Council Collection (page 11)

Reading lesson outside, Bostall Woods Open Air School, London, 1907. With children sitting in a circle in deck chairs under trees. A girl in the centre is standing up and reading to the class

Children resting in the garden, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. Children resting either in deck chairs or lying on blankets on the grass

Children dressed as prehistoric cave dwellers, Birley House Open Air School, London, 1908
Children dressed as prehistoric cave dwellers, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. With a hut shelter, chopping wood, making fire and pegging out an animal skin

History lesson in the Horniman Museum, London, 1908
History lesson in the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, London, 1908. Children from Birley House Open Air School studying stone age implements with their teacher in a museum gallery

How to read a sun-dial, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908
A teacher showing children how to read a sun-dial to tell the time, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908

Arithmetic lesson in the garden, Birley House Open Air School, London, 1908
Arithmetic lesson in the garden, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. The uniformed children all have their own small blackboards

Girls learning infant care, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. Three girls, being supervised by a nurse, bathing and dressing a doll

Pupils preparing food outdoors, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908
Boys and girls preparing food outdoors, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. Uniformed children are preparing vegetables and pastry in the gardens with instructors

Pupils in the garden doing needlework, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908
Boys and girls in the garden doing needlework, Birley House Open Air School, Forest Hill, London, 1908. Sitting in a semi-circle

Medical examination of a boy, Holland Street School, London, 1911. A school doctor consulting a mother about her young son in the presence of two women

Medical examination, Holland Street School, London, 1911. A school doctor examining a boys spine in front of his mother

School nurse examining girls hair for head lice, Chaucer School, London, 1911. Another nurse is sitting at a desk

Hackney Downs School, London, 1941. The front elevation and entrance, with debris heaped up in the playground, after the school was bombed

Art lesson, Wornington Road School, London, 1938. A class of girls sitting at their art desks in neat rows

Outside toilet, Belleville Road School, London, 1936. The flushing cistern and toilet with a wooden seat

Girls swimming championship team with their shield, Tollington Park Central School, London, 1915
Group of girls with violins, Tollington Park Central School, London, 1915

Girls in a classroom, Tollington Park Central School, London, 1915
Girls in an art class, Tollington Park Central School, London, 1915

School cadet battalion on parade, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911. Cadets lined up with rifles over their shoulders

Boys playing in a fives court, Strand School, London, 1914
Boys playing in a fives court, Strand School, Brixton Hill, London, 1914. Fives is a game similar to court-tennis. The game consists primarily of a hard ball being hit against a wall with the hand

Botany lesson, Chelsea Secondary School (Hortensia Road School), London, 1911. A teacher instructing two girls

Boys in a chemistry laboratory, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911

Girls playing netball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908
Girls playing basketball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908. The girl with the ball is poised ready to shoot a goal

Girls doing drill in the playground, Wilton Road School, London, 1907. Holding dumbbells and lunging forward with their right arms outstretched

Girls relaxing in a roof top garden, White Lion Street School, London, 1912. One girl sits in a deckchair reading, while three girls chat together next to her

Girls gardening and reading in a roof top garden, White Lion Street School, London, 1912

Outside Vere Street Board School, Westminster, London, 1904. Men and children standing outside the school wall. A board affixed to the wall warns people that bill stickers will be prosecuted

Girls morris dancing in playground, Thomas Street Girls School, Limehouse, Stepney, London, 1908. A group of girls in traditional costume dance in the school playground

Drawing class, Myrdle Street Girls School, Stepney, London, 1908. A class of girls making drawings of one of their classmates, who is standing on a table beside a potted plant

Housewifery lesson, Morden Terrace School, Greenwich, London, 1908. One girl polishes a table while another prepares to clean out a fireplace

Cookery lesson, Morden Terrace School, Greenwich, London, 1908. Three girls wearing aprons are packing portable dinners into a box on a kitchen table

Girls exercise drill, Montem Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A class of girls in the playground lunge sideways with their arms stretching upwards

Swimming class, Lavender Hill Girls School, Bermondsey, London, 1906. A large group of girls pose by the poolside at an indoor swimming pool

Girls with hoops, Lavender Hill Girls School, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Girls performing an exercise drill involving the use of hoops in the school hall

Playtime, John Ruskin School, Southwark, London, 1908. Young children playing with toys in the school hall. One boy is riding a splendid rocking horse

Playground scene, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. Pairs of very young children play a see-saw game in the school playground

Numeracy lesson using sticks, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. A class of young children learning numeracy by counting small sticks laid out in front of them

Classroom scene, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906
Language teaching, stage 1, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. A class of young children sitting at their desks in a classroom, all with their hands over their ears

Writing lesson, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906
Writing lesson - stage III, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. A large class of young children practise their writing skills

Girls dancing around a maypole, Hugon Road School, Fulham, London, 1907. A group of girls dance around a maypole in the school hall with their teacher supervising

Dancing around the maypole, Hugh Myddelton School, Finsbury, London, 1906. Children dance around a maypole in the school playground, watched by two teachers

Geography lesson, Hague Street School, Bethnal Green, London, 1908. Two boys in the playground trying to find true north, watched closely by their classmates and teachers

Girls sports club members, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906
Girls sports club members, Cromer Street School/Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906. A group of girls pose in the hall with a range of sporting equipment, including skittles, dumb bells

Classroom scene, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907
Spelling lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. Children are being taught the formation of the word fish by a teacher

Portrait of Ronald Collet Norman, c1918-1937. Artist: Glyn Warren Philpot
Portrait of Ronald Collet Norman, c1918-1937. Norman (1873-1963) was a banker, administrator and politician. He served as Chairman of the London County Coumcil (1918-1919)

Sir Edwin Cornwall, 1907. Artist: John Collier
Sir Edwin Cornwall, 1907. Cornwall was Chairman of the London County Council in 1905-1906

The civic chair - or - John Lumps progress in City honors, c1815. Six scenes with verse below of the stages of John Lumps career

Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, 1912. Artist: John Singer Sargent
Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, 1912. Swinton (1859-1937) was a member of the London County Council, representing Holborn from 1901-1922 and Dulwich from 1922

Infants school class, London, c1900-c1915. A class of rather serious-looking boys and girls from an unidentified infants school. A boy in the front row holds a board identifying them as Class 6

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