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Regarding outside activities, the usual summer excursion to
Littlehampton took place on July 3rd, when 47 children attended.
A glorious day was spent at the sea. Then, on July 23rd and
30th, visits were made to the Tower of London.
Mention must also be made of a visit to the Whitgift School
on July 9th, by invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Gurner. 50 children
attended, and, after inspecting the school and grounds, sat down
to a bountiful tea.
The annual prize-giving and concert was held on December
20th, when many parents and friends attended.
I must, before closing this report, extend my thanks to the
staffs and children of the John Ruskin School and the Kingsley
School for many gifts of toys and clothing, as well as for many
acts of kindness to our children.
Statement of the Number of Children Notified during the
year by the local education authority to the local
Mental Deficiency Authority.
Total number of children notified: 17.
These children are notified as being ineducable in a Special
School for Mentally Defective or Backward Children.
Analysis of the above Total.
Diagnosis. Boys. Girls.
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or
further benefit from instruction in a
Special School:
(a) Idiots - -
(b) Imbeciles 1 4
(c) Others 6 1
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a
Special School without detriment to the
interests of other children:
(a) Moral defectives 1 -
(b) Others - -
2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving
a Special School on or before attaining
the age of 16 3 1
3. Feeble-minded children notified under
Article 3, i.e., "special circumstances"
cases - -
4. Children who in addition to being mentally
defective were blind or deaf - -
Grand Total 11 6