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The Head Teacher, Miss M. L. Balls, has kindly sent the
following report :—
"The Committee provides a school at Wood Street for the
teaching of blind boys and girls, and for the saving and safeguarding
the sight of children whose eyes are in a precarious condition during
those years of growth and education when they otherwise would be
subjected to great strain.
"Thus there are two groups of children in the school:—
(1) The partially blind.
(2) Those who are 'blind within the meaning of the Act.'
"On the 31st December, 1938, the first group numbered 48
and the second group numbered 10.
"By a careful arrangement of the curriculum, and the employment
of special methods of teaching and special educational
apparatus adapted to the needs of the children, every effort is made
to educate children of varying degrees of blindness, in such a manner
that each child may develop its capacity for learning and doing
to the fullest extent, in spite of the handicap of defective sight.
"In the instruction of the partially blind children, sightsaving
methods, including books printed in 1-inch type, large maps
and illustrations, written work performed on blackboards and
typewriters by the children, ensure that the children subject their
eyes to no strain whilst learning their lessons.