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Air party in the Playing Field of the Gonville School in June with
over 450 children dancing, Group parties at seven centres in November,
attended by more than 700 children, and two parties at the
Adult School in December, organised by the E.F.D.S. with about
600 children in attendance.
School Journeys were taken by girls from various schools to
the Isle of Wight (9), Seaford (2), Peak District, Boscombe, West
Wickham, Paris, Brittany, Belgium, and Switzerland, while seven
schools sent girls' camping parties to Pilgrim Fort.
Corrective Classes, for girls with faulty posture, were continued
in six schools.
The following Courses and Demonstrations were arranged for
Teachers:—
Courses of Physical Training for Infants' Schools.
Three Demonstrations on the Class Teaching of Swimming.
Demonstration of Modern Methods of Physical Training.
Four teachers attended Vacation Courses in Physical Training,
in August, and many attended the various courses and demonstrations
arranged by the Central Council of Recreative Physical
Training and other bodies, in conjunction with the National Fitness
Campaign.
In connection with the Polytechnic and Evening Institutes,
sixteen Gymnastic and Keep Fit Classes have been held for women
and girls.
The Croydon Schools Sports Association continued to render
most valuable help, by its voluntary organisation of all branches
of physical training, out of school hours.
The work of the various sections is maintained at a high
standard by the many hours of voluntary service of the teachers and
their help and co-operation is, as always, greatly appreciated.