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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1936

1,272 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 64

Inter-school Tennis Match

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 2

Taking advantage of the unexpected holiday on Friday last a team composed of pupils of the 6th and 7th classes visited Bullahdelah and met a…

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School Additions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 5

The new wash-rooms have been completed and are now in use. ONe building serves the infants' department and the other will be used by…

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D.r. School Notes Prize Fund

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 5

The fund for the provision of prizes at the end of the year has been opened. Circulars are being pre­pared and will be issued in a few…

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Primary Final Successful Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 7

The names of pupils of Maitland schools who gained passes in the recent primary final examinations were made known by the teachers in…

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School Notes Junior Technical

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 5

We have been considering "the training and development of attitudes towards ideals" in this column, and have discussed…

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School Prize Memorial For Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 6

The headmistress of the West Maitland Domestic Science School, Miss M. Johnson, has been advised by Mrs. G. E. Beddoe, of West Maitland, mother…

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School Humor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

The following is a composition by a fourth-class pupil at the Grafton public school, under the heading of "A Sick Boy":—"A boy was in bed, sick. The…

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Sunday School Picnic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

About 300 attended the Christ Church Sunday School Picnic at Abbott's Ford on Saturday afternoon last. There was fun for young and…

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Life Saving School Swimming Squads KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1936 · page 2

At the week-end two bus loads of pupils from Kurri Kurri school Visited Cessnock baths for the first of a series of swimming lessons and…

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Photographs of King Presented to Schools SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1936 · page 10

Patrick Plains Shire Council, consistent with its public spiritedness, recently presented to the schools in its area, framed photographs of the late King…

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Foundation Stone Cessnock High School CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1936 · page 4

Tuesday, December 15, has been fixed as the date for the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Cessnock High School building…

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Caustic Comment About Inter. Examination Paper Not Fair Not Fair Difficult Traps for the Unwary Too Hard for Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 7

The paper set for mathematics 1, in this year's Intermediate Certificate examination, has aroused quite a lot of discussion and caustic comments have been made by several persons in a position to offer…

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PATERSON School Of Arts Card Party, Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 4

The first of a series of card parties conducted by the School of Arts Committee against neighboring towns, was a most successful and enjoyable…

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Primary Final East Cessnock School CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 8

The following boys and girls were successful in the Primary Final examination at East Cessnock school Bursary results are not yet to…

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School Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

The annual Convent School concert will be held in 3rd December next…

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Markwell Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

A working bee attended the Public School on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of erecting the building to house the aquarium. Good progress…

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School of Arts Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

The usual monthly dance of the School of Arts was held on Saturday night, but was not so well attended as usual…

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Combined School Sports

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

The public are again reminded of the combined school athletic sports to be held on Dungog Showground on Saturday next. A feature of the day…

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D.r. School Notes Safety Measures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 9

In order to take every possible care with regard to the safety of children leaving the school ground at recess and lunch-time, it has been…

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Shire Council Affairs Schools Appreciation of Portraits of His Late Majesty King George V.

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 3

Among matters discussed at the monthly meeting of the Shire Council on Wednesday was the presentation of the portraits of his late Majesty King George V. to each school within the Shire, nearly every school now…

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