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REPORT ON PHYSICAL TRAINING SUBMITTED BY THE
PHYSICAL TRAINING ORGANISERS.
Mr. .J. B. Marr and Miss F. E. Breeze.
The year under review represents the first year's service
of the two organisers (man and woman) of Physical Training
appointed by the Joint Committee of the, Education Authorities
of Middlesex, Finchley, Hornsey and Wood Green.
Regular visits have been made to all departments under
the Hornsey Education Committee.
Accommodation.
All departments have the use of a hall for Physical
Education. Some of the halls do not afford the best facilities
for the work, but the Committee is alive to the need for suitably
equipped gymnasia with changing rooms and shower baths
attached. New gymnasia have been opened at Highgate, South
Harringay and North Harringay Schools during the last year.
At present these are equipped with portable apparatus, but not
with fixed apparatus, e.g., wall-bars, beams, ropes, etc. In
_. .many cases, the work is being done under difficult conditions,
but with improved facilities a higher standard should be attained.
The playgrounds are kept in a good state of repair, and are
suitably marked for Physical Education.
Clothing for Physical Training Lessons.
In several instances the boys strip to the waist, but more
extensive changing of garments is advisable. Nearly all girls
remove skirts or tunics, but there is a real need for the removal
of other superfluous clothing. In this connection the lack of
facilities for changing is a great drawback.
Shoes.
Many children are able to provide their own gymnastic shoes
and it is gratifying to note that the Committee gives Head
Teachers the authority to supply shoes to necessitous children.