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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1936

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 71

Qualifications of Teachers Hobart

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 3

Certificates of competency for teachers were advocated by the Chairman (Mr. A. McGunness) at a meeting to-day of the…

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School Teachers Higher Qualifications Urged by Conference Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 6

Higher qualifications for State school teachers were recommended by the Federated School Teachers' Association conference to-day…

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School Matches Bright Batting: Good Bowling Waratah Defeats Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 9

Schoolboys continued their holiday competition, arranged by the Newcastle District Cricket Association, yesterday, when the second series of matches was played…

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Schoolboys on Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 6

A party of 15 public schoolboys from the various Baptist Churches of Victoria, who left Melbourne on Monday night for Brisbane will arrive in Newcastle about…

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Schoolchildren Learn To Swim

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 9

TWELVE LITTLE GIRLS ALL IN A ROW.—A happy study at the swimming class for school-children which is being held at Newcastle Baths. There are "lessons" to be learned, but the scores of children who are attending the classes find them infinitely more interesting than the prosaic schoolroom variety…

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Victorian School Teachers' Visit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

A party of Victorian school-teacher cricketers will arrive in Newcastle at 12.15 p.m. to-morrow. During the afternoon they will visit…

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Schoolchildren's Visits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 10

At the request of the State Secretary of Parents and Citizens' Associations (Mr. A. E. Ambrose), the Secretary of the Newcastle District Council (Mr. J. T…

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Use of School Buildings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 8

In a circular to the Secretary of the Wickham Parents and Citizens' Association, the Director of Education (Mr. G. R. Thomas) directs attention to the ules…

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Teachers' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 11

Sir,—The letters of "Teacher" which have appeared in your paper on the above subject , besides being examples of very bad English, were most incoherent…

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Aviation As Course at High Schools Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

Auckland headmasters favor the proposed of the N.S.W. Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) for the establishment of a special course in aviation at…

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Agricultural Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 6

The new prospectuses of the Yanco and Hurlstone Agricultural High Schools are now available at the Education Department…

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Visiting School Teachers Itinerary Spoilt by Rain

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

Rain interfered to-day with the Itinerary arranged by the Newcastle School Teachers' Association for the visiting Victorian, teachers…

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Cricket Teachers to Play Victorians at Sports Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

School teachers from Victoria and Newcastle will meet to-day in a cricket match at Newcastle Sports Ground. The Victorian team, which arrived in…

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Plan Supported in N.Z. Aviation in Schools Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

Support for the proposal of the New South Wales Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) for the establishment of a special aviation course in secondary…

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Teacher-cricketers From Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 10

The Victorian teachers' cricket team, which arrived at Newcastle on Saturday. It will play the local teachers to-day…

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Victorian Teacher-Cricketers Here

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

A PARTY OF VICTORIAN SCHOOL EACHER CRICKETS arrived in Newcastle on Saturday. In the after noon the visitors inspected the Steel Works, and at night and yesterday they were the guests of the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club. Their arrangements included a match against a team of Newcastle teachers of the…

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A Short Life School Teachers' Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

The cricket match between school-teachers from Victoria and Newcastle yesterday had but a short life. There was little more than half an hour of play,…

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Schoolboys' Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 2

Merewether has selected the following to meet Wickham in the schoolboys' district cricket competition to-morrow: C. Davis, C. Smith, H. Crawford. H…

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Islington School Greetings Exchanged with London Namesake

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

The Secretary of the Islington Parents and Citizens' Association (Mr. J. T. Croft) has received a copy of the programme and press notices of a…

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Tuition in Schools Learning to Drive Motor Cars the Safety Ideal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 4

By instituting in its high schools a course of study in the principles and practice of driving motor vehicles, New…

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