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The action of the Education Committee in supplying plimsols for
physical training calls for special mention as being most helpful
and progressive.
Clothing.
The Education Committee has also supplied all children in
the first year of the Central and Senior Schools with complete
clothing for physical training, consisting of shorts and vests for
the boys and knickers and shirt for girls. Here again the action
of the Committee calls for special mention.
Storage.
The footwear and clothing supplied to Schools calls for suitable
storage. Experiments have been made, and in certain cases suitable
storage cupboards have been supplied to Schools, while further
experiments are in hand at the moment to meet other needs.
Voluntary Organisations.
The good work carried on in their own time by the teachers
for the physical welfare of the children was repeated during 1938.
The Leyton Schools' Sports Association again held most successful
meetings, while the Schools' Football, Cricket and Netball Associations
had busy and successful seasons. The September crisis
interfered, unfortunately, with the Gala of the Leyton Schools'
Sw.'mming Association, causing the Gala to be cancelled, but later
on a modified form of gala was held in order to minimise disappointment
to the children.
School Camp.
The tenth School Camp for children attending Leyton public
elementary schools was held at Dymchurch from 17th June to
15th July.
During the week prior to departure, all children were subjected
to medical examination in order to ensure, as far as possible,
that they were clean, free from infectious disease, and otherwise
able to stand camp conditions.
Some idea of the life in camp may be gained from the following
extracts from reports submitted by the Heads of the Camps.