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All children had the chance of learning to swim in the
school's open-air heated swimming pool. Those who could swim
already improved their style and strokes and all gained confidence
and ability. The fund to provide a cover building for the pool
has now reached its target and this should be erected within the
next six months.
School activities which took place during the year included:—
(a) An Inter-School Athletic meeting with Goddington
School.
(b) The St. Nicholas Marionette Theatre gave performances
during one week in July when over 1,000 children visited
the school.
(c) Members of the Police Force showed Road Safety film
strips and talked to the senior pupils.
(d) The Wilfred Smith Quartet gave two performances to
senior and junior classes.
(e) Pottery has been included in the Senior School timetable
as an additional craft.
(f) The St. Nicholas Club for seniors and ex-pupils met
once monthly for social activities.
(g) The St. Nicholas School Association met regularly
during the year; two "open days" and "open evenings"
were held to enable parents to discuss problems with
their child's class teacher.
Groups of students from Stockwell and Avery Hill Colleges
of Education visited St. Nicholas School for observation and could
see how the specialised teaching was designed to develop the
children's potentialities to the full.
Grovelands School, St. Paul's Cray
There are now 120 children on Roll. During the period
covered by this report, 31 boys and girls left the school and 33
were admitted. A further three places have been offered. Of
those who left the school, nine moved away from the area, three
were excluded under Section 57, three moved to ordinary schools,
two to residential placements and one to the Epileptic Colony at
Lingfield; one pupil is now having home tuition.
Of those who left for employment, three are in supermarkets,
one in factory work, one at paint spraying, one as a machinist,
one with removals, one in laundry work and another as an upholstery
apprentice. Of the remaining three, there has been no
information received—one of these is a school leaver not actually
educationally subnormal but severely handicapped by a speech
defect. There is still some lack of feed back regarding those who