Buckley 'Board' 100 not out: a Short History of the Board and the Community it Served by Leslie Row"

Board School, Padeswood Road, Buckley

1978

see 96.27 for examination papers in 1941

p.39

Ist Paper. Friday, 3rd June, 10 a.m.- 12 noon.

Flintshire County Schools.

Examination for Entrance Scholarships and

Probationerships, 1921.

ARITHMETIC.

(Work all the questions if you can. You must sh₁ow all the working on your paper. Work quickly and do not waste time in ruling unnecessary lines).

1.Divide £153. 1s. 6d. by 39.

2.Reduce to their simplest forms:

1 -1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 2

(a) ---------------------- ÷ --

1 + 1/2 - 1/3 + 1/4 17

12.4 + .064 - .066

(b) ----------------------

.002 x .03

3.Find the cost of 872 sewing machines at £4. 19s. 9d. each. (Do this by a short method if you can.)

4.Find the Simple Interest on £250 for 3 yrs. 73 days at 6 3/8 per cent. per annum.

5.A man walks at the rate of 4 miles an hour. He takes 120 steps per minute. What is the length of his step?

6. After he had spent 1s. 5d., a boy still had left a penny more than 4/7 of the money he had at first. How much had he at first?

7.A bucket half full of water weighs 15 lbs. The same bucket a quarter full weighs 10 lbs. Find the weight of the bucket, and also the weight of the water which it will hold when full.

8.The total cost of a coat, hat, and umbrella is £6. The coat and hat alone cost £5. 10s. The hat and umbrella alone cost £1. 16s. Find the cost of each article.

9.A careless boy multiplied a sum of money by 3 and divided his answer by 17 instead of dividing by 3 and multiplying by 17. He got an answer of £51, which was wrong. Find the correct answer.

10. A farmer this year lost one out of every six lambs born; 235 lived; how many died?

11. Divide the product of x² - 4 and x² - 4x by x²+2x.

12. Solve 7x - {4x - 1 - (6x + 4)} =2 [5x-(3x+2)].

13.A fish is 15 inches long. Its head is equal in length to its tail. Its body is 3 times the length of the head and tail together. What is the length of the head?

2nd Paper. Friday, 3rd June, 1-30-2-30 p.m.

PAPER A.

ENGLISH or WELSH.

Write in English or Welsh a piece of Composition on one of the following:

1. Strikes-their use and abuse.

2. Why I feel proud of being a Briton.

3. A description of the Eclipse of the Sun, which I saw lately.

4. The work I like best of all.

5. My Grandfather, or Grandmother.

6. A Removal from one house to another.

7. Ysgrifennwch draethawd ar "Cyfeillion," gan sylwi ar y rhain:-Gwerth cyfaill da. Nôd cyfaill gonest. Cyfeillion bore oes, yn yr ysgol. Cyfarfod hen gyfeillion.

8. Ysgrifennwch hanes ryw freuddwyd ryfedd a gawsoch.

3rd Paper. Friday, 3rd June, 2-40-4-40 p.m.

PAPER B.

ENGLISH or WELSH.

(Answer as many questions as you can from Section (a) and one or two from Section (b). Probationers must try to parse fully the words underlined in question 2.)

SECTION (a).

1.Write the following sentences, using single words, having the same meaning, instead of the words underlined:

(a)He put out the flames by throwing sand on them.

(b)Captain Scott and his companions did not hesitate to give up their lives.

(c)Fighting went on long after the leaders had run away.

(d)No doubt we are often cheated in this way by dishonest people

(e)A man is not permitted to shoot more than three elephants a day, If he goes beyond that number he is fined.

2.Analyse the five following sentences, and name the parts of speech to which the underlined words belong;

(a) Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands.

(b) I have not seen you for a week.

(c) The captain was an excellent player.

(d) That night he came home.

(e) Back through the village rushed the rebels.

3.Correct the following sentences, if you think they are wrong, and give reasons for your corrections:

(a) She watches me like a cat watches a mouse.

(b) Mountains shelter a country, and thus makes the climate warm.

(c) He is as tall as me, but I am stronger than him.

(d) My book is different to yours.

(e) Nobody in their senses could do such a thing.

(f) The Teacher learnt him to speak Welsh.

4.Form sentences to prove that you understand the right meaning of these words their, there; where, were; is, his; popular, populous; prosecute, persecute.

SECTION (b).

MUNGO PARK.

1.Write a short account of the way Mungo Park met his death. When and where was he born? What good did he do? What do you think of the Moors?

2.Write an account of any striking customs of some of the black tribes of the interior of Africa. Give an account of Demba, and also of the danger Mungo ran of having his eyes put out. How did he escape this dreadful torture?

