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9. 0PEN AIR EDUCATION.
school Journeys and Scliool Camps- There were none during- thus year.
Swimming- Swimming instruction was given throughout the week to boys & girls
10. PHYSICAL TRAINING.
The following is extracted from a report made by the organiser of
Physical Education to your Director of Education:-
"Vital capacity tests using a spirometer and carried out by Senior
school boys compared very favorably v?ith the results of similar tests by
secondary school boys in the Midlands and fourth year Central school boys
gained an average of 46.8% compared with 34% by A.T.C. cadets in a series of
Rfficiency Tests. Much more could be attempted on the above lines to
stimulate in our pupils a high regard for personal fitness, cleanliness
and general efficiency.
"Full advantage was immediately taken of the completion of the air-raid
shelter at the North Walthamstow ground in September, to provide a weekly
games period for over seven hundred children from seven schools at this
valuable field. Good use has also been made of playing pitches and tennis
???curts at Lloyd Park; the programme of school visits to St. James' Park has
been somewhat curtailed by difficulties of maintenance. Youth organisations
and Civil Defence Units have made good use of the excellent facilities at
the Salisbury Hall playing field which, with the loss of Low Hall Farm and
the Chestnuts grounds, has become firmly established as the only Centre for
games and athletics for our Youth.
11, PROVISION OF MEALS.
I; School Heals. The following details are extracted from a report made to
the Education Committee by the Director of Education:-
Meals supplied during week ended 31st October 1941 - 8450 at 16 centres
(excluding staff meals). Meals were cooked at the Central Kitchen, Open
???School, Wm. Morris School, and Chapel and and Joseph Barrett Domestic
science rooms.
Future plans then included the opening of the dining room at Maynard
Rd school, and completion of solid fuel kitchens at Joseph Barrett and wood
st. myope Schools, providing approximately 1300 meals daily. Charges made
to parents were determined by the Committee's scale of necessity, the
maximum charge being 5d per meal.
The number of meals provided was 171,852 as compared with 25,042
during 1940.
(2) Milk Meals. 479.360 milk meals were supplied to children on medical
grounds on the recommendation of the medical staff. The number of meals
supplied during the preceding year was 486,188.
(3) Milk in Schools scheme. The arrangements detailed in former reports
were continued in 1941, all the milk supplied being pasteurised milk sold
license.

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