304 REPORTS ON THE STATE OP SCIENCE. — 1920. 



C. — From Blackley, Manchester. 



Plans adopted to make men and good citizens. 



1. Institution of Arbor Day in 1907. 



2. Colonial and American Correspondence. 



3. A system of class government throughout the school based upon the 



Patrol system and Scouting. 



4. Exchange of flags between the school and a school in Adelaide, South 



Australia, and also with the Ehode Island Normal School, Providence, 

 U.S.A. 



5. The provision of a sledge and forty pairs of clog-soles to the Trans- 



Antarctic Expedition (Sir E. Shackleton). 



6. Special lessons and ceremonies on Empire Day, St. George's Day, 



Nelson Day, Armistice Day, and other special occasions. 



7. Telegrams to H.M. The King on each Empire Day, to Admiral Beatty, 



Sir Douglas Haig during the War, to M. Deschanel on the occasion 

 of the first celebration of Empire Day in Paris. 



8. Establishment of a link between the school and a unit of the Fleet — 



a cruiser upon which an old boy was serving. The children pre- 

 sented a mirror and other accessories, and wrote Christmas letters 

 to the men. They responded by presenting a Union Jack and a White 

 Ensign (15 ft. by 7^ ft.) to the school. Interesting ceremony. 



9. The publication of The Torch containing a record of the activities 



of the school and honourable service. 



10. Christmas letter from the Headmaster to each child. 



11. School Gardens, Flower and Bulb Shows, Exhibitions of Work. 



12. Old Scholars' Association. Reunion of Old Boys. Reunion of Old 



Scholars (boys and girlsj under the age of nineteen. 



13. Blackley War Memorial. Special eight weeks' effort to raise lOZ. by 



personal gifts and work. "Total sum realised, 12/. 12«. 



14. Old Boys' War Memorial. Combined effort — Old Boys and present 



scholars to raise 200Z. for a School Memorial. 



15. The planting of a tree in the school grounds by a George and a Mary, 



which, by permission of The King, was called 'A Coronation Tree.' 

 His Majesty accepted a photograph of the ceremony, and sent his 

 thanks to the children. 



16. Evening Classes for Boy Scouts (each winter since 1911). 



17. A troop of Boy Scouts in connection with the Day School. 



D. — Caerau Mixed School, Caerau, Bridgend. 



Scheme for Training of Citizenship. 



1. Our School. — How we are governed ; Education Committee and Local 



Managers ; Attendance Officer and his duties ; Why we attend school. 



2. Our Town. — How our town is governed; The Urban District Council; Wards; 



Elections ; Duties of Urban District Council. 



3. The County Council. — Its work — ^roads, bridges, &c. ; Education, &c. 



4. Our Country. — (a) How governed ; Parliament — its Houses and its origin. 



{b) How order is kept — Police, Law Courts, Justice. 



(c) Our duties as Electors — .Seriousness of elections ; Why thought is neces- 



sary rather than mere following of leader. 



(d) Our duties as Burghers — in the street, the park, and on enclosed 

 property. 



(c) Our duties as Citizens of the Empire — ' What we are in the days to 

 come, that will Britain be'; Our future work, &c. 



Temperance Instruction and Thrift (War Savings Association at School), as 

 per CO. scheme. 



