BETTER SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 96, 24 April 1944, Page 4

BETTER SCHOOL BUILDINGS

SCHEME SECOND ONLY TO HOUSING The opinion was expressed at a well-attended meeting of the Wanganui Girls’ College Parents’ Association that, in view of the fact that a healthy, attractive environment, has long been recognised as - one of the first essentials for the right development of children, a greater proportion of the national income should go towards a progressive building scheme to provide modern, hygienic schools, in place of the numerous dilapidated buildings still in use; and that the matter should be placed second only in importance to the housing scheme. It was suggested, too, that the movement to improve the post-prim-ary senool curriculum might well coincide with a campaign for better physical conditions at the primary stage. A resolution was carried to this effect. The principal, Miss M. E. Baker, gave the second of a series of talks, which she and members of the staff are giving throughout the winter months, on’ the proposed changes in the postprimary school curriculum. Miss Baker dealt with the aims behind the recommendations of the committee set up by the Department of Education, and with the main recommendations I hemselves. The questions asked, and the discussion which ensued showed a lively interest and a keen desire to understand the changes involved. At the next meeting Miss E. D. Graham, M.A., will introduce the subject under discussion for the evening -—“The Syllabus for English.” Since this matter is arousing considerable comment among business and professional sections of the community, it is expected that attendance will be large and discussion lively.