There was a competition in the Junior School for those who could make the best toy, the material for which did not cost more than 2d. The toys were then sent to the crippled children at the hospital.

A doll's bed was made by Frances Rostron which was very dainty. It had a blue silk back and curtains, a silk cover and pillow, two sheets and a blanket.

Lillie Letter made a stamp screen.

Kenneth Lodge made a model of a grocer's shop, inside there was a counter and a man, both made of paper.

Ethel Thompson made a Punch and Judy show and two puppets of ladies hung by strings which could be made to dance.

Winifred Ward made a woollen ball.

A very nice rattle crocheted in white wool with bells inside made by Annie Mills won the first prize.

The prizes were presented in the hall in the morning before school on 7^th April.         

On the Saturday before the half term holiday a party of girls went with Miss Coignou to take toys to the Withington Workhouse. Mrs Firth the matron showed us round.

She took us first through the dining hall in which a high wooden partition running down the middle of the room divided the men from the women.

Then we went into the bright kitchens where potato hash was being cooked in three huge boilers. Happily we were not invited to taste it.

Passing down a long stone terrace we came to the children's sick wards and thoroughly enjoyed talking to the little ones and giving them toys and sweets.

After seeing the babies we went and chatted to the old men and women who had come to the workhouse through misfortune. They live in a different part of the building and enjoy special privileges not granted to the ordinary inmates.