[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Games. Tn spite of some seliools still being* liandicapped tlirough laeh of playing fields tliere has been an increase in games activity- diii’ing IDbO. Tlie district leagues were well supported and (SO scdiool football teams entered the kno(d\-out competitions. An Easl Hiding team was entered in the competitions organised by the Yoi'kshire and English Sidiools’ Football s s 0 c i a t i 0II s. HecaUvSe of the lack of suitable ])laying fields senior girls in I lie majority of our s(diools have no opportunity of ])laying tliei]’ major game, ho(‘key. However, netball rallies and com])el itions helped 1o oftset this and 60 haims com])eted in tlu' final rally whi(dj was held at TT(‘Ssbv An East Hiding team did vei'v well to reaidi the final of the North of England Scdiools’ Netball Rally and to emerge runners-up. Athletics. Most schools in cl mb' afhletics in Iheii* normal summer tinn'-table and I he vai'ions district sporis pi'ovided competition for all ty]ies of schools. As usual, the East Hiding sent (iO athletes to the YoiEshire Schools' Athh'tic S])orts, which were held in Doncaster, and they (1 istingnished themstdves by being ])laced first in the Hoys’ Senior and Dptui, and s('cond in the (Erls’ rl unior (diani])ionships. As a 1‘esult of this, eleven East Hiding scholars were c‘hos(Mi to rej)resent Yorkshire in the English S(diools Athletic (diani])ionshi]) S])orts which were held at Fort Sunlight, (dieshire. This was a high [iropoi'tion of the 5U athletes chosen. Swimming. Swimming instrnetion foi* schools was ])rovided at baths in ITull, Selby, Goole, Hevei'ley, Di'iHiebl and Noi'ton. ddiis yeai' thi'ee cai’efully graded swimming tests uei'e introduced and it is ])leasing to note that both teachei's ami sclndai's have welcomed these as a stimulus to ini])i'ove the standard of swimming. Thiiteeii scholars (eight boys and fiv(‘ girls) obtained the (k)unty Swimming (Jertihcate, which demands a high standai'd ])erformance. This was an increase of two on the previous year’s total. Dancing . Where indoor ta(‘ilities are available Folk and National Dances are taught in schools. Dancing hel])s in teaching children to move gracefully and with nioie control. The third Annual Schools’ Folk Dance Festival was held at Bridlington and it was well supported by 24 schools.