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Kensington Avenue Girls' School arranged a School Journey
to Folkestone from 1st to 8th October. The girls, who were
housed in a boarding house, numbered 45, and their average age
was 13 years. The total cost was £78, the Education Committee
making a grant of £32.
Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools.
(d) There are no open-air classrooms in any of the schools
in the Borough.
Day Open-Air Schools.
(e) There are no open-air schools in the Borough. Such a
school is under consideration at present for the use of certain
physically defective children, but no definite decision regarding it
has yet been made.
Residential Open-Air Schools.
(f) There are no such schools in East Ham.
10. PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Physical training is conducted in all schools on the lines laid
down by the Board of Education. Beyond deciding which children
shall be excused physical exercises the Medical Officer takes
no part in the direction of the physical training. This is left
entirely to the school teachers, many of whom possess special
qualifications for the work. There is no Area Organiser of
Physical Training in East Ham, though a strong plea was put
forward in last year's Annual Report for the appointment of one.
In addition to the ordinary physical exercises carried out
during school hours, most of the schools run football and baskethall
teams for the benefit of the boys and girls respectively.
Instruction in Swimming.
Facilities for learning to swim are provided for both boys
and girls attending schools in the Borough. Bathing accommodation
is now available for 1,000 boys and 500 girls each week.
The baths are open to boys on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
forenoons, and the boys attend from the separate schools 60 at a
time each half-hour. For girls the baths are available on Monday