Historical information
This syllabus for Girls provides the suggested time-allotment for subjects in Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. The total hours for each year is 40 hours. Years 1 & 2 have classes in English - 5 hours; Social Studies which covers History and Civics and Geography - 4 hours; Art which covers Model Drawing, Plant Forms, Lettering and Geometrical Drawing - 6 hours; Needlecrafts which covers Plain and Decorative Needlework, Dressmaking, Millinery - 6 hours; Homecrafts which covers Cookery, Laundry, Housewifery - 4 hours; Horticulture or Special approved subjects - 2 hours; Sports, Physical Drill and Singing - 4 hours.
Year 3 have English - 5 hours; Civics - 2 hours; Arithmetic and Elementary Bookkeeping - 4 hours; Science - 4 hours; Special approved subjects - 1 hour; Sports, Physical Drill and Singing - 4 hours giving a total of 20 hours. The remaining 20 hours will be for one of the following groups - (a) Dressmaking, (b) Millinery, (c) Art and Craft, (d) Cookery, (e) Homecrafts.
Physical description
21cm x 27.2cm sheet folded to 21cm x 13.7
Subjects
- education department,
- victoria,
- syllabus,
- girls,
- junior technical schools,
- time-allotment,
- hours per subject,
- english,
- social studies,
- history and civics,
- geography,
- hygiene and elementary physiology,
- arithmetic,
- science,
- art,
- model drawing,
- plant form,
- lettering,
- geometrical drawing,
- needlecrafts,
- plain and decorative needlework,
- dressmaking,
- millinery,
- homecrafts,
- cookery,
- laundry,
- housewifery,
- horticulture,
- sports,
- physical drill,
- singing,
- art and applied design,
- drafting,
- history and appreciation of art