3.Form sentences containing these words: degrading insolence; perplexity; resentment; exceedingly suspicious; cowries; tornadoes; harmattan.

4. How did the Slatees treat the woman slave Nealee when she complained of pains in her legs?

orWELSH.

(Atebwch yr holl ofyniadau yn (a), ac hefyd un neu ddau o'r

gofnyiadau yn (b).)

Cyfieithwch i'r GYMRAEG:

SECTION (a).

1. Four eggs fell from the basket. He is as tall as his mother. The girl is older than the boy. He woke early in the, morning. My brother will arrive at home tomorrow. She seldom failed and always did her best. Wash your face and hands. Bring the two candles that are on the table. Ring the bell at 11 o'clock. John is a miner, Edward a carpenter,

2. Cynghorais y bechcyn i ddyfod i'r ysgol. Daeth y gwlaw mor sydyn fel na allem gael cysgod yn un man. A ydych wedi dysgu'r wers Gymraeg erbyn heddyw? Ydwyf. Dysgais y wers ar ol dychwelyd o'r dref neithiwr. Cei fyned adref ymhen pythefnos. Cawn glywed canu da yn yr Ejsteddfodd Gendlaethol. Trodd allan yn fachgen drwg. Pa sawl disgybl sydd yn eich dosbarth? Cerrig gwynion yw y rhai hyn.

3. Defnyddiwch y geiriau hyn mewn brawddegau cyfain: ar dir a môr, canu telyn, chwerthin ar ei ben, pen blwydd, trwy ddwr a than, bwrw eira.

4. Cywirwch y brawddegau canlynol:

Y mae yn da gennyf clywed hyn. Hon yw y goreu o'r ddau wraig. Ni deallodd efe y Cymru. Mae ganddom ni gardd mawr. Y mae cymaint o eiriau yn lawer gormod yw coflo. Canodd y cilog.

SECTION (b).

PENTRE OWYN.

5. Pa ran o'r llyfr hwn yr ydych wedi ci fwynhau fwyaf.? Rhoddwch ddisgrifiad o'r cymeriadau mwyaf diddorol, neu, rhoddwch hanes rhyw amgylchiad neullduol y cyfeirir ato, yn y llyfr.

6. Pa hen arferion sonir am danynt yn y llyfr?

Pa eiriau newydd yr ydych wedi ddysgu wrth ddarllen y llyfr Defnyddiwch rai o honynt mewn brawddegau cyflawn.

4th Paper. Saturday, 4th June, 10 a.m.-12 noon.

PAPER A.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

(You must answer only one question from each section, and four questions altogether, in History. Also four in Geography)

ENGLISH HISTORY.

SECTION I (55 B.C.-1066 A.D.)

(Answer one question only from this section.)

1.Write a short account of either (a) Boadicea, or (b) The Venerable Bede.

2.Why did Offa build a dyke from the Dee to the Wye? Where may traces of it be seen to day?

3.Who were the Angles, Saxons and Jutes? Write an account of them.

4.Why is the language of the Welsh very similar to that Qf the Bretons in France?

SECTION II (io66 A.D.-1485 A.D.)

(Answer one question only from this section.)

1.How did William I. keep the English in order?

2.Write a short account of Joan of Arc. Why had the French such faith in her?

3.Who was called the "King-maker"? Give an account of him.

4.Write a short account of the Invention of Printing.

SECTION III (1485 A.D.-16O3 A.D.)

(Answer one question only from this section.)

1.Write a short account of one of the following: Jane Seymour, Edward the VIth, Shakespeare.

2.What do you know of

(a)The causes of Wolsey's fall? or (b) Darnley, Rizzio, Bothwell?

3.Say what you know of Sir Walter Raleigh.

4.How did Philip of Spain try to interfere in English affairs?

SECTION IV (1603 A.D. T0 PRESENT TIME.)

(Answer one question only from this section.)

1. Write an account of one of the following:

Ship Money, The Great Plague, Wellington.

2. Write an account of the character of James I.

3. What caused the Indian Mutiny? Write an account of it.

4. Write an account of The Abolition of Slavery, or, The Union of Great Britain and Ireland, or, General Wolfe.

orWELSH HISTORY.

(Answer any four questions.)

1. Write an account of Queen Boadicea.

2. What are Morfa Rhuddlan and Macs Garmon? What Welsh history is connected with them?

3. What do you know of the castles of Flintshire.

4. Which English king conquered Wales? How was Llywelyn killed?

5. What do you know of Owen Glyndwr?

6. What Welsh writers do you know? Give an account of them and their works.

7. Who translated the Bible into Welsh? Write an account of him.

8 Write an account of the Eisteddfod-its use and abuse,

9. Write an account of Dafydd ap Gwilym or Saint David.

10. Who were Sir Thomas Picton, The Rev. William Williams (Pantycelyn)?

11. Give a short account of Howell the Good.

12. Write an account of the Red Dragon, and also write a few lines about the Prime Minister.

GEOGRAPHY.

