IN THE OPEN AIR
An endeavour is being made in Chrisfichurch to extend the use of open-air schools, and the Minister of Education has promised to give this method a "fair run."/.Of course, the open-air school may not be suitable for all localities and all seasons. Its use must be extended gradually and with due regard to a common-sense view of conditions. But with these reservations there is much to be said for the institution. -It is a return to natural conditions. .Children are not intended by Nature* to be cooped up in buildings during the brightest and best hours of the day. Their natural inclination is towards activity in the opeii air. In order that their minds may be trained it is necessary to place some restraint upon their physical activity, but, if means can be devised of diminishing the physical harm caused by this restraint, so much the better. The open-air school is a means to this end. In New Zealand it is yet in (lie experimental st.ige, but other countries have tried and approved it, and some of these countries have climates much* loss suitable even than ttuit p4 • _Kew i&Cftljiuii,. TJig
experience of these countries and common knowledge of natural methods of living warrant a full and fair trial of the open-air school.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 34, 10 February 1925, Page 4
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217IN THE OPEN AIR Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 34, 10 February 1925, Page 4
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