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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 56

Schools' Winter Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 11

The winter sports competitions for Secondary (Third Year) Boys" schools will be continued tomorrow, when matches will be played…

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National Rules School Games To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 7

The Secondary Schools Australian Rules competition will begin to-day, with matches at Islington Oval and Empire Park…

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Back-Dated Pay Increases For 2000 Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A pay increase for part-time teachers of technical education subjects was announced to-day by the New…

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Minister's Reply On School Materials

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 8

In a letter to the New Lambton School P. and C. Association, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said that…

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School Library To Be Extended

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 11

Extension of the Lloyd Memorial Library at the New Lambton School had been authorised, the Minister for…

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Old Schoolboys "Are Often Immature"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 7

Because some boys were kept at school at ages up to 18 years they tended to become immature, said the Careers Adviser of Newcastle Boys' High School (Mr. Denham), addressing the P. and C. association…

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Schools' Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 7

Schools throughout Newcastle and district resumed yesterday after the May holidays and final arrangements are now being made for Empire Day celebrations…

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High School Dance To Aid Memorial

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 7

To assist funds being collected for memorial gates at the school, the Newcastle Boys' High P. and C. last night…

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Cessnock High Speech Day

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

Cessnock High School speech and prize-giving day will be held in the school assembly hall on May 30 at 2 p.m…

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Around the Schools: Pupils To Be Told Of U.N.E.S.C.O.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

U.N.E.S.C.O. Week will be celebrated in schools from June 4 to 10 The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural…

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Teachers Oppose Collections At Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

Newcastle Branch of the Teachers' Federation will advise the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan), that, while it is sympathetic to the United…

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Letters To the Editor Boolaroo School Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

FOR a few years, a group of Boolaroo citizens has been urging the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to resume a block…

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Birmingham Gardens Infants' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

Work on the erection of an infants' school at Birmingham Gardens would begin in a few weeks, the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Toronto Move For New School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

Toronto Parents and Citizens' Association decided to ask the Department of Educati6n to build a new 'infants' school in the ground…

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In Brief Wild Schoolboy Suspended Victim Forgives £800,000 Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 8

A Wellington (N.Z.) schoolboy has been suspended from school because of his lunch-hour attacks on schoolmates. A report to the Education Board said the boy ran amok in…

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Doctor's Body For Anatomy School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 11

LONDON.—Dr. James Tremlett Wills of Bath said in his £61,435 will that he desired his body sent carriage paid to the…

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School Transport Problem At Lake

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 6

The transport of school children from Valentine and Eleebana to Warner's Bay and other schools at a time within…

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Schoolgirls Meet Dame Enid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 7

Chatting with Dame Enid Lyons and shaking hands with Mr. Chifley were undreamed-of experiences for 29 schoolgirls from Newcastle and Cessnock who spent a week's holiday at Canberra…

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"Love Birds" in School Sheds

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 1

Newcastle District Council of P. and C. Associations last night decided to ask the Department of Education to place doors on…

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Teachers Can't Aid Children's Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 9

It had been hoped that by appealing to the schoolchildren of the district a direct approach might be made to every…

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