| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/71 |
| Title | [NUWT Leyton branch records] |
| Date | 1939 - 1958 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and members of the Leyton Branch regarding the organisation and management of the Leyton branch.
The correspondence covers:
Delegation form for branch attendees to NUWT Annual Conference 1958
Reassurance and advice to a National Union of Teachers (NUT) member who would like to transfer to the NUWT but is concerned about her Teacher's Provident Society fund with the NUT
Membership applications and renewals
Cover notes sent by Miss M. A. Wey with sections she has written for a history of the NUWT (the history is not attached to the letters)
Enquiry regarding any official NUWT policy on diptheria immunisation in schools
Congratulations from A. Muriel Pierotti to a Leyton branch member, Miss Iris J. H. Blythe, who was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in Chelmsford
Notifications of changes of address
Update of news from members including news of their work, their family and health
News of promotions, retirements and transfers to other schools and districts
Nominations for Central Council
Reports of branch meetings
Arrangements for branch meetings
Arrangements for visit of NUWT Organisers to the branch
Enquiry regarding the definition of full-time education under the Education Act
Shortage of infant teachers in the Leyton area and concerns from branch members that women teachers were being forced into infant work
Requests for NUWT literature
Expression of sympathy from the branch over the bomb which hit Headquarters, 1944
Protests over the curtailing of school holidays in Leyton during the Second World War
Reports on the 'Sentence method' of teaching reading
Enquiries regarding the Provident Sick Fund
Expressions of thanks from the General Secretary to those undertaking posts for the branch and those retiring from posts in the branch
Concerns over evacuation of teachers
Requests for applications for the Boots Booklovers Scheme
Enquiry from a member regarding NUWT policy on uncertified teachers
Press cuttings regarding:
Teachers concerns over the curtailing of school holidays in Leyton during the Second World War
Reports of meetings of the Leyton branch of the NUWT
N.B. Miss M. A. Wey is named in A. Muriel Pierotti's 'The Story of the NUWT' as having drafted several sections of the book |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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