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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1911

230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 12

Continuation Schools. to Be Opened on Monday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 4

The continuation schools at Cook's Hill and Wickham are to be opened on Monday. Preparatory schools for intending students who have not reached the necessary…

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Continuation Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 4

Two continuation schools will be opened in the Newcastle district this week, in accordance with the policy of Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Public…

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St. Philip's School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 6

The St. Philip's (Newcastle) Presbyterian Sabbath School picnic was held on Saturday the steamer Guthrey leaving the wharf at 9.30 a.m. with the scholars and…

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District News. Barnsley. New Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

Mr. W. Kearsley, M.P., and Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., were present at the invitation of the parents' committee at the function held on Saturday to…

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A Precocious Strike. School Boys Want Warming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

The right to strike seems to be an innate modern idea, judging from the fact that schoolboys in France are about to put it into practice. Strikes on the part…

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Cook's Hill. Commercial School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 4

The commercial school at Cook's Hill was successfully opened with 124 students, and prospects of a considerable increases on that enrolment…

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Continuation Schools. Result Encouraging. the Playground Question. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. Beeby referred to-night to the opening of the continuation schools. He said:—"I am very pleased with the result. It is so encouraging, that we hope…

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Wickham. Artisan School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 4

At the Wickham artisan school 50 students enrolled. If the enthusiasm manifested is any indication or future success, the young men are to be…

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Freedom for the Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 13

As the control of the State tightens upon adult life it becomes the more necessary to individualise our training of children, and for this the teacher must…

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School-boy's Essay on Whittier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

The celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Whittler caused the good Quaker poet to be the subject of essays in many American public…

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Some Schoolboy Howlers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

A "Howlers" prize has been awarded by "The University Correspondent" for the best collection of amusing schoolboy mistakes. The following are some of the…

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Caught in a Whirlwind. a Schoolgirl Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

During a gale at Bradford a schoolgirl was caught in a whirlwind. The child was carried 20 feet in the air and was killed by the fall…

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St. Andrew's Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 5

The annual distribution of prizes to the scholars of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School, Newcastle, took place yesterday afternoon, there being a large gathering…

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School Destroyed. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 5

An avalanche destroyed a school at Sibye, on the Black Sea. Twelve boys and six adults were found dead in the ruins…

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Inspection of Schools. Improvements to Be Made. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Public Instruction, stated to-night that a committee of school inspectors had been appointed to investigate the whole of the…

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Continuation Schools. Successfully Started

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. H. D. M'Lelland, acting chief inspector of schools, visited the continuation schools at Cook's Hill and Wickham on Thursday night, and, in the course of…

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Religion in the Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 11

On the question of education the Church desires equality of opportunity for all parents, irrespective of the denomination to which they may belong,…

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Continuation Schools. More Teaching Appointments. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

It has been found necessary, owing to the heavy enrolment of students, to Increase the staffs at the Cook's Hill and Wickham continuation schools. The…

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To More Schools to Be Opened. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Public Instruction, has decided to open a commercial continuation school at Cleveland-street, Redfern, and an artisan…

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Continuation Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 4

Mr. Beeby, the State Minister for Education, and his officers are gradually evening the scheme of continuation schools. Two more are to be…

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