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(d) Open-air Class-rooms in Public Elementary Schools.—
Apart from the class-rooms of the Special School which belong
to the type of open-air rooms, none of the elementary schools of
the district possesses open-air class-rooms, a defect which it is
hoped will be anticipated in the near future when the Authority
may be expected to add to the existing school accommodation of
the district.
(e) The Authority possesses an Open-air School at Faircross,
situated centrally and upon probably what is the highest ground
of the district. During the year 119 children were on the
register, 32 were admitted, and 22 sufficiently improved to permit
of their return to ordinary elementary school. The school combines
separate departments for delicate children and mentally and
physically defectives, such cases being found from routine and
special inspections at school, besides those referred from the
inspection clinic and tuberculosis dispensary. The general routine
of the school was described in my last Report.
(f) Residential Open-air Schools. The Authority possesses
no residential open-air schools.
(10) PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Since the resignation of Mr. Hoare, in 1921, no area organiser
of physical training has yet been appointed. Physical
training, which forms an important item in the child's school life
is but at present represented in exercises on the Swedish drill
principle which are given by teachers, no other satisfactory
means existing for dealing with the minor pastoral defects met
with during school life and remediable by simple appropriate
exercises by a competent instructor.
(11) PROVISION OF MEALS.
Extra feeding in the form of milk, cocoa, etc., is supplied to
the children attending the open-air classes of the Special School
throughout the year, while all children at this school receive a
hot mid-day meal.