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Authority will have the services of one male and one female
organiser. This is a highly desirable and interesting development
as while the teachers have carried out their work well
and enthusiastically the scope of the curriculum is now such
that they cannot be expected to be expert in all subjects and
for the physical welfare of the children I believe this development
will prove of the greatest value.
Until the scheme is actually in operation it is not possible
to predict the actual benefits likely to accrue. If as a result
of more intensive physical training more energy is to be expended
by the child a careful guard will have to be kept on
his reactions especially in that group where nutritional standards
fall somewhere below normal, but if a liking for regular
exercises, especially in the open-air is engendered it will prove
of real benefit to the child throughout his whole life.
In the endeavour to increase the general fitness of the
race the question may well be asked as to what form that fitness
should take. Personally I believe that grace of movement
should be the aim and not a building up of an excess
of muscular tissue, which to the sedentary worker may prove a
handicap.
In a school curriculum already approaching saturation
point it is impossible to devote adequate time to all subjects
but if a certain amount of time can be set aside for the
physical organisers to teach at least the elements of the structure
and functioning of the body the value of physical training
will be greatly enhanced.
Facilities are also provided for organised games and
school sports in the following places
The Burroughs and Cressingham Road Playing Fields,
owned by the Education Authority.
The following schools have playing fields attached:—
The Hyde,
Deansbrook,
Colindale,
Clitterhouse,
and in addition use is made of certain of the Council's open
spaces.