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ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.
(A.) COLINDALE AREA.—
A new school for 400 children with an age range of 5 to 11 years was
opened in April, 1933.
(B) OTHER AREAS.—
Owing to overcrowded conditions obtaining at Deansbrook, Wessex
Gardens, St. Mary's C.E., Algernon Road and the Hyde Schools, the Board
of Education have approved the erection of new schools and extensions as
follows :—
Plans already approved by Board of Education :—
(i) Deansbrook Junior Department.—Accommodation 400; age
range 8—11 years. To be opened after Midsummer, 1934.
(The existing building will be organised as an Infants' Department,
accommodation 400, age range 5—8 years).
(ii) Clitterhouse Junior and Infants' Diepartment.—Accommodation
400; age range 5—11 years. To be opened in May, 1934.
(iii) Sunnyfields Infants' School.—Accommodation 300; age range
5—8 years. To be opened in January, 1934.
(iv) St. Mary's C.E. School.—Alterations and extensions to this
school were commenced in July. When completed the school will
be re-organised into Senior Mixed and Junior Mixed Departments
with accommodation of 280 and 309 respectively. To be opened
in January 1934.
(v) R.C. School of the Annunciation.—The erection of a new Central
School has been approved to accommodate 320 children of
11+ on a site already acquired in Orange Hill Road. This school
will contain a Science Room for 40 children and Domestic Science
and Manual Instruction Rooms with accommodation for 20 children
in each room. To be opened after Midsummer, 1934.
The schools now being built are of a semi open air type a typical plan
of which is shown on the opposite page. They are planned around a court
with sliding fronts to the classrooms opening on to a corridor and facing the
court. All windows open and cross ventilation is arranged up to ceiling level.
Low pressure hot water radiant panel heating from the ceiling is now
installed, previously high temperature electric panel heating was used, this
proved effective but was costly.