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rooms are the Head Teacher's Room, the Main Entrance, Kitchen,
Store Rooms, Staff Room, and Isolation Room. Around the
buildings is a paved space for playground in any weather, with a
sandpit, and in front of the buildings, at a lower level than the
paved playground, is a grassed playing space. Trees have been
planted along the South and East boundaries.
"The buildings are constructed with a steel framework on a
concrete base, filled in with studding and weather boarded on the
outside, and covered with asbestos sheeting on the inside, the roof
being covered with rough boarding and asbestos slabs. The front
of the Main Rooms is filled in with glazed framing, most of which
can be thrown open, as is also the rear of the rooms backing on
the Corridor. The Bathroom has tiled walls, with asphalted floor
and is fitted with a small bath and four sink baths, also four lavatory
basins. There are also two lavatory basins in each Cloakroom.
"The Domestic Hot Water Supply and Heating are from the
basement in the adjoining School Clinic buildings ; the Cooking
is by gas, and the Lighting by electricity.
"THE REBECCA CHEETHAM Nursery School is built on
a site at the rear of the Abbey School, at the end of Village Street,
leading off Marcus Street, and is practically the same as the Edith
Kerrison School, except that the whole of the Heating, Lighting,
and Cooking are done by Electricity."
In both these Schools, the arrangements for cooking are
working satisfactorily, and the buildings, which are of an experimental
character, seem to be well adapted for the purpose. In
future Nursery Schools, however, it will be well to consider giving
sanitary and cloak room accommodation for each room separately,
also a large room should be provided, or sliding and folding
partitions, so that two rooms can be made into one, for assembly
or other purposes, also more store room accommodation for toys,
beds, etc., should be provided.
Medical Inspection is carried out, and the same facilities provided,
as in the Elementary Schools.
The following reports have been received on the Medical
and Dental examinations :—
THE EDITH KERRISON NURSERY SCHOOL.
This School has now completed its first full year. During
the year 1931, eight medical inspections were carried out—six
monthly inspections until lune and two quarterly inspections in
September and December.
The following table shows at a glance
the results of the examinations.