SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19163, 21 November 1927, Page 15

SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND.

„ pfIILLIPPS'S OBSBRVA- *•'■'' TIONS. *** LONDON, October 4. a,* months' tour in England, pr. *■ * ZL Zealand by the s.s. Dr. Phillipps has ititf^r lnterested in any new J^Jtaeducation in this counDts JLllv in open air schools. >d flings that struck me V °\i Dr Phillips on the eve * /nature "was the. amount, or W* *£? teachers have in planning i SS" H «nd the latitude that them in Sir methods For ''>! ed l Sited quite casually a 4P#\ I in an agricultural village ?"*?U The headmaster told *H& Questioned, that he had * OD tSS 'When I see that the a subject or a given being taught in a P lay ; a shed with counters and *«de ud as varieties of proWtadildren actedl as shoppers 2f&measured the field estiseed the d.s"^.Srtof the drills, and the «tj'""j &1d of the crop had been *fiS and will be checked when fMiw "I i-aryested KsSa to the school and run by r **«ttar is a young farmers tfftttJ S* W. hive already 8 Rouses, the measurements of SSShed a good deal of arith- ™£, flie houses have been stocked and their next hope is AfSflUnd work out estimated "WnSk. and so on. The school feature, and the hoys ?ftsr own plots. To obtain this B?fid has been rented by the S**r. and Ihe rent „ being !ybv the produce of. the garden, illustration of practiLncation involving as it does much *St and plenty of interest-inter-ring the foundation of education. Special Windows. nwlbcr chance visit I paid was to a .jjiWalei. This, unlike the other, „ x Conneil school—an ordinary ftutil whool in a village. All the

windows were constructed on the concertain principle, so that they could be pushed flat to the side of the win-dow-frame. On the opposite -wall to the windows were other windows high up, bo that the ventilation was complete. The only heating was obtained from an open fireplace. "The most remarkable instance of children benefiting by exposure is to be seen in Eegent's Park. For the past sixteen years children from the Marvlebone Tubercular Dispensary have been attending school held in the bandstand there. A canvas screen is provided for the winter, and each child has a blanket to keep his legs warm. The same teacher has been there summer and winter for sixteen years. Delicate children who have been prevented from attending the ordinary schools have been able to carry on their education in the park, and many of the old scholars are now out at work and doing well. Experiments at the Zoo. "I paid a visit to the lizard house at the Zoological Gardens. The cages are lighted by Vita-glass, which allows the ultra-violet rays to penetrate, and in addition there are ordinary quartz filament lamps installed. Certain lizards which formerly could not be kept at ,the Zoo at all now thrive there. Monkeys from tropical climates which used to be kept in steam-heated cages and whose death-rate was very high from consumption, have been living in cages with Vita-glass windows and quartz filament lamps, and have free access to the outside cage. It is found that the monkeys go outside even when there is snow on the ground, and their health. is remarkably good. If sunshine is essential for the monkeys in the Zoo, it is equally essential for children at schools." ====== I