[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dull and Backward. The number of Dull and Backward children given in Table XVII. will be seen to differ from that in Table X., and is due to a different classification. The number in Table XVII. signifies the number of children whom Head Teachers consider should be removed to Dull and Backward Classes for more individual attention, while that in Table X. conforms to the mental grade assigned by the Head Teachers at the Routine Inspections. METHODS AND RESULTS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES IN THE SCHOOLS. During the year the Education Committee considered Circular 825 in which the Board of Education notified new pro¬ visions enabling persons already recognised as Certificated Teachers to take Hygiene and Physical Training as a separate subject under certain conditions, and that the Certificates of such Teachers who satisfy the Examiners in this subject would be endorsed accordingly. The Education Committee have made arrangements for a course of instruction for Female Assistant Teachers of our Elementary Schools. This work is being undertaken by Miss Bruce, the Physical Drill Instructress to the Secondary School scholars, on Wednesday and Friday evenings, and 15 Elementary School Teachers have joined the classes. The attendance at the classes here is not restricted to Certificated Teachers, but Uncertificated Teachers were allowed to take the Course if they so desired. I have kept in touch with this movement and would like to congratulate the Committee on taking the step of forming these classes, as I consider they will have a very good effect in helping forward the physical development of the school children, and that the Physical Exercises in the Schools will be conducted on much better and more enlightened lines. I have already paid one visit to the classes. The Teachers themselves express their appreciation of the facilities