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schools where showers and changing accommodation are
provided.
4. Playing Fields.
Extensive renovation work has been carried out
during the past year including the ploughing and
resowing of the fields at Faircross, Eastbury, Bifrons
and Dorothy Barley Schools. This work will
necessitate the closure of these fields for at least one
year. Fortunately the Southern Belt became available
for games and the Education Committee was able to
obtain full use of the Lodge Avenue Field which was
accordingly re-planned and marked to suit the needs of
the children concerned. The sanitary and changing
accommodation were improved and the supply of
drinking water augmented, and excellent use has been
made of this very valuable open site which can now
accommodate over 300 children for active games.
5. Teachers' Courses.
These courses have been continued throughout the
year. Senior and infant school work, games and
dancing, have received special attention and a series of
Lecture Demonstrations for Head Teachers of Infants'
Schools and a special course for Women Leaders of
Keep-Fit Classes were also arranged. Two specialist
teachers were granted leave of absence to attend
three-months' courses on the use of ' fixed apparatus.'