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Outdoor Games and Sports
Training in the basic skills of the major games, sports and
athletics has continued as part of the normal curriculum, and
facilities have on the whole been well used. More attention has
been paid to increasing the number of track and field events in
athletics and to choosing more than one major game during winter
and summer. With the increase in the number of outdoor activities
covered there remains, in some cases, much to be done to improve
teaching methods and teaching techniques, if the playing field
activities are to be taught with the precision which has been
accorded in the past to indoor gymnastics. In some cases it is
anticipated that, in the future, more time will need to be given in
games lessons to training individual and team skills if the different
outdoor games and sports are to be grounded effectively, and the
limited time available is to be used to the best advantage.
An account of the physical education scheme in Secondary
Schools would be incomplete without reference to its full expression
in competitions and tournaments outside school hours. To this
end numerous teachers have given freely of their time and energy
in organising and conducting inter-house, inter-school and interdistrict
matches in a variety of activities, thus enabling a host of
children in the Borough to get a weekly game at their appropriate
level in the seasonal sports.
Games Results
As a result of enquiries from schools, the following information
should prove of interest.
One school in the area has an excellent annual programme
providing for:— (1) 5 Hockey teams. (2) 5 Netball teams,
(3) 2 Cricket teams. (4) a large Tennis Section, with the following
very creditable results :—
Hockey
Kent Schools Team—Two girls chosen.
West Kent Schools Team—Four girls chosen and one
reserve.
East Kent Junior Team—One girl chosen as reserve.
Schools Tournament—1st XI came second in Tournament.
Under 15's XI came third in Tournament.
Netball
Kent Schools Tournament—The under 14's VII reached
the final round but were defeated in the final match.