Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1919 



359 



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How the Quebec Forestry Service is stabilizing sliifting sands by planting trees at Berthier 

 Junction. Forty-five thousand trees were planted with a 15 per cent loss. 



TORONTO'S WOODLAND SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN 



One of Toronto's interesting educational ex- 

 periments is the Woodlands School in Victoria 

 and High Parks where desks are placed be- 

 neath the trees and the little folks take two 

 hours sleep every afternoon. It is operated by 

 the Board of Education and Board of Health in 

 combination. 



Sharp at 9 o'clock each morning a cup of 

 cocoa or milk is served to each child, and then 

 lessons begin. On fine days the studying is all 

 done in the open-air school-rooms, blackboards 

 and benches being arranged in three different 

 parts of the grounds. At 10.15 another cup of 

 milk is served, and the children are allowed to 

 play for twenty or twenty-five minutes, then 

 follow lessons once more, until nearly 11.30, 

 when preparations are made for the mid-day 

 meal. 



At the long zinc trough to the rear of the 

 pavilion, the children go through their "wash 

 drill," from which they emerge clean and sweet, 

 and ready for dinner. This repast is served in 

 the dining-room, at six long tables, the food 



being prepared in the conveniently-equipped 

 kitchen. On rainy days the dining-room serves 

 also as a class-room. 



At 1 o'clock the children betake themselves 

 to their beds, under the tall trees, and at least 

 ninety per cent of them sleep soundly each day 

 for two whole hours. At 3 they are wakened, 

 rise promptly and make their own beds, and 

 then are treated as a usual thing to the ever- 

 popular story. After that there is time for a 

 little play, and just before they leave for home, 

 at 4.30, every boy and girl has another glass 

 of milk. 



Each day from 10 in the morning until 2 in 

 the afternoon, a nurse is present, and looks 

 well after the health of the children, and once 

 a week all are weighed. Special care is taken 

 to train the |)upils in the care of their teeth, 

 and always after dinner there lakes place what 

 is known as the "tooth-brush drill. " On fine 

 days, too, when the water is warm, there is 

 swimming in the lake. 



