Punishment Book

Punishment Book Details taken from Boys Punishment Book for 1937 - 1961. (Names omitted to protect the living.)

Slept in 8.50. Did not come to school - 1 Stroke

Cheating and lying - 2 strokes

Annoying Girls School during half holiday- 2 strokes

Slept in until 9.15 + stayed away- 1 stroke

Jumped on a boys back and damaged his face + persistently lied about it - 3 strokes

Throwing ? and denying it - 2 strokes

Improper behaviour and foul language - 4 strokes Sent for father.

On way from park, stealing apples, wanton destruction, lying - 3 strokes

Truanting from 21 Oct to 12 Nov. Made a nuisance of himself at The Girls school + St Cuthbert’s 4 strokes

Throwing plasticene - 2 strokes

Creating disturbance in classroom after repeated warnings - 3 strokes.

Kicking water at small boys - 2 strokes.

Absent unreasonably + frequently - 2 strokes

Creating a nuisance outside another school on our half.hol.- 1 stroke

Noise in class after repeated warning - 2 strokes

Using catapult - 2 strokes.

Squirting water from mouth on other boys - 1 stroke

Swinging on beams in new shed in yard - 2 strokes

Insubordination - 4 strokes

Lying to teacher in charge - 4 strokes

Absent for no reason - 2 strokes

Writing foul language - 4 strokes

Not doing his work - 2 strokes

Stealing book from school - 4 strokes

Sent to school but returned home - 2 strokes

Acting fool in class and disobedience - 2 strokes

Carving initials on desk - 2 strokes

Spitting on another boy - 2 strokes

Smoking in lavatory - 3 strokes

Throwing stones + playing in Infants school yard after 4 pm - 1 stroke

Interfering with teacher’s desk - 1 stroke

Unruly, eating sweets in school + leaving a mess under desk - 2 strokes.

An unsatisfactory boy, catapulting paper in class - 2 strokes. After warning.

Truanting, assisting at fruit stall on Wed. PM - 3 strokes

Impertinence + interference with matters not their concern - 1 stroke

Pages torn from Ex bk. 2nd time - 1 stroke

Trespassing on railway - 2 strokes

Playing about with gas B?- 4 strokes

Climbing over fence - 1 stroke

Damaging bench in garden - 2 strokes