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Plans have been made for two of these types to be erected
in the very near future, and it is hoped that an appreciable
number of Primary Departments will be supplied in the new
financial year. Future development should provide climbing
apparatus for all Primary Departments in order to give opportunities
for the sense of adventure, confidence and well-being
gained in the use of this kind of apparatus.
Organised Games.—Organised games facilities on playing
fields or recreation grounds are now the privilege of all Primary
Junior Departments. Arrangements have now been made for
four of our smaller schools, with only limited playground space,
to be conveyed by coach to Hayes School playing field for an
hourly games period each week. This widening of the scope for
games in Junior Schools is greatly appreciated.
Developments in Swimming have at long last included a
small number of Junior Classes. Results of the experiment were
extremely satisfactory, and, provided the same special facilities
can be extended, it is hoped to include the top classes of most of
our Junior Departments.
Owing to the vagaries of our English climate, the question
of changing of clothing for physical education is a cause for
concern. When dealing with physical education taken in the
open air a great deal of discretion is required, for though we
must continue to encourage getting air to the skin and greater
freedom of movement, we must remember the more delicate
child, who needs a little latitude, or the child who has been
absent through illness. The changing of clothing for physical
education in the Junior School has become a more general
practice, but it is still not a tradition in many of our schools.
A stimulating Conference of Ministry of Education
Inspectors, Primary School Head and Assistants, and Training
College lecturers was arranged at Hayes School during the
autumn term. Physical education had an appreciable share in
the programme, the subject being dealt with in a stimulating way
which presented a much wider scope for future development.
Secondary Modern Departments.
The change from very formal methods of class instruction to
those of a freer character, aiming at developing the individual's
pride in achievement and the knowledge of his (or her) own
bodily powers, is still in process of experiment. We now find
in the gymnasium that the boy (or girl) is given still further
opportunity of measuring and improving his own best performance,
rather than of indulging solely in competition against