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been provided, in accordance with the terms of the Board's Circular 1450,
for all those children whose parents cannot provide them. The changing
rooms and kit stores are all adequately heated.
The new gymnasia of the reconstructed Polytechnic and of the new
building of the Tottenham Grammar School are now in use, and the
County Authority are now proceeding with the extension of facilities
for physical education at the County School and the High School for
Girls. It is hoped also that the building of the proposed Youth Community
Centre, with full gymnasium provision, will shortly be begun.
(3) Classes for Teachers.—The Organisers have held three classes
for women teachers and two for men during the year. In addition,
several teachers have been assisted by the Authority to attend either
approved short vacation courses, three months' courses in Training
Colleges organised by the Board of Education, or the one-year course of
Physical Training at Carnegie Physical Training College, Leeds.
To maintain continuity of instruction in different types of schools,
useful visits have been made by teachers in the Secondary Schools to
the reorganised Junior Schools.
(4) Swimming Instruction.—The most important development
during the year has been the appointment by the Authority of two
Swimming Instructors, one man and one woman. Their work and the
co-operation they have established with the teaching staff in the schools
have already provided an improved standard of swimming. During the
winter, in addition to the winter programme of swimming, land drill
has been given in the schools.
Prizes (Free Passes for one year) are offered by the Baths Committee
to school children passing suitable tests. During the year, 137 boys
and 94 girls obtained these awards.
The accommodation for swimming is inadequate, but the Council
have at present under consideration the provision of further accommodation.
(5) Organised Games.—During the year the Authority have
acquired two additional sites for playing field purposes, one at Down