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The Health Education Officer has given additional assistance
during three sessions on specific points of presentation, with
reference to experience in local schools. The panel consists of
six married women in their thirties, five of whom have children.
Most of them have had a University training and include one
woman doctor and four former ex-teachers. One member also works
for the Marriage Guidance Council in Croydon.
The general pattern followed by members of the panel on
completion of their training is:-
(a) The speaker visits the headmistress on invitation and
discusses the procedure, time allowed, content of talks and the
method of delivery.
(b) During the second visit a talk is given to the girls and
at the conclusion of this they are asked for written questions
on points about which they need further information.
(c) The third visit is devoted to answering the questions
and any points which might arise from them.
(2) A one-day Conference was held in July on 'Personal
Relationships "for schoolgirls drawn from all the Croydon schools
(there was no selection). The Reverend (Sad varah gave the
necessary guidance for this and took part in the programme. This
was divided into three topics, followed by written and oral
questions:-
(a) "The First Meeting" - The Reverend (Sad varah
(b) "Going steady" - Dr. Marcia Hall
(c) "For Better, For Worse" - The Reverend F. A. Wainwrigbt
and Mrs. Wainwright.
The conference was followed up by speakers from the panel
visiting the schools. Some of the comments from the girls taking
part as related by the Head Teachers who were present at the
meeting were:-
(a) The first Conference was valuable, but would be of
better effect if it were supported by a similar conference for
boys. (This is now being organised for early in 1962).
(b) It was enjoyable and profitable and the pupils were
impressed by the willingness of the speakers to accept children
into adult confidence and they were relieved to talk about these
matters in the open.