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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1944

929 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 47

Empire Day in the Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 1

THESE GIRLS. PUPILS OF COOK'S HILL SCHOOL, celebrated Empire Day by singing "Advance Australia Fair." This was one of the features of a show presented entirely by the children at the City Hall to-day. THESE KINDERGARTENERS from Cook's Hill School presented a "Union Jack" pageant at…

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Empire Day in Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

There were few formal ceremonies held in schools to-day in celebration of Empire Day. The children…

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Empire Day in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 5

Empire Day was observed quietly in schools yesterday. There were few formal ceremonies. At most schools children themselves took all active…

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Empire Day in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 3

Empire day was celebrated at Newcastle district schools yesterday. At Newcastle East public school, the Headmaster (Mr. Hartnett) tells a group of children about the significance of Britain in the growth of the Empire…

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Young Wallsend School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

A letter from the Education Department to the Young Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association said that the school…

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School Lectures Proposed Check Tree Damage at Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 2

Complaining of wanton damage to trees in Cook's Hill, the Secretary of Cook's Hill Parents and Citizens' Association (Mr. H. V. Gale)…

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Letters to Editor Treatment of Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 4

Sir,—Reference has been made recently to the large amount of money the McKell Government has spent on schools. Could Mr. McKell…

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Apprentices' School Would Eliminate Careless Riding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 8

A DISTRICT apprentices' school to train youngsters in the methods of race riding would do more to climinate interference and careless…

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Talks on Civic Pride Given in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 2

Commenting on a suggestion from the Parks and Building Surveyor (Mr. Patterson) that school teachers should give talks on civic pride…

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Baffle Walls in Newcastle Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 2

Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations has been informed by the Minister for National Emergency…

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Schoolteacher is Irish Lord

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—A Queensland schoolteacher, Thomas Joseph Maginnis, 49, of Inglewood, has become an Irish lord—Lord Iveagh…

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Suburban and District New Lambton School Drift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 4

The Headmaster (Mr. R. V. M. Murray) reported to New Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night that since the "evacuation"…

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Parents Want School Returned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 5

Dissatisfied with replies received, New Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to send telegrams to the…

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New Infants' School at New Lambton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 5

New Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association lost night completed arrangements for the gala to be held next Saturday…

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School Teacher Retires

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

On the ave of his retirement, liter 44 years' service in the Education Department, Mr. D. Lilier. first assistant at Waratah School,…

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Denied Sunday Schools Were Dying Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 5

Statements by Rev. A. R. Holmes that Sunday Schools were dying out, and that clergymen were not trained for religious instruction in schools…

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How Infant Schools Developed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 4

The development of schools for young children from basements where dozens of infants were allowed to run wild to modern classes where…

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Growth Of Modern Infants' School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 5

The evolution of the modern Infants' school, with its beginnings in the Dame Schools of England, was traced by Miss St. Smith,…

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Girls' High School to Have Ex-Students' Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 6

SPONSORED by the Historical Society of the Girls’ High School, a meeting of former students is to be held next Saturday afternoon to…

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Girls' High School 15 Years Old In August

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

The Newcastle Girls' High School will celebrate its 15th birthday in August. The schools Historical Society has arranged a…

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