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Education Committee, was held, at Duppas Hill on Monday evening,
July 12th, when the work of Play Leadership was successfully
demonstrated with a large number of children.
No report on Physical Training would be complete without
mention of the valuable help rendered by those organisations which
cater for the children out of school hours, especially that of the
Croydon Schools' Sports Association, with its sections for Swimming,
Netball, Athletics and Folk Dancing, which continues to
co-operate in every way for the physical welfare of the children.
INSTRUCTION IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS.
In the time-table for the year commencing 1st August, 1937,
the following provision is made for the instruction of Senior girls in
special subjects, e.g., Cookery, Homecraft, Housewifery, Domestic
Science:—
Intensive Housewifery Centres—
Puriey Oaks.
Tavistock.
Cookery and Homecraft Centres—
Howard (Domestic Science).
lngnam (Domestic Science and Homecraft).
Sydenham (Cookery, Homecraft and Domestic Science).
Special Rooms or Centres reserved, for School named—
Ashbuirton (Domestic Science).
Benson (Domestic Scienoe).
British Girls, Polytechnic (Domestic Science).
Davidson (Domestic Science).
Ecclesbourne (Domestic Scienoe).
Elmwood (Domestic Science).
Kingsley (Domestic Science).
Lanfranc (West Thornton Centre—Domestic Scienoe).
Oval (Domestic Science).
Portland (W-oodside Centre—Domestic Science).
Tavistock (Domestic Science and Homecraft).
Norbury Manor (Domestic Science).
Rockmount (Domestic Science).
Waddon (Domestic Science).
Archbishop Tenison's (Domestic Science).
Laidy Edridge (Domestic Science).
Health Clark (Domestic Science).
Centres for Domestic Subjects have now practically ceased to
exist as such. Instead, special rooms or Centres are available for
each Senior Girls' School, whereby the older girls in such schools
are able to receive the necessary instruction in Domestic Subjects
as part of the normal school curriculum and, generally speaking,
on the School premises.