High School Prefects "It Is My Business," Says Head
The headmaster of Newcastle Boys' High School (Mr. N. R. Mearns) will not discuss publicly complaints by parents that he…
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Schools, 1941
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Another Teacher for Toronto
A first assistant is shortly to be appointed to Toronto School, the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., who had made representations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduced Fares on Buses Concession to Scholars
SYDNEY, Monday.—Substantial reduction in bus fares charged school children up to 18 will shortly be introduced, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban and District School Classes Too Large Waratah Headmaster Wants More Teachers
Classes in all Newcastle primary schools were too large and extra teachers should be appointed, said the Headmaster of the Waratah Public School (Mr. J. Walker)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockton School Needs Room Headmaster Protests at Removal
The shortage of accommodation at Stockton School, caused by the removal of a portable room, was emphasised by the Headmaster (Mr. C. C. Walker) at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parents Warned at Plattsburg School
Many parents of children attending schools in the Newcastle district were unaware that the leaving age for pupils had been increased to 14 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boxing Ring For Waratah School
The Waratah boys' school is to have its own boxing ring. At a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association last night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg School Repairs
Long needed work is being carried out by the repair and maintenance sun at Plattsburg School. The whole school is being painted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Conditions Condemned at Plattsburg Rural
Though the Plattsburg District Rural School has a daily average of 700 pupils and two classes more than last year, the teaching stall is two less…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton School Fair to Aid Greeks
The Parents and Citizens' Association, teachers and scholars of the Stockton Public School held a patriotic Easter fair in the school ground yesterday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Humbugging," Mayor Said New Maitland High School
"If ever humbugging tactics have been adopted, they have in this case," said the Mayor of East Maitland (Ald. H. C. Morton) last night, referring to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →School Telephones Government Responsible, Says Ald. Travers
"Our taxation is being increased, and we are getting less for it because the onus is being thrown more and more on the people," the President (Ald. A. P…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Suburban and District Meet in Infants' School Mayfield East Effort to Interest Mothers
To stimulate the interest of mothers of children in the infants' deportment, the next meeting of Mayfield East Parents and Citizens' Association will be held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mayfield West School N.E.S. Equipment
The schedule of requirements for N.E.S. needs, as suggested by the Department of Education, has now been completed at Mayfield West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Primary Schools' Syllabus "Not Revolutionary," Says Superintendent
"There is nothing sensational about the new Primary Syllabus." said the Superintendent or Primary Schools (Mr. J. W. Hayes), when he visited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Continental at Mayfield East
The Mayfield East Parents and Citizen's Association last night completed arrangements for the continental to be held at the school on April 23…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revised Teaching Methods New Primary School Syllabus
The value of seeking a child's cooperation in school work instead of attempting to mould the child's mind to a set pattern was the basis of the new primary school…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Evacuation Practice at Wickham School
Evacuation practices had shown that children could be cleared from Wickham School in between one and a half and two minutes, the headmaster (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Order of Merit in High School Exams
The Education Department made available to-day the order of merit of the pupils of the Newcastle Boys' High School, who gained their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Union for Technical High
Following on the classification of the Newcastle Technical High School as a first-class school, a school union has been established to control…
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