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The total cost of the journey was £91 8s., the Committee's contribution
being £30.
(d) Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools.
A two-department school to accommodate 800 children has been in
course of erection during 1925 and will be opened in April, 1926. All
the rooms open on one side on to a covered, but not enclosed verandah,
so that all classes will work in the open air whenever conditions are
suitable.
(e) Day Open-Air Schools.
For several seasons Open-Air Classes have been held during the
Spring and Summer in the Bandstand at Downhills Park, for girls, and
in a shelter at Orchard House, North Tottenham, for boys. Pupils are
selected, by the School Medical Officers, from the neighbouring schools.
The improvement in the physical and mental condition of the scholars
has been most marked.
The shelter at Orchard House was recently altered so as to make it
available all the year round. It has been occupied throughout the
Winter of 1925-6, and application is now to be made to the Board for its
recognition as a temporary Open-Air Day School until more suitable
arrangements can be made.
The Education Authority are making enquiries for a suitable site on
which to establish an Open-Air School for about 120 pupils.
(/) Residential Open-Air Schools.
None of these is in operation.
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Physical Training in the schools receives much attention. In addition
to the courses of instruction following the Board's syllabus and
regulations, many schools give instruction in Folk Dancing, Eurythmics
and other forms of Physical Exercises.
Remedial Exercises are given in nearly all schools by specially selected
class teachers, acting under the direction of one of the Assistant
School Medical Officers and of an expert adviser, who is engaged for half-