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Acknowledgment of assistance must be made to certain
voluntary bodies who have continued to co-operate in various ways,
such as the Central Aid Society, the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and the School Attendance Aid
Committee.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
Increasing interest is being shown in physical education.
Two physical training organisers have been appointed, who, besides
organising the physical training in the schools, gives courses of
training to the teachers. Most schools have their own playing
fields and there is no school without facilities for games. There
are also well equipped gymnasia at the Modern and the Cuckoo
Schools. The swimming bath for school childien, which is specially
constructed for teaching purposes, is so much in demand that the
ordinary bath is sometimes pressed into service and the innovation
of winter swimming was so popular in the previous year that it
has been continued. A swimming gala was held in September
and was a great success.
School games are organised by the physical training organisers
according to the Handbooks issued by the Board of Education.
Competitive games are held out of school hours and there is an
annual inter-school sports day. These activities are arranged by
a committee of the school teachers who devote a large amount
of time out of school hours to this aspect of the children's development.
The Report of the Physical Training Organisers, Miss M
Evans and Mr. E. R. Holmes, is as follows:
Physical Education."
" The period covered by this statement coincides with the
first year the Physical Training Organisers have spent in Ealing.
As is to be expected a proportion of that time has been spent in
assessing the existing facilities and work, and while no sudden
changes have been suggested, endeavours have been made to see
that as far as possible the children receive the utmost benefit from
their physical activities. With this intention, assistance has been
given as frequently as has been practicable to ensure that the