THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
Written by June R. Lewis
Published by Robert Hale
in 1989
ISBN: 0709037147
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
Written by June R. Lewis.
Stock no. 1809561
1st.
1989.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The author shows how the school lies at the heart of the village community. Black cloth. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. ISBN: 0709037147. Small mark to vertical edge of text block else a fine copy in a dustwrapper which is slightly creased at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Years
- The Coming of Education
- Charity and Dame Schools
- Sunday Schools
- Schools of Industry and Ragged Schools
- Lace Schools
- Church and State: The Beginnings of a National System
- Education Acts
- Funding and School Pence
- Payment by Results
- Attendance
- Monitors and Pupil Teachers
- 2 Foundations
- Endowments and the Early Founders
- Architectural Styles, Siting and Regional Differences
- Suburban Villages
- School by Design and Definition
- Uniform and Identity
- 3 People of The Schools
- Mastering School
- People of the Schools
- Punishments
- A Village School through the Log Books and the memories of a Centenarian
- 4 The Village School at Play, Work and War
- Games
- Customs
- Curriculum
- School Dinners and Milk
- School Medicals
- The Village in Wartime
- Treats and Fund-raising
- Memorabilia
- 5 Villages, Old, New and Isolated
- Lost and New Villages
- Chartist Settlements
- Island Villages
- 6 The Past Presented for the Future
- The Past Preserved and Converted: New Uses for Old Schools
- Celebrating a Centenary: The Life and Times of a Village School through its Log Books
- Our Village Heritage: Policy, Plans and Prospects
- Sources
- Index