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On several occasions their own work has been included in the
exhibitions.
The love of animals is fostered in the children. The boys groom,
clean and feed 20 Angora rabbits, whilst the girls learn to clip the wool.
All the girls take a course of domestic science, including cookery,
laundry, housewifery and needlework.
Vale Road School for Physically Defective Children.
The following report has been supplied by Miss Hubbard (Head Mistress
of the school):—
The situation of Vale Road School for Physically Defective Children
is ideal with its spacious field and school garden. It is a one-storied
building, with a long corridor running through it. There are five
entrances, and in the summer, the doors are kept open and the corridor
airy. The school has been re-decorated and the classrooms look very
attractive.
The playground has been reconstructed and a concrete track has been
laid from one entrance gate to the other, thus making a firm path for the
ambulances.
Special furniture is provided for the children; desks, chairs with
extending foot-rests and couches for recumbent cases. A remedial room
has been added, so that children may receive treatment under the care
of a specialist and a nurse.
In the morning the time-table closely resembles that of a primary
school, with the exception that in summer most work is done in the
open air.
Afternoon sessions are devoted to handicrafts. Senior boys learn
book-binding, chair-seating and cane-work, leather, pewter, weaving
and poster work. They also attend a woodwork centre. The senior
girls specialize in plain and fancy needlework, often working their own
designs. The junior boys and girls are taught preparatory craft-work.
The children partake of a hot two-course dinner sent from Page
Green meals centre. During the morning break, milk is provided, and