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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 56

Aptitude Tests at Girls' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Hetherington, of the Research Department of the Education Department, conducted aptitude tests at Newcastle…

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School Sports Again Cancelled

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 15

The winter sporting competitions arranged by the Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. for secondary boys' schools on Wednesday were cancelled for…

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Pupils "Forced To Pay Own Fare"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 4

Many secondary school pupils beginning the second term did not get free rail tickets, it was reported at the meeting of the Toronto…

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Tennis Coaching School In Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 7

The tennis coaching school sponsored by the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association will be held this year in Maitland, in the…

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Schoolboy Soccer Players "Had It"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 8

Left: A Mayfield player leaps for a mark in the Australian Rules game against Broadmeadow, at Empire Park. Above: L. Hill (Teralba) and R. Gray (Wallsend) just flopped into mud and water after the Newcastle v. Liverpool school Soccer game at Mayfield Park…

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School Soccer Continues

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 8

The Primary Schools' Soccer carnival was continued yesterday on grounds which provided little chance for the good sides…

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Schools' Soccer Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 11

The State Soccer carnival for primary schools was continued at Mayfield Park yesterday under unsatisfactory 'weather conditions. Results:…

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Police Control For School Pupils

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 8

The Cook's Hill School P. and C. Association last night decided to thank the Newcastle Police Superintendent for…

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Floods "Affect Attendance Of Teachers"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 5

The floods had affected the attendance of staff at Cook's Hill Intermediate High School, the Headmaster (Mr. Jennings) told the…

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School's Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 7

The weather is continuing to disrupt school sporting arrangements and Newcastle Girls' High School and Newcastle Home Science High School have been forced again to postpone their annual…

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School Seeks Help To Buy Typewriters

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 7

The Cook's Hill School P. and C. Association last night decided to approach the Joint Coal Board for assistance in the…

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Around the Schools: Plattsburg Night College Planned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 5

An evening college will be opened at Plattsburg Central School if sufficient enrolments are made in all subjects. Classes are planned in…

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Parents Hold Shares In Private Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 5

Two absorbing stories published in the Danish Foreign Office Journal tell of: A private school run as a joint-stock company, with the…

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More Support Urged For High Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 3

Newcastle business and industrial interests should give greater support to high schools than they had done in the past, the Headmaster…

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Kindergarten Class For School Of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 6

Teralba School of Arts Committee reported that permission had been granted to the Education Department to have the kindergaren…

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School Sport To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 4

P.S.A.A.A. competitions for primary schools will be continued to-day after a break due to weather conditions…

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Concessions In School Exams To Floodbound

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Children who had lost school time because of the floods would, in special cases, receive consideration,…

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Policemen Are Good Teachers Can your child go to school, with safety, alone?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 4

To ensure that he or she can, is the aim of two young Constables, Constable Don Pike and Constable Ray Mann. Their full-time job is teaching children in kindergartens, primary and high,…

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Dancing Teachers' Gifts to Examiner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 6

A portable wireless and a pair of marcasite ear rings were presented to Miss Ruth French, dancing examiner, at a luncheon in her…

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School Milk Free To All To 12 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Government would provide free milk for every child 12 and under…

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