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(b) School Journeys.—Children visit the local recreation
grounds and the parks with their teachers.
(c) School Camps.—No arrangement has been made for School
Camps.
(d) Open-Air Class Rooms.—None have been provided, but
shelters in the playgrounds at Bromley Road and Alexandra Schools
are used for this purpose.
(e) Open-Air Day Schools.—Nil.
(f) Residential Open-Air Schools.—The Education Committee
does not provide an open-air residential school, but they have an
arrangement with the Parkstone Home, Bournemouth, which is
practically an open-air residential school, whereby six selected
children—four boys and two girls—are sent for periods of six weeks,
(see page 82).
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
The work of physical training is carried out by the Teaching
Staff. An area organiser of Physical Training has not been
appointed. The Teachers follow, as far as possible, the syllabus of
special instruction in physical drill issued by the Board of Education.
Children requiring remedial exercises for the correction of
physical defects found during medical inspection are referred to
the Teachers for special drill.
Outdoor Games.—In previous reports I have referred to the
importance of organised outdoor games on the health, development,
and character of the children.
It is very satisfactory and encouraging that the Education Committee
do not under-estimate the influence on child life of adequate
playing and sports grounds, and the part that is played by outdoor
exercises on the moral and physical development of the children.