20th April - "The attendance of some of the children in the first class is very irregular. The little ones attend much better - Sewing taught on both afternoons".
The youngest children were usually sent to school more regularly than the older ones. This was because they were too small to be able to help their parents with the essential jobs around the farm or at home !
Another comment from Llandewi'r Cwm School in 1895...

This was written in the school Log Book ...
10th May - "Attendance on the whole is fair but a few of the children are so irregular as to be practically absent altogether".

Some teachers had given up hope of getting the worst of the regular absentees to come to school. The problem was not solved until new laws making school attendance compulsory were properly enforced.

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