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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1938

1,282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 65

'Bus Services Alterations in Times Schoolchildren's Trips

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

Slight alterations have been made in the times of departure of 'buses on the various routes in Newcastle and district. With the resumption of schools to-day…

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The Schools Changes in System Possibilities of the New Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

The Christmas vacation for public schools in the Eastern Division of the State ended yesterday. To-day thousands of boys and girls will pack their bags for…

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Kicked by Pony Schoolboy Fatally Injured Accidental Death Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

How a schoolboy, aged 7½, tried to retrieve a pony for his sister on January 13 and was fatally kicked was told at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, when…

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Back To School After The Christmas Vacation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 1

SCHOOL DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. It was the same story in almost every school in the district.—Memories of the holidays, trial sums on the blackboard and the new pupil's first day at school. It was very difficult to "knuckle down again" but the holiday feeling soon wore off and those days at the beach and lake were soon forgotten for the more important business of lessons; or were they?…

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Back To School With A Smile

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

Arriving at Newcastle East Public School this morning to start lessons with a smile. It was a good holiday and, anyhow, the next one is not so very far off…

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Rode to "School"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 8

J. E. Jenkins, of St. Mark's College, Adelaide University. Mr. Jenkins left Terowie on January 4 and reached Canberra on January 27, in time to attend the Political Science Summer School. He lost 8lb on the ride…

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Floodlighting and Flags :: Back to School :: Tram Conductor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 5

Brighter Newcastle: A city building floodlit for the celebrations…

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Vandals Broke Into School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

Vandals, whom the police suspect to be children, broke into the Tremorton Public School. Fullerton Cove, during the school vacation, tearing up school…

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Teachers, But No Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Seven thousand teachers of primary, central, and higher elementary schools throughout Victoria went back to school on Tuesday, while their 230,000 pupils…

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Ideals of Teachers Often Crash Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Much has been written of the reactions of school children to their first day at school after the holidays, but Just how do the teachers feel?…

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School Teachers Many Newcastle Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 16

Many changes have been made in the teaching staffs of public schools in the Newcastle district. Transfers include first appointments from the Teachers'…

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Parents Angry No Sewer at Carrington School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 10

Many parents whose children attend Carrington Public School are indignant because the school was not connected to the sewer during the Christmas…

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W. Wallsend School Changes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

The course of rural instruction at the West Wallsend public school has been discontinued. The headmaster, Mr. D. Woodward,…

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Fell From Wharf Inquest on Death of Schoolboy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

Thomas Sidney McKenzie, a 13-years-old schoolboy, of Spicer-street, Woolahra, while on a visit to Stockton on January 28, fell…

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Law Schools Australia's Poor Showing Comparison with Overseas Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 13

Australian University law schools were not adequately equipped for their task, said Professor K. H. Bailey, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Melbourne University,…

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Rural School at Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

MUSWELLBROOK, Saturday. As a result of a recent decision of the Department of Education that children attending district schools should be…

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School Notes 150 Years' Progress How Education Has Grown

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 7

The century and a half since Captain Phillip dropped anchor in Farm Cove has seen a remarkable progress in the system of…

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Carrington School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

Mr. F. H. Hawkins M.L.A. has been informed by the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that the papers relating to the sewerage of…

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Home Influence High School Headmaster's Views WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 10

The Headmaster of Wollongong High School (Mr. Hatfield), in an address at the Church of England last night, referred to the child's need of counsel and…

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The Schools Child's Mental Health

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

A strong foundation for a big building is necessary without it the structure would be unsafe. The same principle applies to a child's education; if the…

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