SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORTS

Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 7

SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORTS

—■ -«&»■- i ANDERSON BAY. Iho Anderson Bay Committee report: The year has been a very arduous one for use committee, as several important matters have necessitated special meetings, there being in all, 20 instead of the usual 12 During the year the balance of the cricket grounu has been covered with cinders, which will bo a decided iimnovoment during the winter. Thanks to the generosity of several members or the committee, a concrete practice pitch was laid down for the use of tho budding cricketers. An ever-present difficlT/~tn3 disposal of waste papers and monish—was solved in an entirely satisfactory _ manner by the construction at a moiety nominal cost, by two members of an incinerator and receptacles for refuse. This, with the removal of tho unsightlv old tanks and the painting ot tho school by the Education Board, bus given the premises an improved appearance. The new drinkiim fountains installed by tho Education Board have been much appreciated. The hoys’ com ■uiiea.ccs have been enlarged, and Die septic lank was overhauled and found to ho working perfectly. Owing to the increase in attendance it was found necessary to fit our tho other half of tho gymnasium as a temporary class room. These rooms have proved to be warm and comfortable. Now taa.r the Education hoard have acquired the sections in Irani of lire school a new and up-to-date infant department will be erected thereon very shortly.' The mailer of an improver! school entrance lias been left in abeyance until ibis work is proceeded v, ith. The year opened with so marked an increase in tho attendance that iho school became entitled after the first quarter to ait extra assistant.. Tho average attendance for tire year 1919 was 290, and the average roll 320. JThe roll now stands at 321—130 boys and 131 girls. Tho lunch club inaugurated at the beginning of the winter proved highly successful, and was the moans of improving the rtrominnee of children living at a distance. Thanhs to the generosity of donations of cocoa, milk, and sugar, hot cocoa wa s supplied for 106 children at (ho suinl! cost of Id per week cadi. This entailed a considerable IniriFn, which the staff cheerfully undertook. The school has hr.d a highly successful year on it? athletic Tno football team lost only one match, and they won the fivc-a&idc tournament at the school championship sports. The school was iouvh for the banner, aaid the year fitly ends with the' cricket ' team winning tho cricket championship with an unbeaten record. The total income for the year, including balance of £3O 9s Id from previous year, was £l9l Ss Id, and the expenditure vms £153 6s 2d, k-aviim a balance of £3B Is lid.