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6. Events
(a) The School's Annual Sports were held at the Barclay's Bank
Sports Ground on Tuesday, June 25th.
(b) Harvest Festival
This was held in the School on October 9th. Many parents and friends
attended. The Rev. Donald Reeves M.A. of Carshalton gave the
address and afterwards the Senior Scholars distributed many parcels
of produce to the old people in the area.
(c) The School was open for Parents and friends on Wednesday, July
16th.
7. The Old Scholars' Club has continued to flourish. It is now run by a
Committee of Parents with the School Staff acting in an advisory
capacity.
8. Thank You
(a) To the members of the Staff of Telephone House, Croydon, who
again visited the School during the Christmas period and brought a
present for each child.
On July 5th they took forty of our children by coach to Arundel and
Littlehampton. A very enjoyable time was had, and we are grateful
to the Supervisor and Staff for their kindness.
(b) To the School's Parents Association and to the Local Branch of
the National Association for Mentally Handicapped Children, who
provided us with another Television Set for use by the Junior Classes
in the School.
(c) To the Editor and Readers of Stamp Weekly who collected stamps
and albums for our School Philatelic Club.
EPILEPTIC PUPILS
In Day Special Schools -12
In Residential Special Schools - 5
During the year two epileptic children were recommended for placement
in a special school. Although every effort is made to retain an epileptic
child in an ordinary school, many factors may make this ideal impossible to
attain, and when special difficulties arise the epileptic pupil is usually
recommended for admission to St. Giles' School. One factor which will
certainly affect the placement of the epileptic child is the degree of behaviour
disturbance which accompanies the condition. In both of the children recognised
during 1969, the degree of disturbance was sufficient to question the
wisdom of placement at St. Giles' School. Indeed, one child was found to be
so disturbed in spite of the specialised facilities available to deal with the