[Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This Report by the Senior Advisor for Physical Education has been submitted by the Chief Education Officer The staff of advisors for Physical Education in the County is as reported last year except that Mr. R. Wilkinson was appointed to the Education Department after serving in the Youth Department. Mr. Wilkinson is the Advisor for outside activities for the whole County. The schools are showing a greatly increased interest in this facet of physical education and the outside activity centres and field studies are truly well organised and in great demand. These centres are Bradwell - Sailing and Field Studies; Nazeing - Canoeing and Sailing; Maes-y-Lade (North Wales) - Canoeing, Pony Trekking, Mountain walking and skiing making slope; Harlow - Canoeing. During the year the magnificent new buildings at Bradwell were opened. These have residential facilities as well as laboratories for field studies. At the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, residential courses for teachers were again arranged. Seventy six secondary school teachers, specialists and others, attended and took part in one of the following - Rugby, Soccer and Cricket; Basketball and Volley Ball; Skiing and Canoeing; and Badminton. For the first time similar courses were held, also at Crystal Palace, for primary school teachers. Sixty five teachers attended and took part in one of the following;- Educational Gymnastics Educational Dance Junior Games Athletics and Swimming The visit of Mr. Dai Rees, C.B.E. to Great Baddow Comprehensive School to teach teachers how to teach Golf to groups is now an annual feature of the physical education programme. His great gift as a teacher - his playing ability speaks for itself - made this a very popular course indeed. Courses were held in other facets of physical education in the various Divisions as is usual, and all were well attended and appreciated. There are now fifteen sports halls in schools actually in use, and a further twenty three in various planning stages. By 1972 there should be almost forty such halls in our schools. These are also hired out for use in the evening by outside clubs e.g. Badminton, Basketball, five-a-side football etc. In the final stage of planning and building is the larger sports hall at Shenfield School. This has been built jointly by the Education Committee and Brentwood Urban District Council. The financial provision and the use will be equally shared by the two Councils. Five other such joint use Sports halls, are in the planning stage. These halls ensure the teaching and practice and playing of games under ideal conditions all the year round, and congratulations are due to the Education Committee for their far-sighted provision, and the Architect’s Department for their outside design. The internal marking out, type of apparatus, and general design for use is the work of the advisory staff