IMPROVING THE SCHOOLGROUNDS.

Shannon News, 18 December 1923, Page 3

IMPROVING THE SCHOOLGROUNDS.

INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS FROIM ' SCHO»LAIte t

At the previous ' meeting of, the School Committee it was decided to invite suggestions from tbA school '■children as to improvements in the school ground, and at Thursday night's meeting! the special conmnittee.which had been sat up lor the. purpose of dealing with them, submitted to ,the general .coimmitteee live entries to inakea filial, decision from. Fifteen suggestions were, received altogether. The committee made the following, awards alter taking a .ballot: Qsiwaiu Tippler 1, Nesta. Tippler 2, Lloyd Hosicing 3, Lily Fletcher and Molly Butt*, highly cMninendjed, Thie following are the. suggestions made by the first three:— No. I.—'Starting from the main gates,.the flag pole wants .moving to the triangle in front! of the main i school, tab would leave a clear track to the infant 4 schooi and ,also make the playground larger. Continue th;e asphalt out to and in line 1 with asphalt behind main, school. .Plough, level, •and drain the cricket and football grounds. Lay permanent cricket pitch. Jt'or the girls a tennis court and'basket (ball ground. Of apparatus, I suggest that a 'ladder, parallel. |bai"s, and combination of trapeze, flying rings, climbing pole, etc., as the most useiiil and beneficial, and. these apparatusput under a roof, not necessary to have sides, and it would act. u>s a shelter in wet wieather. There ar,e a few odd that would look very nice planted with flowering shrubs Oswald. H. Tippler. ' No. 2.—We have been asked to suggest what! can toe done in or about tb|e school' and ground to improve them. I think the most important thing, is. to haye a good supply of fresh water for drinking and if a swimming bath could be built it would be greatly appreciated. The next important thing is to have an asphalt square' to drill' on, 1 , for the children get their feet w©t in the grass. Another shelter shed for the infants is badly needed. Morie amusements should be provided for the children, such as a tennis co;urt for the 61der gir/s, swings, etc., « for the smaller ones, and a nice cricket, pitch for the boys. A small Dawn or garden and tidy paths would greatly improve the look of the whole jalace.—Nesta Tippler. . ' t < No. 3—lf x I had some money, to spend on the Shannon Schoolgrounds I .would first of all drain the boys' I playground so that there would foe no mud in winter. Then I would put up j goal posts for football and put down] a proper cricket pitch. I would make \ a tennis court for the girts to keep j them out of, mischief. .Then we worn like a riumbex of-maw books for the school library. The .school would look much better if it had some flower gardens in front of it and if the front fence were kept iclear of grass. > If there is not enough money for , all these things the mast importamt is the cricket pitch.—Lloyd Hosking