SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
(To ihf Edif.r.. I Sr. (.in trio occasion .if tlie la?t closing j of schools on art-omit of an i-jiidemic. the . Ivastcr week's holiday wa« cancelled. ! Hie same position nrises again, and it | ujjght be useful to consider the purpose of these term holidays. They are u> Hfl'ord a break in the 5.1.00 l year, to ■ which children and teachers oan look for- ; ■yard, make arrangement? for trips to ( town or country, or engage in needful I recreation or useful w>.rk. Such rnanjres j are a long-recognised necessity, if I lie yoiinjr brain is to develop, and the bark-blo'-k leai'iier is not to be n permanent exile Niiiie of these condition* are filltitlr.l by a week or a fortnight of pickneat or isolation, -o it is to be questioned wiic;her the authorities should Miostilute ilu>se latter periods for the regular holidays. I am. etc. R.U'KBLOCKS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 117, 17 May 1920, Page 9
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147SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 117, 17 May 1920, Page 9
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