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Open-Air Education.
No special open-air school for defective children is
provided in Bromley. A great use was made during the
year of convalescent home treatment as provided by the
Bromley Children's Care Committee: while this scheme
is in operation and use made of it, the need for special
open air schools is not imperative, especially when one
considers our modern schools with their hygienic construction
and the extension of playing fields and outdoor
physical training.
Physical Training.
I am submitting the very interesting report which
was made to the Education Committee by the Physical
Training Organisers, Miss F. M. Bentley and Mr. G.
Atkinson.
Report of the Organisers of Physical Edication
for the year ended 31 st december, 1938.
(1) General.
The progress of the development of all branches of
physical education in the Elementary Schools of this
Borough during the past twelve months has been assisted
in no small measure by the recent determined efforts of
the Board of Education to secure the wider recognition
of the subject's claims.
That the physical welfare of the child is of fandamental
importance to any scheme of child education is no
new theory; yet it is surprising how long it has taken to
give practical effect to the principles involved and implied,
namely:—
(1) That a daily period of physical activity by
required for all children.
(2) That alternative indoor accommodation for
physical exercises is essential during inclement weather.
(3) That a satisfactory scheme of exercises for older
children necessitates the provision of fully-equipped
gymnasia.