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  • This notice was published in an effort to solve the problem of poor school attendance. Absenteeism was a serious problem in many Welsh schools during this period. Translation of the notice: Llandegfan School Board Notice for Parents and Masters 1. Children under 3 years of age will not be accepted. 2. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 must attend DAILY, when the school is open, from 9 to 12 in the morning and 1.30 to 4 in the afternoon. 3. It is not compulsory for children from 12 to 14 years of age who passed from standard six to attend school. 4. If a child is absent because of illness, a letter or Medical Certificate must be forwarded at once to the Master. 5. Parents and Masters of any child who should attend school but is neglectful shall after ONE warning be summoned before the Magistrates. Parents may be fined up to £1 and Masters up to £2 for each offence. The School Board Earnestly Requests Parents and Masters to help the Board by sending children to School regularly because the School and Books are FREE, and the Board trusts that it will not be necessary to act on Rule 5. (By Command) T. J. Roberts (Clerk) March 1902.
Notice published by Llandegfan School Board, March 1902
  • 17 July - 9 October 1874 The new term commenced on 13 July 1874. Two female pupils were appointed monitoresses, namely Margaret Summer and Janet Griffiths. Margaret was to receive 1 shilling and 6 pence per week, while Janet was paid one shilling a week. On 21 August, it is noted that attendance was low. A half day holiday was given on Thursday as a public tea was being held at Margam Park.
Extracts from log book of Margam Tinworks School, 1874-99: page 1 [image 1 of 10]
  • This extract from an industrial school log book spans the first three months of 1865. At the beginning the attendance in the school is very poor, owing to an outbreak of scarlet fever in the neighbourhood.
Extracts from Hafod Copperworks School, Swansea log book 1863-1900: page 1 [image 1 of 6]
  • The following pages have been selected from the Llanllechid National School Admission Register during the years of the great Penrhyn Quarry dispute of 1901-03. It is seen that a number of children left the area during this period as their families went in search of employment in south Wales. The Register also shows that the children were embroiled in the tensions and divisions which had become evident within the local community during the strike. A number of children were withdrawn from the school by their parents who were unwilling for them to mix with the children of the strike-breakers ('cynffonwrs'), and were sent to the local British School instead.
Pages from Llanllechid National School Admission Register, 1901-03 [front cover, image 1 of 5]
  • The following pages from the Log Book of the Caernarfon British School contain references to the cholera epidemic which struck the town in 1866.
Pages from Caernarvon British School Log Book, 1863-81 [title page, image 1 of 6]
  • The following pages are taken from the Log Book of the Bethesda (Gerlan) National School for the period 1901-03 - the years of the Penrhyn Quarry Dispute. It is seen that a number of children left the area during this period as their families went in search of employment in south Wales. The Log Book also reveals the extent to which the children became embroiled in the tensions and divisions which had become evident within the local community during the strike. Thomas Jervis, the schoolmaster, clearly had little sympathy with the cause of the strikers and this led some parents to move their children to other schools in the district.
Pages from Bethesda (Gerlan) National School Log Book, 1901-1919 [front cover, image 1 of 10]