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Annexe E.
REPORT ON THE GARRISON SCHOOLS FOR 1923.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The number of pupils in attendance at the Garrison Schools, Garden Road, during 1923 was 157, (47 boys and 45 girls in the Elder Children's School, and 35 boys and 30 girls in the Infants' School).
Since 1922 there has been a complete change in the teaching staffs of both Schools, due to the system whereby the masters and mistresses in Garrison Schools only serve for a limited period at any one military station; but the present staffs have maintained the excellent standards of their predecessors, and the Schools continue to make very satisfactory progress.
A long-felt want was supplied during the year, through the kindness of friends, by the gift to the Schools of a piano.
The Annual Prize Giving for the combined Schools was held in July at the Command Educational Training Centre, Victoria Barracks. The prizes were distributed by Lady Fowler, and among those present were the General Officer Commanding the Forces in China, (Major-General Sir John Fowler, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.), the Director of Education (Hon. Mr. E. Irving) and the Inspector of English Schools (Mr. E. Ralphs.)
ELDER CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS.
Three boys went to the Central British School in February with Government Scholarships, and it is interesting to record that two of these boys have passed the Junior Local Examination, at their new school one of the boys obtained Distinctions in English, Arithmetic and Drawing at this examination, and was awarded four prizes at the end of the school year.
Troops of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, and Packs of Wolf Clubs and Brownies are attached to the School, and do excellent work in their respective spheres.
INFANTS' SCHOOL.
During the year the desks in the Kindergarten Room have been replaced by miniature tables and chairs, thus enabling the training of the youngest members of the School to be carried out by methods more appropriate to their age and inclination,
In December the first "Parents' Day" was held, and many parents took advantage of this opportunity of seeing their children at work, and of seeing the display of handwork.
A. E. WATTS, Captain, A.E.C. Command Education Officer.