[Draw little Sketch Maps to illustrate your answers if you can]

(Answer any four questions.)

1. Describe Flintshire under the following headings: Population, industries, towns.

2. Where and what are: The River Alyn, Overton-on-Dee, Shotton, Hawarden, Newmarket Gop, St. Asaph?

3. Name the University Towns of Wales. Say all you know of them.

4. Why are the following towns important: Belfast, Cork, Glasgow, Hull, Plymouth, Holyhead?

5. What and where are these: Gibraltar, Rome, Hammerfest, Geneva, the Matterhorn, Odessa?

ö. Say what you know of the climate of Canada. Has this anything to do with the kind of work done by the people? Describe the industries.

7. In what respects are Australia and South Africa (1) alike, (2) different?

8. Why are the following important: Malta, Aden, Suez Canal, Bombay, Singapore?

9. Write what you know of China or Japan.

10. Name six towns and two rivers in the United States of America.

11. What do we get from South America?

12. Draw from memory a map of any part of the world.

5th Paper. Saturday, June 4th, 12-10----1 p.m.

PAPER B.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

(Answer any six questions.)

1. Account for the springs of water which often gush out of the side of a hill.

2. What is dew? Whence does it come? At what season of the year and on what sort of nights is it most abundant?

3. Describe the spawn of a common frog. Give as full an account as you can of the appearance, habits, and growth of the tadpoles from the time when they hatch from the egg until they become little frogs.

4. Give the names of birds that are here only in the summer. State (1) how you know these birds, (2) the food they eat, (3) the kind of place in which they build their nests and the appearance of the nest and eggs.

5. If you were given a mixture of salt, sand, and fine iron filings, how would you separate the three different materials from one another?

6. Name six different plants which you have seen blossoming this Spring or. Summer; state the kind of place in which each grows, the height of the plant, and the colour of the flower.

7. Make drawings of the flowers and leaves (if you can) of the following:-dandelion, primrose, dog-rose. In what kind of a place does each grow?

8. Write the life history of a butterfly.

9. Give as accurately as you can the time (name the month or months) when-(a) the swallows arrive and depart, (b) the cuckoo appears, (c) early potatoes are set, (d) the hawthorn blooms, (e) farmers gather the hay harvest, (/) strawberries ripen.

10. How would you proceed to restore a person who has narrowly escaped being drowned?

11. Name as many breeds of dogs and fowls as you can. Which breed of dogs do you like best? Why? Which are the best laying fowls? Which are the best for the table?

12. Name the present, (1) Prime Minister, (2) Speaker of the House of Commons, (3) Chancellor of the Exchequer, (4) Lord Chief Justice.

13. Baby stands in front of the fire to warm and its flannel night-dress catches fire. What would you do? What do you think of flannelette?

14. How would you treat a person who has fainted? Why do people faint as a rule?

15. (i) To what articles do the following advertisements refer:-(a) Won't wash clothes, (b) Worth a guinea a box, (c) Alas, my poor brother, (d) He won't be happy till he gets it?

(ii) How can you distinguish a penny from a half-crown in the dark?

16. Give exact directions for (a) boiling potatoes, (b) cooking a mutton chop, and (c) making a rice pudding.

17. "The commonest cause of toothache is decayed teeth, a gumboil at the root of a tooth; or, a disordered stomach." How would you remove these causes? How can the teeth be kept clean? What is a good mouth-wash?

18. What is meant by these sayings: (1) To look after number one, (2) To shew' a clean pair of heels, (3) To hit the nail upon the head, (4) To lose one's head, (5) To have two strings to your bow, (6) To rob Peter to pay Paul, (7) To throw cold water on anything, (8) To smell a rat, (9) To make both ends meet, (10) To buy a pig in a poke?

19. Complete the following similes:-(a) As old as... (b) as white as... (c) as mad as... (d) as slow as... (e) as proud as... (I) as wise as... (g) as busy as... (h) as silly as... (1) as patient as... (/) as timid as....

20.Who were the authors of the following hymns- Lead, kindly Light; Abide with me; Rock of Ages; From Greenland's icy mountains; Onward, Christian soldiers; O God, our help in ages past?

Of the above, write out the hymn you know best.

Printed in the Administration and Legal Services Department, Clwyd County Council

Argraffwyd yn Adran Gweinyddiad a Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol Cynor Sir Clwyd

Author: Flintshire County Schools

Buckley 'Board' 100 not out: a Short History of the Board and the Community it Served by Leslie Row"

Board School, Padeswood Road, Buckley

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