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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1941

1,011 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 51

Subscription to Cot Fund Girls' High School Parents Asked to Help

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 4

Newcastle Girls' High School Parents and Citizens' Association received a request last night from the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations…

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Islington School Concert

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 5

Children of Islington school presented a bright programme at a concert held in the Presbyterian Hall. Hamilton, last night, to assist P. and…

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Mr. Harkness to Address Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 5

All teachers in the Newcastle district, whether in primary or secondary schools, have been requested to attend a meeting to be held next…

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Land for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 12

Two acres of land at Bolton Point, in the parish of Awaba, is to be resumed by the Department of Education for public school purposes…

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Suburban and District Improvements at Wallsend School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 6

Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association has been advised by the Department of Education, through Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that school property will be thoroughly…

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Letters to Editor School References

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

Sir,—I am not personally concerned in the censure of ministers referred to in the letter by "Disgusted Mother," regarding the refusal of a minister of…

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Central Girls' School Annual Speech Day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 5

"More than 1000 garments were made by the Central Domestic Science School Social Service Club during 1940 for distribution to destitute children in…

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"Schoolchildren Still in Bondage"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 4

"HOMEWORK interferes with the mental development of children in primary and secondary schools. They are expected to complete too much…

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Suburban and District Should Get More Support Hamilton School Needs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 6

"Hamilton School is one of the largest in the district: it is a disgrace that Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association is no badly supported," said the President of the…

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Sale of Goods at Waratah School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 5

Waratah Parents and Citizens' Association will conduct stalls at the school on May 23 after the Empire Day celebrations. There will be two…

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Help Reconstruct World Plea to Domestic Science Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 9

A plea to girls to realise and remember that they were individuals, and as such would be called upon to help with the reconstruction of the world in the years…

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Memorial to Junction Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 9

A memorial to Miss Ada Waddell, who died last year while first assistant in the girls' section of Junction School, is to be placed in the rooms of the girls' school…

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High School Rugby League Dodd Shield

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 18

Marist Bros., 49 points (Smith (3), Perkins (3), Simms (2), Carr (2), Robinson, Gardiner and Leeton tries, Simms (3) and Robinson (2) goals) def…

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Queensland to Extend School Age

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 21

BRISBANE, Thursday. — Industrial scholarships are to be awarded by the Queensland Education Department from December, 1942, similar to present…

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Appeal to Parents Technical High School Association Formed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 14

In response to an invitation by the Headmaster of Newcastle Technical High School (Mr. T. J. Clyne) 122 parents assembled in the lecture theatre of the…

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Education Reform in N.S.E. Perry, As Minister, Took New Line Teachers Were Consulted

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 6

The modern policy of public education in New South Wales dates from the early years of the present century. The Minister who adopted a broader policy and…

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Officers' "School" in the A.i.f

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 6

Some of the 40 officers who, in Melbourne, on listed in the, A.I.F. in a body. They are awaiting X-ray examinations…

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Patriotic Appeals in Schools Protest by Housewives' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 4

Newcastle Housewives' Association would ask the District Council of Progress Associations to-morrow night to make an attempt to stop patriotic…

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Schools and Patriotic Fund Raising Central P.& C. Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

The Central Progress Association will support the move being made by the Newcastle Housewives' Association to prohibit…

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Toronto School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 6

Sir W. Bennet reported to Toronto School of Arts Committee on the concert being arranged In support of the institution. The librarians, Mrs. and Miss Burmester, said…

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