LONDON GIRLS' TREAT.
" Seventeen girls from a top class in a school in a poor area of London saw tho sea for tho first time in 1928; five of the girls saw a live cow for tho first time; while some of their companions had their first expcrienco of growing wild flowers and berries, of the appearance and life of a farm, and walks through woods!" This commentary on the " limited outlook and knowledgo of the average London child," is from a London County Council report on tho development of school journeys as part of the educational system. In 1908, 150 children took part in school journeys. In 1929 the total had risen to 5440, and tho number of journeys had grown from five to 480. Tho cost of the school journeys last year was £45,720, toward which tho council contributed £14,000. Of the balance the parents and pupils paid £22,317, while the remainder was raised through' the efforts of the teachers and by gifts.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)
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165LONDON GIRLS' TREAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)
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