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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1946

1,031 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 52

Easter Break for School Children

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 8

Public school children will have a better break than usual during Easter week. The Easter holidays begin on April 18 and end on April 24,…

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Divorcee to Go Back to School "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 2.—Lena Pearl Lindsay, 14-year-old divorcee, is preparing to-day to return to the eighth grade at…

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School Machines in Crates For Two Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 4

Machinery worth more than £500 was lying idle at Central Junior Technical High School because power installations had not been provided,…

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Wallsend School Radio

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 5

The Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association is hoping the wireless and loud-speaker equipment will be installed in the school during the Easter…

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Wickham Schoolgirls Aid Food Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 5

Students of Wickham Home Science School have raised £22/9/ for the Food for Britain appeal. They have held a number of functions including a puppet…

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Teachers' Application Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. J. B. Sweeney, on behalf of the Teachers' Federation, to-day asked the Full Bench to grant an…

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Health Clinic For Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A survey had been made in a number of schools to determine the number of children suffering from postural complaints,…

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Wickham School Mothers' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 4

The Mothers' Club of Wickham Home Science School has elected the following officers: President, Mrs. I. Anderson; vice-presidents, Mesdames…

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New School for Hamilton North

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 4

Hamilton North School P. and C. Association has been told by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) that a permanent brick school will replace the present temporary portable rooms. The Minister's letter was in reply…

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No Power to Run School Projector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 4

Visual education equipment, purchased nine years ago by the Mothers' Club at Wickham Infants' School, cannot be used because power…

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Policy on Fitness Teachers' Move on Mayor's Criticism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

Criticism of teachers by the Mayor (Ald. Norris) at a meeting earlier in the year, which followed complaints by headmasters that the…

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Kotara School Parents Elect Officers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 7

At the annual meeting of Kotara Parents and Citizens' Association, a credit balance of £6/15/ was reported by the auditors. Messrs. W. Anderson…

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No Headmaster at Plattsburg School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 7

While pleased with the improvements being effected to the playground, the Plattsburg District Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association is…

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Teachers Concerned About Examinations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 4

Certain undisclosed aspects of the Intermediate and Leaving Certificate examinations, which were said to be causing teachers some concern,…

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Mothers' Day at High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 8

It was Mothers' Day at the Girls' High School yesterday. Pamela Coverdale is seen with her mother, Mrs. H. M. Coverdale…

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Went to School With Broken Collarbone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 4

Olive Edwards, 11, of Railway-street, Wickham, injured her left shoulder when she fell from a bridge on Tuesday. She went to school that…

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Seek Remedy for School Absentees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 3

The Child Welfare Department could not empower the local branch to institute legal proceedings in certain cases of absence from school…

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"Back To N. Lambton" School Gala

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 8

To celebrate the return of New Lambton pupils to their original school, the P. and C. Association has arranged a "Back to New Lambton"…

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Junction School Auxiliary Officers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Junction School's P. and C. Association's Women's Auxiliary, elected the following officers: President, Mrs. H…

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Pupils Did Own School Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 8

Because labour was not available to repair their school, these children of King Alfred School. Hampstead, volunteered to do it themselves. They replaced windows and broken plaster, laid roads and carried out many other improvements…

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