The School was located on the south coast of Hayling Island along the sea front just east of Portsmouth and west of Chichester.  Many a marine vessel would pass through on their way to Portsmouth Harbour.  On a clear day one could witness the sunshine captivate the rolling hills of another Island, the Isle of Wight.  This picturess setting was the perfect open-air location for the boarding school.  Hayling Island was said to be five miles at its widest point and has one bridge to the mainland.  Children attended mainly for health reasons, primarily asthma and bronchitis, although other cases such as epilepsy, hemophelia and diabetes attended in smaller numbers.    The premises was divided by long corridors forming a complete rectangle with a playground in between.  (Visit our  School Grounds page to see the layout) On the North side of this rectangle there was the girls dormitory (living quarters)   Traveling clockwise through to the East corridor, we had all the classrooms and education facilities.  Continuing right into the South corridor, you'd arrive into the boys dormitory.  One more turn through the west corridor would bring us to the dining area and the nurses station and thus bring us back to the girls dormitory.  This is a basic insite of the layout but it was on a much larger scale with two playgrounds, a school field, a teenage girls house, assembly hall and at one time, an autistic center.   A typical day at Suntrap would start with breakfast in the dining hall where each child had their designated seat.  Shortly after they'd congregate in the main assembly hall to begin the school day.  This started with a prayer, singing and then discussions of the past and upcoming events. Finally, off to school for education to begin.  A break for lunch, more studies and school concluded in the late afternoon when girls and boys alike would head to the playgrounds or dorms to play. Football and rounders were popular games and tag which was introduced in the late seventies.  Tag was when one chosen person would chase down individuals on the run and apply a tag by tapping that person who now joins forces with the tagger to capture more individuals.  The last person standing, won.  The school grounds made this game very popular for students as there were so many places to run and hide.  At times, you would find students on the flat roof tops of the dormitories and once the staff caught on, they'd be on the run from them too. On weekends, there was no school, so the children would go out in groups.  Many where given pocket money (allowance) to spend at the corner stores but  some also sneaked off to the local arcade and played video games.  There was no shortage of things to do, especially in the summer months when the staff took children to the beach for the occasional swim or down the road to the fair ground. Suntrap and all those affiliated, made the school a memorable childhood for many a student.   These are strictly the views and opinions of the authors, whom attended Suntrap in the early to late seventies. Authors - Jerry & Peter Persaud