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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 56

Berets Solve School Hat Space Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

LISMORE, Monday.—In less than a month more than 100 girls at Lismore High School have adopted the beret as part of their school…

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High School Boys Find Out Capabilities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

Aptitude tests were conducted at Newcastle Boys' High School yesterday to discover students' employment capabilities…

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Aptitude Tests At High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

Vocational guidance officers conducted aptitude tests at Newcastle Boys' High School yesterday. K. Ostinga, G. Bryant, C. Brown, D…

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Argenton Move On School Bus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 5

Argenton Progress Association will ask the Department of Transport to restore the schoolchildren's bus at 8.50 a.m. from Cross Roads…

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School's Sanitation "Satisfactory"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 4

Sanitary accommodation at Newcastle Junior Boys' High School, inspected at the request of the school Parents and Citizens'…

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Schools' Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 13

The Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron), who has appealed to all schools to take a keen interest in the United Nations Appeal for Children, will officially launch the schools' appeal with a broadcast talk on July…

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Schoolchildren Impressed By Conducted Tour Of Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 13

Forty-five children from Cook's Hill Primary School, including seven who had never visited Sydney and 20 who had not travelled on the Flyer, had an exciting day yesterday when they were taken to Sydney on a conducted tour of places of educational interest…

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Around the Schools: Teachers Support U.N. Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 7

Newcastle Teachers' Federation has frowned on button days at schools because too many demands were being made, but it will support the U.N. Appeal for Children…

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One More Room for Wickham School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 7

One more double portable classroom would be built at Wickham Public School as soon as possible, the Minister for Education (Mr…

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6P Panel Move To Interest Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 7

Pupils of Wallsend district schools will be asked to design a badge and letter heading for Wallsend 6P. Panel…

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From Art Teacher To Confectioner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 6

An art teacher for 20 years, Mrs. C. Skidmore, of Hamilton, has exchanged her water-colours, pastels and oil paints for tinted icing sugar. The cakes she ices are mixed and…

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"6-P" Panel For Wallsend Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 13

The "6-P" Panel in schools— to "protect and promote pride and protect public property"— will be inaugurated in west…

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Governor's Visit To Schools Of District

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 15

The State Governor (Lieut-General Northcott) visited public schools between Stockton and Stroud today. He was accompanied by his…

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Prefab. Schools For Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Newcastle would probably have prefabricated schools or annexes erected within the next few months, the Minister…

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New School Stone Ceremony June 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 3

Arrangements were being made for laying the foundation stone of the new secondary school at Marksville, Pelmont, on June 9, the…

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Methodists To Conduct School On Youth Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 7

Ministers of the Newcastle and Maitland Methodist Synod districts will attend a winter school of Christian youth education in…

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U.S. Teachers To Tour Europe

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK.—Sixty leading teachers and school administrators, representing every State in the United States, will…

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Secondary Schools' Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 6

The winter sports competitions for Secondary Boys' Schools were continued on Wednesday. Results:—…

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Schoolchildren Learn Of U.N.E.S.C.O.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 4

Children In schools began to hear special references to U.N.E.-S.C.O. yesterday, the opening day of U.N.E.S.C.O. Week, which…

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Inter-District School Rugby League Matches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 8

Two Rugby League teams from Newcastle will travel to Sydney this week for inter-district matches. Two grades will be played—under…

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