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are at the present time under consideration. The prepara-
tion of the Oakley Road and Southborough sites has
proceeded during 1937, and, with the Hayes site, the
preparation of which was completed during 1937, these
two sites will be taken into use in the near future.
Arrangements were made during the year for physical
instruction to be given to scholars attending the Keston
C.E. School in the Village Hall, Keston, and the scholars
attending the Bromley Parish Boys' and Girls' Schools in
the Bromley Gymnastic Club.
am indebted to Mr. G. H. Atkinson, Organiser of
Physical Education, for the following information on the
development of Physical Education in Bromley.
" Under the supervision of the regional organisers of physical
education the interest in and development of improved methods of
teaching have resulted in marked progress in the quality of the work
in the schools. Advanced physical training schemes have been introduced
in all senior departments, the teachers having been trained in
the use of portable gymnastic apparatus by attendance at short
refresher courses taken in school time. Similar arrangements for
teachers in junior departments are now being made.
Organised games in school playgrounds show considerable improvement,
both in the variety of games played, and in the establishment of
the principle that all children, whether athletically " gifted " or not
are entitled to the same consideration.
The Education Committee's new playing fields at Oakley Road and
Southborough (as already referred to above) are nearing completion,
and will be available for children's visits in Autumn, 1938. Adequate
changing and shower bathing facilities are planned. It is to be hoped
that the Committee will find it possible to provide for the conveyance
of classes to and from these fields, as otherwise it would appear
impossible to ensure their use to the best advantage.
New building projects include the provision of four well designed
and equipped gymnasia for the Committee's senior schools."
Provision of Meals.
The Local Education Authority has not found it
necessary to exercise the powers permissible under sections
82/84 of the Education Act, 1921, nor does there appear
to be be any urgent necessity at the present time to put these
sections of the Act into operation. Bromley is essentially
a residential area in which there would not appear to be
any call, on medical grounds, for this provision. When
cases of under-nourisliment are found they are referred to