and materials. One copy of the other books is
sufficient. The books from "Recitations" onwards are advisable but
optional.
N.B. 3. - For methods of teaching the various subjects see Home Education, 5/6, School Education, 5/- (P.N.E.U.
Office).
N.B. 4. - All books, etc., may be obtained from the Secretary of the
PNEU, 26, Victoria Street, London, S.W. 1, as well as exercise books
bearing the school motto (ruled single, double lines and squares), 8
1/2 d. each, and Cambridge paper for the Examination 2/6 for 4 quires (not less); envelopes to match 1/6 a
packet. Also the School Badge (6/-). School Hat Band (4/6), and Ribbon
3/6 a yard. Badges stenciled in washing colours on pale blue linen may
also be obtained, 4 1/2 d. unmounted, 6d. mounted.
N.B. 5. - Members are particularly asked to follow the notes under Our Work in the Parents' Review.
N.B. 6. - This Programme is for
Members of the School only and must not be lent. Specimen copies
of old Programmes can be obtained by members from the Secretary, House
of Education, Ambleside.
N.B. 7. - All letter re
School and Programmes, except book orders, should be sent to Ambleside.
The enclosed Order Form for books should be used. Members are asked to
send the School Fee direct to Ambleside. P.N.E.U. subscription, money
for books, etc., should be sent to the London Office.