Figure 1.--The children during the Winter term tend to use the gym and other indoor play areas much more than during the summer term. A perenial favorite is batting a tennis ball as cricket practice. . |
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We have some decriptions from the children of general play during free time. Play time is of course significantly affected by the seasons. Days are very short during te inter given Britains high lattitudes. Play tends to be more indoors and the gym is used quite a bit. Here the schools vary quite a bit as to availavle facilities for indoor play. During the summer term there is much more opportunity for outdoors play. All this affects the actibvities the children pursue.
As the blazing sun sank lower, enveloped in peach cloud, it sucked in the glaring, azure horizon, giving a faint glow on the slate school roof which relected on the eyes of watching children who played joyfully amomg the eddying beech leaves and trees. The warm wind rustled in these russet, dappled leaves attracting the squirrels to play in the sun near the jovial children who ran against the wind and let fly the crisp autumn leaves.
James Bryson, 12 years, 8 months, Surge (Beeston Hall), Autumn 1988.
