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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1946

1,031 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 52

R.a.a.f. to Open Flying School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 3

WAGGA, Tuesday.—No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Uranquinty is to be disbanded and reopened immediately by the R.A.A.F…

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Cook's Hill P. & C. Dissatisfied By School Delay

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 14

Anything to side-track us — no manpower, no material or no money is all the answer we get. The letter should be received as…

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Merewether Baths Closure Causes Concern To Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 16

Members of the Cook's Hill P. and C. Association last night expressed concern, when the Headmaster (Mr. A. Schuemaker) reported that [?] of cleaning operations the Merewether baths were not available for secondary school students on…

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Housing And School Requirements Should Have Some Priority

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

While it was realised that housing must have priority m building activities, this did not eliminate hopes for construction of new schools and renovation of existing structures. Housing expansion and school expansion must obviously go hand in…

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Cook's Hill School Farewell Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

The headmaster of the Cook's Hill Intermediate High School (Mr. A. Schuemaker) told members of the P. and C. Association last night that…

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Dora Creek School Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

Sir,—All the education authorities, from the Minister down, have been aware for several years that repairs were needed to the Dora…

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"Will Be Chaos at Law School"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Attempts by University officials to settle the dispute which has resulted in the resignation of Professor James…

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Press for More Art Teachers at College

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 3

The Director of Education will be asked to supply more full-time or part-time art tutors to Newcastle Technical College…

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School May Get Ship's Bell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

If an appeal by the Parents and Citizens' Association is successful, children at Wickham Central School will be called into school by a ship's…

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School of Plastics to Be Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Replying to Mr. W. M. Currey (Kogarah) in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…

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School Children Filmed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 4

Children of Wickham Central School had been photographed during physical training by the Department of Information photographic…

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£165 For Radio Set at Lambton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 5

A plan to spend £165 on wireless equipment and its installation in Lambton School was submitted at the annual meeting of the Parents and Citizens'…

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'Sunday School Work is Paramount'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 6

"The office or ministry of the Sunday School teacher is one of paramount importance, though too frequently the work is looked upon…

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New Teachers' College Opens To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The State's third Teachers' College will be opened at Balmain to-morrow with 210 students, the Minister for Education…

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"Course Too Academic" Technical School Curriculum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

Many changes were needed in the curriculum of the Central Junior Technical School to make the course less academic, the…

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Birmingham Gardens School Resumptions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

The Acting Secretary of Birmingham Gardens A.L.P. (Mr. R. L. Kynaston) last night suggested that the branch support the proposed…

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New Features at Balmain Teachers' College

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The opening of Balmain Teachers' College was announced to-day by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron). The…

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Schoolboy Sets Two Swimming Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two under 16 years records were broken by G. Smith at the North Sydney High Schools' swimming carnival at North…

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Stockton School "Cluttered" By N.E.S. Timber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 2

Classrooms at Stockton Public School were still cluttered with N.E.S. timber, although complaints had been made more than 12 months…

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Plattsburg School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Plattsburg District Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association last night was informed by the Headmaster (Mr. W. R…

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