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Equipment
A television set was installed during the Summer Vacation
in order to enable the Senior Glasses to use the school television
programmes.
A pleasing feature of 1965 has been the spontaneous desire
among the pupils of the Senior Classes to undertake social work.
This is probably the direct result of contacts made among the
local Old Age Pensioners during the delivery of food parcels
following the Harvest Festival.
The Senior Boys collected scrap wood from which they delivered
free bundles of firewood, while the Senior Girls provided
a Christmas Party (all paid for by themselves) for local old
ladies.
Epileptic Pupils
In Day Special Schools 17
In Residential Special Schools 4
During the year four epileptic children were recommended for
placement in special schools. Wherever possible epileptic childi
ren are educated in ordinary schools subject only to minor
restrictions relating to certain forms of physical education.
Nevertheless an epileptic attack can be very disturbing to some
children and it is sometimes necessary to recommend the transfer
of the affected child because of the effect of the condition on
the remaining members of the class. It has been usual for some
years to recommend that epileptic pupils should be accommodated
at St. Giles' Special School. Mr. Pettman notes in his report
(page 45) that epilepsy is now the third largest disease process
in the school and it may eventually be necessary to consider
whether some limit should be placed upon the number of epileptic
children attending St. Giles'.
Maladjusted Pupils
In Day Dnit 5
In Residential Special Schools 26
Awaiting Placement 8
It is difficult to give any precise definition of a maladjusted
child so that diagnosis will often depend upon the judgement
of individual specialists and sometimes even upon the
facilities available. It is noticeable that recommendations are
more usually made because of the effect of the child's behaviour
upon the school and relatively little consideration is given to