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OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
Tthe following Report, with respect to Open-Air Education, has been
received from the "Director of Education :—
1. SCHOOL JOURNEYS AND HOLIDAY CAMPS.
The Scheme for 1923, approved by the Board of Education,
sanctioned five School Journeys and provided for financial assistance
from the Education Committee not exceeding £187 10s. in all.
The sum actually paid was £185.
(In 1922 an expenditure of £187 10s. was approved and £138 17s.
was spent. In 1921 £250 was approved and £209 10s. spent. In
1920 the amounts were £300 approved and £221 spent).
The following are brief particulars of the Journeys carried out.
Thai proposed 'by All Hallows Boys' School had to be abandoned.
1. Down Lane Central Sichool.
96 First Year girls, in three parties, spent a week in April and
May at Dunford House, Midhurst, Sussex, the holiday home of the
London School of Economics.
Excursions were made to Heyshott for the South Downs, Midhurst,
Chichester, Arundel and Bognor.
I visited Dunford House during the stay of one of the parties and
accompanied the girls to Chichester and Arundel. The house was most
suitable for the accommodation of a school party and the neighbourhood
was full of beauty and interest. Excellent arrangements had been
made for the comfort and convenience of the party.
In July 60 Third Year girls spent a fortnight at Bangor, N.Wales,
where they were accommodated at Bron Castell, one of the hostels of
the University College.
The Authorities of the University and those in charge of the hostel
attended admirably to the needs of the girls, who lived the life of
University students during their visit.
Mr. Johns, H.M.I., visited the party at the request of the Board
of Education and gave them valuable advice and assistance. The girls