SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 21 May 1913, Page 2

SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

STATED TO BE TOO SMALL. '“I again refer to the fact that our. playgrounds are too small” stated Mr E. Tyrer, the Head Master, in his report to the School Committee last evening. “In fine weather the girls’ hockey and the boys’ football games take most of the senior girls and boys over to the Victoria Park during the recess, and the school grounds are left to the smaller children. On wet days, however, all the scholars are confined to the school premises. Play then becomes practically impossible, and however careful the bigger children are and however well the games are supervised, little ones often got hurt. The last few weeks bad weather has strongly emphasised the necessity of providing us with “more room.” In dealing with the report Mr P, tSkoglund stated that the Prime Minister (Hon. W. F. Massey), and the Hon. W. Fraser had been acquainted with the facts and had inspected the grounds. They had both realised the inadequacy of the present grounds, and had advised the committee to make urgent application to the Education Department. This was some two months ago, and they were no further advanced with the matter yet. The Department had sent a distinctly discouraging reply, raising the question of expending a sum of between £lO and £SO on a new horse paddock. Mr Skoglund paid that a horse paddock had not been mentioned in the previous correspondence, j On the motion of Mr Skoglund it I was decided to forwa'rd a letter to the Ministi r for Education enclosing i the extract of Mr Tyrer’s report and urging that the matter receive immedii ate consideration.