[Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.
- Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Eighteen schools took part in the Junior Inter-Schools Sports Meeting on the Temple Cowley School ground. The City and ('oiinty athletic championshi]')S were again held on the Utley Road track. On 1st March, Mr. J. Le Masurier, National Coach of the Amateur Athletic Association conducted coaching sessions at the City of Oxford High School for Boys and at Cheney School. More than two hundred and fifty boys and girls attended. (b) Schools’ Folk Dance Festival The second Schools’ Folk Dance Festival was held out of doors at Cheney School on 28th June. More than two hundred children from eight schools took part in the programme of English, National and Community Dances. In the interval there was a demonstration of Morris dancing by boys of Headington Secondary School who were accompanied by Mr. William Kimber, a founder-member of the English Folk Dance Society. (c) Swimming Junior, Intermediate and Senior inter-schools Galas were organised by the Schools’ Swimming Association and although the standard of diving is not yet high there was a noticeable improvement in the swimming events. The Monday evening coaching sessions are well attended and the Association is very grateful to the four coaches under Mr. J. Dufty who conduct the group practices. Since the introduction of Royal Life Saving Society classes for the Intermediate Certificate, attendances at the Baths on Tuesday evenings have been excellent. Older children take the Bronze Medallion and the more advanced awards of the Society. Owing to the Baths being closed, examinations were not possible at the end of the winter term but will be held in January. Below is an analysis of swimming tests passed in 1956:— Boys Girls 10 yards 436 364 25 yards 348 291 75 yards 183 201 Object Diving 130 84 200 yards 70 38 Two Plain Dives 57 14 50 yards front crawl . . 12 8 400 yards 131 45 Speed . . 18 14 R.L.S.S. 29 15 1,414 1,074](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942834_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
