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Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
- Date
- 1921-1968
- By
- Barns, Constance Joyce, 1916-1997Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association
- Reference
- MS-Group-1700
- Description
`My primary class book', containing examples of children's drawings and prose with photographs of class members (Taranaki Street, Wellington), 1921-1922; Joyce Barns programmes of work and activities for her kindergarten classes, 1939, 1943-1945; papers relating to Wellington Free Kindergarten Association and their United Mothers' Club and notes on qualification and training required to become a kindergarten teacher
C Joyce Barns was a kindergarten teacher and educationalist
Quantity: 5 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs
Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here. - To Photographic Archive - One folder of photographs (PA-Group-00386).
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 5 folder(s), 2 volume(s), 0.08 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs
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Programme of activities
Date: Feb 1943-Apr 1945
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MSX-8168
Description: Programmes of activities drawn up by Joyce Barns as a kindergarten teacher for the children in her care Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph
Papers relating to Wellington Free Kindergarten Association and United Mothers' Club
Date: 1961-1968
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MS-Papers-9071-3
Description: Correspondence with Miss J Barns, Principal, Wellington Kindergarten Teachers' College; agenda for meetings and annual reports and financial statements for the various Wellington suburban branches of the Wellington Free Kindergarten Association and United Mothers' Club Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
My primary class, 1921-1922
Date: 1921-1922, 1966
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MSX-8169
Description: Scrapbook headed `My primary class, 1921-1922'. It is dedicated `to dear Miss Morris with love from all the boys and girls in her class'. It contains examples of the children's writing and art work and is illustrated with photographs of the children Miss E Morris taught at Taranaki Street Kindergarten. In an enclosed note, dated Oct 1966, she states that between 1921-1927 a group of children were choosen to stay on at the kindergarten after they were five and were kept for two years. They then went on to Standard One. This was to give student teachers based at the kindergarten the opportunity to teach primary age children as part of their training. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss and photographs
Lorna McCaw - Notes on Kindergarten methods
Date: [196-?]
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MS-Papers-9071-4
Description: Notes on methods of teaching at kindegartens by Lorna Mc Caw, a graduate of the Wellington Free Kindergarten Association (trained 1920-1923). A covering note to Joyce Barns states they were used in the compilation of a history of kindergarten method. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Papers relating to Wellington Free Kindergarten Association and United Mothers' Club
Date: 1956-1965
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MS-Papers-9071-2
Description: Includes constitution of the club, correspondence with Miss J Barns, agenda for meetings, club presidents' reports, notes for executive members, lists of office holders and financial statements Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts
Personal papers
Date: 1943-1989
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: 90-077
Description: Comprise papers concerning her application to study in Great Britain, 1952, including testimonials, course outlines, lecture notes and dissertations, manuals for the Auckland and Wellington Playcentre Federations, cards and testimonials concerning her retirement, 1974, newspaper clippings, menus, invitations, some photographs, and certificates. Other Titles - A Survey of some aspects of nursery school work in England Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.
How to become a kindergarten teacher
Date: [195-?]
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: MS-Papers-9071-1
Description: `How to become a kindergarten teacher', outlining qualifications and training required. Also flyer advertising Wellington Free Kindergarten Association's training course for students. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter
Programme Reynolds Kindergarten
Date: Sep 1939
From: Barns, Constance Joyce, b 1916 : Papers relating to early childhood education in Wellington
Reference: fMS-Papers-9071
Description: Scrapbook titled: Programme Reynolds Kindergarten for fortnight ending September 22nd 1939 / Joyce Barns. It contains a detailed programme of activities for the children Joyce Barns taught. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Mss