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the Bath at a time. This made the teaching very much easier,
and was appreciated by scholars, teachers and baths Superinten
dents alike. The schools using South Norwood and Thornton
Heath baths had a very short season, as the baths were not available
till late in the season owing to the coal strike. Many schools
arranged a small swimming gala of their own at the end of the
season, in addition to taking part in the one arranged by the
Croydon Elementary Schools Athletic Association.
Instead of visiting the schools only when a Physical Training
lesson is scheduled on the time-table, I now spend a whole session
in one department, notifying my visit beforehand. In this way I
am able to see many more classes and to gain a more general view
of the Physical Education of the school as a whole.
The gymnastic classes at the Evening Institutes were continued
as before and, for the first time, a women's gymnastic class
was held in connection with the Central Polytechnic. Two classes
were held also in connection with Old Scholars' Associations.
The following Teachers' Courses were held during the year :
1. Twelve lessons in Physical Exercises for Teachers in
Senior Departments.
2. Six lessons in Physical Exercises for Teachers in Senior
Departments, on work suitable for girls in Standard 7.
Both these courses were conducted by me at Tavistock Grove
School.
3. Six lessons in Dances and Rhythmic movements suitable
for Infants' Departments. This course was held at Winterbourne
Road School, and was conducted by Miss Crowdy.
4.—Eight lessons in Dances suitable for Senior Departments,
conducted by Miss Orr at Tavistock Grove School.
As usual, all these courses were well attended, and I cannot
speak too highly of the enthusiastic response of the teachers to
any courses of Physical Education I am able to arrange.
As in former years, I devoted four sessions weekly to the
Spinal Remedial Clinic, particulars of which are given in the
report of the School Medical Officer. Since my report of 1920,
classes have been formed at Whitehorse Road and St. Andrew's
Girls' Schools for the treatment of round shoulders and poor
posture generally. Each of these classes is conducted by a
member of the school staff and educational gymnastics only are
taken, but it is hoped that the special daily, individual attention
which can be given to a small class of this description may be
sufficient treatment for those children who, though of poor
physique, are not suffering from definite spinal curvature. These
classes were started at the suggestion of Dr. Barrie Lambert, a
Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health, and are modelled on the
lines of those carried out in certain L.C.C. Schools, one of which
was visited bv Dr. Kennedy and myself before the Croydon classes
were started. The girls in these two classes are examined
regularly by the School Medical Officer, and those with any serious
defect are drafted on to the Spinal Remedial Clinic.
MAY APPLETON,
Organiser of Physical Training.