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OPEN AIR EDUCATION.
(a) Playground Classes.
In summer, classes are held in the playground whenever
possible at every School.
(b) Open air classrooms.
There is a bungalow classroom at Richmond Road
Infants' School, two sides of which can be opened.
The new Latchmere Road School is constructed on
Open Air lines.
(c) School journeys and camps.
Educational visits are made to the country and local
parks for nature study, etc.
1. St. Luke's Church Central School for Girls.
In May a party of 36 girls accompanied by two
Assistant Mistresses from Kingston (St. Luke's) Church
Central School for Girls went on an educational journey
to the Peak District. It was a most valuable week with
unique opportunities for viewing industrial conditions such
as coal mining, pottery making and other factory work, and
for observing geographical and geological facts, as well
as appreciating literary and historical associations with this
English beauty spot. The Head Mistress is convinced of
the moral, social and health-giving advantages of this
journey.
No School Journey was made by girls of Bonner Hill
Road Central School this year.
2. Open Air Day School.
Towards the end of June, 21 children from the Open
Air Day School went to Pewsey, Wiltshire, for a fortnight.
Delicate children attending this School, greatly benefit from
this change of air.
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
The Board of Education Syllabus of physical training
is followed in the schools. This is carried out as much as
possible in the open air.
The School Medical Officer advises as to children who
are not suitable for physical training.