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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 51

EDITORIAL Schools Are Still In Difficulties

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE seems to have come through the trials of the reopening of State, schools fairly well compared with some areas, but there are still problems of overcrowded and…

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Film Projector Aim For New School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

Newcastle Technical High School Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to make the purchase of a film projector for the…

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Headmaster Opposes Camps In School Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

The Headmaster of Newcastle Junior High School (Mr. Scott) said last night he was against students attending fitness camps in…

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Criticism Over School Fence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

Despite repeated requests to the Education Department for repairs to a paling fence at Mayfield West School, no action had been taken…

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Junction Anxious On Demonstration School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

JUNCTION Parents and Citizens' Association will protest to the Department of Education if teachers displaced in the…

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School Fire Escape "Not Safe Exit"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

In its present the fire escape would not provide children with a safe exit in an emergency, the Headmaster…

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Suburban and District 4 Years' School Attendance Without Break

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

A children's encyclopedia had been presented to Barry Clements for a record of four years unbroken attendance at Wallsend…

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Demonstration School At Junction

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

Expressing concern that any alteration might be detrimental to the pupils and teaching staff if the school was classed as a…

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Junction School Renovations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

He had authorised the erection of library shelving in the Minnikin Memorial Library and in the girls' department at the…

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Student Teacher Attacked By Man

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Patricia Duncan, a student teacher staying at St. Margaret's Church of England Hostel, was awakened…

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High School Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 12

Newcastle Boys' High School's annual swimming carnival will be held at Ocean Baths on Feb. 28, commencing at 1 p.m., and March 1…

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School Repairs Cost £5000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

Approximately £5000 had been spent by the Department of Education on general repairs to Tighe's Hill Public School, the…

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School's in Communist Chief Who Defied Stalin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

PRAGUE: Marshal Tito is the most talked of man in Eastern Europe. His equivocal figure will continue to hold the limelight until he is "removed." In terms of Moscow's grand…

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Belmont School Has 760 Pupils Instead Of 300

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

Although the school had capacity to accommodate only, 300 children, the attendance was now 760, the Headmaster (Mr. Jopling) told…

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Teachers' College Taking Shape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

In temporary accommodation being built up for them, lecturers who will train in Newcastle much-needed teachers for primary schools, are earnestly tackling the task of shaping the college for which…

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Preparing Teachers' College

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

A Sydney University graduate unpacks a crate of science apparatus and chemicals which will be used when Newcastle Teachers'…

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Boolaroo School "Overcrowded"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

Many parents attended a special meeting of Boolaroo Parents and Citizens' Association called to protest against overcrowding at the…

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Darwin School Barred To Aborigines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

DARWIN, Thursday. — Seven full-blooded aboriginal children have been refused admission to Darwin Public School this year. Six…

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U.S.-Australia Student And Teacher Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday. — The American and Australian Governments expect, within the next few days, to complete the Fulbright…

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Nearly Ran Into Two-up School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 4

Constable R. J. Martin told East Maitland Court yesterday that on January 22 in Northumberland-street, Morpeth, he had to pull up…

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