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9. OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
(a) Playground Classes.
In a few cases playground classes continue to be held
occasionally.
(b) School Camps.
The Camp School was held from 20th May to 3rd June at the
Hopton Constitutional Holiday Camp. Seventy-nine boys and
seventy-one girls from Elementary Schools in the Borough attended.
Every step was taken to make the facility known to and
available for the children who were in the greatest need. No child
was accepted who was likely to have a holiday away from home
during the summer, and no child was excluded solely by the
parents' inability to contribute the whole or part of the cost of
maintenance.
Cases referred by the School Medical Department received
special consideration.
School Journeys were undertaken by the undermentioned
Schools:—
Brampton Senior Girls' School:
Hythe—29th April to 6th May—28 girls.
Wimeraux—23rd to 30th June— 20 girls.
Central Park Senior Boys':
Weald of Kent and Sussex—5th to 16th September—30 boys.
Cornwell Senior Girls':
Hythe—13th to 20th May—14 girls.
Plashet Senior Boys':
Ryde—13th to 27th May—50 boys.
Winsor Senior Mixed:
Weald of Kent—13th to 25th June—12 girls and 14 boys.
A party of sixty boys from East Ham Elementary Schools
took part in a School Journey to Cologne from 17th to 27th June,
1938. The boys benefited considerably by the experience.
The Teaching Staff are unanimous in their opinion in regard
to the definite educational value of these School Camps and
School Journeys, and the Medical Staff regret that it is not possible
for more scholars to be included in this phase of educational
activity, having regard to the marked improvement in the