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It might be of interest to know that one of the present pupils, a
Tottenham child, won First Prize for Spinning in a recent All England
Competition open to all classes of schools.
Vale Road School for Physically Defective Children.
The following report is based upon information supplied by the,
Head Mistress.
The school is a self-contained one-storey building with a large field
and school garden attached.
The accommodation includes three class-rooms, a spacious hall and
an orthopaedic centre. Here treatment is carried out by an Orthopaedic
Surgeon and a Masseuse, who is also a qualified instructress in remedial
exercises. The hall is utilised for educational work and serves also as
a dining-room. When weather conditions are favourable instruction is
given in the open air.
Specially constructed furniture has been provided. This includes
desks of varying height, chairs with foot-rests, and couches for recumbent
cases and for those children who have to rest during the day.
The pupils are conveyed to and from school by ambulance. A hot
two-course meal is provided at mid-day. Each child is given one-third
pint of milk during the morning interval, and a further one-third pint
is supplied during the afternoon, in selected cases, on the recommendation
of the School Medical Officer. Chemical food and cod liver oil and
malt are also administered when medically prescribed.
The morning educational time-table resembles that of an ordinary
elementary school. The afternoon sessions are devoted to art and craft
work.
During the year under review one scholar was awarded a secondary
school scholarship. Many specimens of craft-work, executed by the
children, were submitted for the exhibitions organised in connection with
Tottenham's first Education Week.