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time for this work. Children are selected and inspected and the exercises
are prescribed by the Medical Staff.
Organised Games are a regular part of the curriculum of all the
schools. Valuable assistance in these is given by a flourishing Schools'
Sports Association, which organises Cricket, Football and Netball Competitions
on a League system; and an Annual Sports Meeting, in which
school representatives, chosen on the results of their own School Sports
Meeting, complete for challenge shields or cups. Combined displays of
Physical Drill and Country Dancing are features of the Annual Sports.
Swimming Instruction is given to Senior boys and girls, who attend
at the Public Baths during school hours. Under the direction of the School
Swimming Association, scholars are encouraged to take examinations for
certificates issued by that Association and by the London Schools Swimming
Association. In 1925 nearly 2,000 certificates were awarded, these
being shared almost equally between girls and boys. These included a
large number of certificates for proficiency in life-saving.
PROVISION OF MEALS.
During the year, 116,055 school meals (dinners) were provided.
Necessitous children only, with the exception mentioned below, were
provided with meals and no charge was made. The income of the parents
must be within the scale fixed.
The dietaries at the various Cookery and Feeding Centres are
submitted to, and approved by, the School Medical Officer who periodically
visits the Centre.
Dinners are provided for payment at the Down Lane Central Girls'
School, but part payment is accepted in cases where the parents are in poor
circumstances.
The following are the menus of the meals supplied at the Down Lane
and Lancasterian Centres:—