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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1936

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 71

EDUCATION Professor's Plea for Changes System Attacked Need for Better Teachers CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 9

Speaking on the educational needs of to-day, the Principal of the Teachers' College at Sydney University (Professor A. Mackie, M.A.) stressed…

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Tribute at Summer School Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 10

Delegates to the summer school of the Australian Institute of Political Science, which began at Canberra to-day, opened the proceedings by standing in…

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Lectures to Children Police Campaign in Schools Officer Arrives

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

Lectures to the children on the principles of safety first and the institution of patrols will be the chief features of the…

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Problems of Education New Conception of Social Services Canberra Summer School Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 6

Week-end lectures at the Summer School of the Institute of Political Science covered a wide range of subjects. A new conception of social services was needed if the university was to strengthen democracy, said one lecturer…

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Last Day of Holidays Schools Reopen To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

Beaches and suburban streets will be unusually quiet to-morrow, for the children will be back at school…

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Educational System Public Schools Condemned "Not Democratic" Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 5

Strong criticism of the public schools system in Australia was made to-day by Dr. W. G. K. Duncan (director of tutorial…

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Dual System Government and Public Schools "Divides Society" Case for Discontinuance Established CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 5

That a prima facie case had been established for the discontinuance of the system which permitted the existence of Government and public schools was…

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Teachers' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 7

Sir,—On account of my absence from the district, and my loss of contact with Newcastle papers. I was not aware that a statement of mine made at the recent…

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Junior Farmers Report of School Supervision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 7

The vacation period provided the supervising teacher of school agriculture (Mr. G. M. Blacklock) with an opportunity for visiting members scattered throughout the Newcastle district who…

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Lectures on Traffic Road Safety in Schools Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

The value of educating school children in road safety principles and lecturing them on motoring topics was…

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Back To School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 1

This little girl made an early start this morning. She is shown felling ready for the re-opening of school, with her books' and bag…

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Back to School After After Holidays Sidelights at Redhead Surf Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

THE PICTURESQUE HEADLAND at Redhead provides an impressive background for this picture, taken during the alarm reel race al the surf…

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Psychology Tests for Scholars Vocational School Is Opened Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

An entirely new sphere of education In Australia was opened with the commencement of work at the new vocational school at Enmore…

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Suburban Schools Many Staff Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 4

District public schools resumed yesterday after the Christmas vacation with many new faces on the teaching staffs. Perhaps the biggest change this year is…

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Back to School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

When the metallic notes of school bells sounded yesterday morning, it was the official signal that the holidays had ended and that the first term of the 1936 school…

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Life in Fiji Progress of Education MR. C. Mann Returns Research Work in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

Interviewed at Newcastle last night. Mr. Cecil W. Mann, who lectures at Sydney Teachers' College on education, gave an interesting review of the life, and…

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Girls' High School Classes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

Girls who have been advised of their qualification for entrance to Newcastle Girls' High School are asked to report to the Principal, Miss Read, not later…

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Night Flying in Newcastle Move by Aero. Club Formation of School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

Night flights in Newcastle should be more common in the near future. if plans of the Aero Club are realised…

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School Changes Many Teachers Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

Practically every school in the suburbs has reopened this week with changes in teaching staffs. At Cook's Hill Public School, the previous Headmistress of the…

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Clothes for School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

With the holidays over, the problem of school clothes for the children must once more be considered…

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