The curriculum which aims at the preparation of boys and girls for entry into the senior schools com-prizes the usual lower school subjects, In the kindergarten children from four years of age are admitted and taught through the medium of games valuable lessons which to the ated observer would appear to have very little instructive value. Obedience, good manners, unselfishness, the formation of good habits d orderly ways, are emphasized from the beginning and even in this, the lowest class, the attributes of good citizenship are fostered. In the two transition forms work becomes more formal with daily lessons in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, and an endeavour is made to get children to be self-reliant and to use their own powers of reasoning. Handwork continues to be important and inging and Poetry are included in the we work. In Form I the children complete the last years of their preparatory stage and are trained for the wider sphere of the junior school. The average age of this class is 91 years. In an essay competition arranged by the N.S.P.C.A. the whole of Form I were entered, successes being gained by three of the pupil Swedish Drill, folk dancing and organized games continue to figure on the time table. Netball has also been added to the sports programme during the year.
The enrolment at the Council's Schools for foreign children in June, 1937. was 1,469
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