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Junior Schools
Health Visitors in Applegarth and Oval Junior Schools are developing
good health education courses and teachers in Fairchildes and Beaumont
Schools also carried out some very imaginative health education work.
Health Visitors and health education staff at Oval and Beaumont Schools
also demonstrated the material used and created by the children to parents.
B.B.C. Radio - Vision programmes "Life Cycle" for 11 - 13 year old pupils.
The Principal Health Education Officer acted as consultant to the
above 8 programmes and teachers and pupils from Norbury Manor Boys,
Norbury Manor Girls, Ecclesbourne, Taunton Manor and Davidson Schools
gave good advice and took part in the pre-testing of the programmes, which
were broadcast during the Summer term.
Health education in Croydon schools is making steady progress and
has a bright future. The Health Education team is greatly indebted to the
Education Department, the Inspectorate and to Dr. S.L. Wright for their continual
advice, support and encouragement without which no progress would
be possible.
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS
Children who are not making progress at school are referred for Tests of
intelligence to a doctor with special training in the School Health Service or
to the School Psychological Service. All children recommended for special
school because of learning difficulty and other children where medical factors
may be playing a part receive a medical examination. A test of intelligence
may also be carried out during the investigation of a large number of other
medical problems.
215 children were examined by School Health Service Doctors and had
intelligence tests during 1972. The classifications arrived at and recommendations
made were as follows:—
(1) Found to be educationally subnormal:
(a) Recommended for St. Christopher's or St. Nicholas Day School
for E.S.N. pupils 80
(b) Recommended for Coldharbour School for E.S.N. pupils 24
(c) Recommended for Residential School for E.S.N. pupils 1
(2) Other recommendations:
(a) Referred back to ordinary school 64
(b) Referred for further investigation by the School
Psychological Service 1
(c) Recommended for Day Special Schools for other handicaps 13
(d) Referred for Speech Therapy 8