Child Attacked Straying Stock at Toronto School
Mr. E. Tarrant presided at a meeting of Toronto Parents and Citizens' Association. Mrs. G. L. Moodie and Mr. G. Lockett were elected delegates to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools
Schools, 1940
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Redhead Sunday School Picnic
About 50 scholars at Redhead Presbyterian Sunday-school attended a picnic at Redhead Beach. The arrangements were carried out by the Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls High School P. & C. Association
With a credit balance of £88 and 132 financial members the Newcastle Girls' High School Parents and Citizens' Association faces a bright future…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Free Transport for School Children Raymond Terrace P. And C. Plan
At a conference next Monday night, Raymond Terrace and Miller's Forest Parents and Citizens' Associations will consider asklnc the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Here and There in the Suburbs White Ants, Decay and General Neglect Condition of Schools P. & C. Secretary Makes Appeal
"The Newcastle district has not received the assistance from the Department of Education to which it is entitled. I hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayfield East School Libraries Plan
Mayfield East parents and Citizens' Association last night adopted a suggestion of the headmaster, Mr. C. R. Cash that departmental libraries be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hamilton School's First Aid Kit Best in State
Beginning only in October. 1939, the Ladles' Committee administering the Hamilton Public School First Aid Equipment Fund have built up the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Drummond Hits Out "Communist Element Among Teachers" Neglect Denied in House Sydney
"I give the lie direct to statements that we are starving education," the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →School for Murder for New Readers
The Burkes, having accumulated enough money in a life of crime, propose as a last coup to break a bank and then…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rugby Union in Schools Another Attempt to be Made
The Newcastle Rugby Union, undeterred by many failures, will make another attempt to have the code introduced into the schools…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Deterioration of English in Schools Picture Shows and Radio to Blame, Says Headmaster
"THERE is a growing deterioration of English in our schools because of sparse reading," the Headmaster of Tighe's Hill School (Mr. C. Clancy) told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sought for Eight Years Shed at Tighe's Hill School
For the ninth year in succession, Tighe's Hill Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the Department of Education to erect a weather shed at the school…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Minister's "Slur" on Teachers Deny "Communist Element" Charge
Newcastle teachers are resentful of the allegation of the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that there is "a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Value of School Libraries Appeal Made by Headmaster
"In the near future we may be conducting examinations on the basis of picture shows and radio serials," said the headmaster of Tighe's Hill school…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bicycle Room for Junction School
Junction School is to have a bicycle and scooter room. The headmaster (Mr. R. Stove) reported to the P. and C. Association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teachers Taken to Task "Should Attend P. & G. Meetings"
Teachers were taken to task by the secretary of the Junction School Parents and Citizens' Association at the annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Library at the Junction
"This school needs a reading room and a library where children can read what they want to and not what teachers want them to read," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunshine arid Smiles: Girls' Grammar School Swimming Carnival
Above: Mounting temperatures are just meaningless figures to this youngster when she can ward off the heat with the assistance of Above: It's an ill-wind that blows nobody any good, and thhe absence of rain and the long series of sunny days has given surfers she best time they've had for many seasons past. This young surfer is one who is making the Al Right: Competitors it the Church of England Grammer At Right: Waiting for their events to begin, this group of competitors at the Church of England Grammar School's swimming carnival at the Ocean, Baths to-day displayed keen interest in the form of schoolmates…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Extra Teacher for Marks Point School
An extra assistant had been sent to the teaching staff of Marks Point School, said the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) in a letter to Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →School for Murder for New Readers
The Burkes, having accumulated enough money in a life of crime, propose as a last coup to break a bank and then…
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