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Ten children returned to ordinary schools during the year,
and all the girls who left, having attained the age of 14 years,
have obtained suitable employment."
Fyfield Residential Open- Air School. This school, which
is maintained by the Authority, is situated near Ongar, and now
has accommodation for 100 boys and 100 girls. The extensions to
the building were completed in June, and the additional 20 boys
and 40 girls were admitted thereafter. The additions consisted
mainly of sleeping accommodation, additions to the kitchen, and
additional class room shelters.
Sleeping accommodation. For the sleeping accommodation
for twenty extra boys the room under the dormitory was adapted.
This involved the clearing away of the existing class room which
enclosed the south front, and the provision of a master's bedroom
and two w.c.'s, one for the boys at night and one for the master.
For the girls a new dormitory was erected in the west side of the
quadrangle. This new dormitory is reached from the playground
or through the rest room. At the south end of this new dormitory
are two staff bedrooms, two store rooms, a staff w.c. and bathroom.
At the other end are two staff bedrooms, night w.c.'s
for the children, shoe-cleaning room, staff w.c. and bathroom,
and lavatories for forty girls. Six additional w.c.'s were added
to the existing range.
Rest room. The rest room was extended to 164 feet long by
24 feet wide. It is now a very pleasant room which can accommodate
the whole of the children in the school.
Dining room and kitchen. An addition to the dining room—
measuring 23 feet 6 inches by 30 feet—was erected at right angles
to the existing room and connected to it. The kitchen was also
enlarged. A coal fire range was removed and electrical appliances
installed. These consisted of two large ovens, a large boiling
plate, a steamer, six boiling coppers and two hot cupboards.
Class room shelters. Three additional class room shelters
were erected in the neighbourhood of the present shelters,
separated from each other by a distance of twenty feet.
Staff rooms. Five new staff bedrooms were provided,
making a total of thirteen in all. A new staff common room,
measuring 25 feet by 11 feet 6 inches, was constructed adjoining
the extension of the dining room.
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