Pupils Braved Cold To Learn To Swim
The few Newcastle school children who braved the cold weather and appeared for the first lesson of the Education Department's…
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Schools, 1948
772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 39
Teachers Will Go To School
This month many teachers on holiday will attend classes in drama, puppetry, library work, visual education, art, music, physical culture,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Almost Drowns 4 Schoolboys
INVERELL.—Four schoolboys had narrow escapes from drowning in the swollen, debris-cluttered Macintyre River at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schools' Vacation Cricket
Lambton-New Lambton defeated Hamilton outright in the A grade division of the school vacation cricket competition at Learmonth Park…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schoolboy Cricketers Coaching Lessons
More than 40 schoolboys who are taking part in the schools vacation cricket competition attended Wickham Oval yesterday when coaching…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teachers Want New Deal In Education
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An Australia-wide campaign for a new deal in education for children and teachers was approved to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboys Play Vacation Match
Neale Beath hits out for New Lambton, in the match against Newcastle at Empire Park yesterday, in the schools' vacation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twins Not Absent in 5 Years' School
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Twin sisters—Norma and Marion Smith, 15, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repairs at Redhead School
Arrangements had been made to accept a local tender for repairs to electrical installations at Redhead School, the Minister for Education…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Training For Teacher Who Was Politician
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—There would not be an improvement in the recruitment of teachers while conditions in some schools…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ban Cane From British Schools "Herald" London Service
School authorities in Britain no longer believe that sparing the rod spoils the child. They have decided that the cane fails to curb bad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Captain Remembered
Those who admire thoughtfulness in others and believe in the importance of the "little things" in life dwelt for a while today on a public notice that appeared in a morning newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Most Schools in North Get 80 p.c. Leaving Passes
A survey of Northern Leaving Certificate results today indicated that the average of 80 per cent. passes had been exceeded this year at most schools. Girls out-pointed their brother students…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teacher's Caning "Not Excessive"
SYDNEY: Finding that punishment imposed by a Putney schoolteacher on a five-year-old child was not excessive, Mr. Raschke, S.M., in Ryde Children's Court today dismissed an information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Morpeth School Repairs
Mr. W. A. H. Howarth, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) that he has authorised structural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lesson From Blind Teacher
MR. CLEM ROWORTH, blind music teacher, of Newcastle has developed his musical memory to an extraordinary degree to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Claim "Ring Ins" In School Holiday Cricket
Newcastle school vacation cricket was described as a farce and a "whole mass of ring-ins" by speakers at Newcastle Cricket Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Additions To High School Approved
Extensive additions to Cessnock High School had been approved, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) advised Kearsley Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Branxton School of Arts Finance Sound
The Treasurer (Mr. J. P. McDermott) reported to the half-yearly meeting of Branxton School of Arts and Literary Institute that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →140 Expected at Summer School
SYDNEY, Sunday.—More than 140 people from Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales are expected to attend the Institute of…
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