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The proposed Open-Air School has not yet teen established. A
suitable site has been obtained near a proposed large Recreation Ground
and a site reserved for a School playing field. The site is at present
under cultivation as allotments, but it is hoped that possession will be
secured in a short time when the building of the School will be commenced.
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Physical Training continues to receive full attention in the Schools.
In addition to courses of instruction based on the Board's syllabus, Folk
Dancing, Eurhythmies and other exercises are taught.
The arrangements for Remedial Exercises for children selected by
the Medical Staff remain as in former years.
Organised Games are a regular part of the curriculum of the
Schools. Valuable assistance is given by the District Council, who give
facilities for the use of public parks and recreation grounds in and out
of school hours. The Council has now provided a number of netball
courts in the parks. These will be a valuable addition to the courts
marked out in school playgrounds.
The School Sports' Association, which organised Cricket, Football,
Netball and Swimming, out of school hours, has again done most useful
work. The Sports' Days of individual schools and the combined Sports
Meeting were again most successful. Mora than 2,000 Swimming Certificates
were awarded to scholars during the year.
PROVISION OF MEALS.
During the year 1927-28, 147,939 dinners were provided. Most
of these were supplied frse to the children of parents whose family
income fell below a fixed limit. Dinners were also provided at, or under
cost, (according to circumstances) to pupils of Down Lane Central School
who live at a distance from the School.
In April, 1927, a new Meals Centre was opened at Culvert Road
School. This is attended by pupils from Culvert Road, Seven Sisters,
Stamford Hill, Vale Road, and St. Ann's Schools, who have dined in