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Two new Senior Elementary Schools at Pretoria Road and
South Hallsville were opened during the year, also the buildings
accommodating the Grove and Russell Central Schools are now
being used for elementary school purposes, and known as the
Deanery and Ashburton Senior Mixed Schools respectively, the
Central Schools being transferred to new buildings at Forest Gate
and Upton Park.
In both the Nursery 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 cloakroom 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.
The desks in use are of the modern dual type, and as opportunity
arises box desks are being gradually substituted for the older
children, and chairs and tables for the younger ones. The
schools, classrooms and cloakrooms arc cleansed by an efficient
staff of cleaners, under the direction of the School Caretakers.
Head Teachers attend to the drying of children's clothes as required.
The question of meals at Schools hardly arises, as with few
exceptions most children live near the Schools, and go home midday.
In the two Special Schools, however, and in the Day OpenAir
School at Crosby Road, the provision of a hot meal at a very
low cost is arranged for, but many cases are on the free meal
list.
There are ten School Dining Centres distributed in various
parts of the Borough, in charge of a Lady Superintendent, which
are visited periodically by the School Medical Officer.
The following Memorandum has been sent to Head Teachers:
"It is now an established fact that a little milk (about
one-third of a pint) consumed by children during the morning
session is in every way advantageous to their general
health, and that their capacity for resisting disease is enhanced
thereby.
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