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"Two children were admitted during the year and four left.
Six boys took boot repairing and brushmaking for half a day per
week and four took woodwork. No girls were of the right age to
take cookery or laundry.
"The school was evacuated to Kessingland, Suffolk, with three
other deaf schools. There were 18 children on the register. Fourteen
children came with us, one of whom came from the Margate Deaf
School. We were moved to Gileston, Glamorgan, on October 9th
with five other deaf schools. One girl left in November and one
boy returned to Margate Deaf School. Two children have returned
home temporarily. School is being carried on here during normal
school hours, although under crowded conditions. The health of
the children is good. The condition of several of the children's
ears has improved. Of the six children left in Walthamstow all
require special teaching except one, who could possibly be taught
in a hearing school."
(iii) Open Air School.—Miss Thompson, the Head Teacher,
reports as follows:—
"The work of the school was carried on, on similar lines to previous
years. Early in the year many cases of bad posture were noted—
walking with hands in trousers pockets, lolling against posts, etc.,
tending to accentuate sunken chests and rounded backs. Dr. Clarke,
Miss Hawkes and Mr. Last, organisers of P.T. in the district, joined
with the staff whole-heartedly in a campaign to remedy this, and
a special set of exercises was agreed on for practice. Miss Goddard
specialised for this work, but the teaching staff co-operated
throughout the day. A noticeable improvement had been gained
by the midsummer holidays. 13 children were discharged for
transfer to ordinary elementary schools in July.
"On September 1st, 85 of the 143 children on roll were evacuated
as a school unit to Hopton, near Lowestoft. Here they remained
seven weeks. For the first month the weather was most favourable
and children spent all day out of doors, sometimes walking to
adjacent villages, sometimes playing on the sands or taking lessons