| Reference No | CA/25/2/11/215 |
| Title | Aberdeen Town Council Education Committee: Teachers' Letters [196] |
| Description | Selection made from original letter binder (see series level for appraisal criteria):
- references or testimonials for staff John Shewan (x2); Norman Hilton; J. Gordon Gray (x3); Helena W. Urquhart; Joseph Durnin; Francis Gray;William Stewart; William Christie; Duncan B. Heriot; George O. Clark; Andrew Sharp; Robert Sutherland;
- application for posts: John R. McKenzie;
- Hilton Junior Secondary: demand for a Commercial Course from girl pupils;
- Linksfield: thanks from teacher John Burns at his retirement;
- Rosemount Junior Secondary: pupils potato gathering; proposed employment of named pupil by Town Council [DPA]; complaint about teacher and janitor;
- Causewayend School: room classification list
- Torry Nursery: possibility of staff visiting Dundee Training College; fire watching duties;
- St Peter's RC: attainment of named pupil at school [DPA];
- Rubislaw-Ruthrieston Special school: report on named pupil with word blindness [dyslexia];
- Victoria Road School: inspector's visit;
- Walker Road: shelters available to pupils during air raids;
- St Paul St. School: proposed adjustment classes for backward pupils;
- prospectus for St Margaret's school;
- Seaton School: footwear of pupils;
- Westburn Road Special School: reference for named pupil [DPA]
- Skene Square: request for definition of schol areas for Junior secondaries; head teacher's objections to enrolling in home guard;
- Broomhill: report on progress of named pupil [DPA];
- Grammar School: staff salaries; assessment of plays for proposed Shakespearean players visit [other schools did similar returns but without the assessment of the plays, just a list of suitable plays + likely numbers]; use of pupils by post office at Christmas; correction of statement about science and art accommodation (relating to dispute with Central School); unsuitability of candidates for vacancy;
- Central Secondary: volume of homework; restarting orchestra;
- High School: request to look into salaries of women Heads of Departments;
- St Clement Street: effect on half-time education on attainment;
- Sunnybank school: list of classes and classrooms;
Several topics relate to the Second World War. |
| Date | 1 Oct 1943-14 Feb 1944 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Open or Restricted Access | Restricted |
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