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On the back of the photograph is written, "Group II" and the first mention of splitting up the children into "groups" instead of "standards" appears in an entry in the School Log Book, on 30th March. 1908, so, most probably, the photograph was taken after 1908 but this is not proof.
Group I seems to comprise all boys while Group II (See Picture HS003) appeared to be all girls (except for one that may have been either, because of the short haircut and what looked like short trousers and black stockings).
The School Log Books suggest that the group system was intended to split the children into groups according to age and, therefore, to a certain extent, ability and not by sex.
