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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 45

Extra Day's Holiday for Schools Announced

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

Enthusiastic cheering by the many thousands of children present at the school's pageant at the Newcastle Sports Ground greeted an announcement by the Superintendent of Primary Education (Mr. Drummond) that an extra day's…

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More Land For Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 5

The acquisition of additional areas of land surrounding The Junction School had not been completed and for this reason…

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Early Arrivals Packed Stands At Schools' Pageant

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 4

A section of the huge crowd that packed the grandstands at Newcastle Sports Ground from an early hour for the schools' Jubilee Pageant. Long before 11 a.m. the "Stands Full" notice was posted at the ground…

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Spectacular Jubilee Pageant Display by Schoolchildren

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

The large crowd at the schools Jubilee pageant at No. 1 Sports Ground this afternoon witnessed the most spectacular display ever given by schoolchildren in this district…

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Today's School Pageant From The Air

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 7

The map of Australia was given color and life and movement when 6000 scholchildren contributed to its most impressive presentation at the Jubilee School Pageant at the Sports Ground this afternoon. It was one of the most spectacular and colorful events of the programme. A recording of Lieut.-Col. Adkin's [?]anfares, specially written for the Jubilee Year, was the signal for the children to move into formation of the map. Children forming the coastline of each State wore different colors and two separate pairs of colors formed the boundaries. The color scheme change to green and gold, symbolising the nation's…

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Student Teachers Praised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

The Headmaster of Cook's Hill Intermediate High School (Mr. Jennings) last night praised the students of Newcastle Teachers' College…

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Jubilee Display By Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

Scenes from the schools' Jubilee display at Newcastle Sports Ground yesterday. Top left: The re-enactment of the Proclamation…

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Ground Packed, Stands Taken Over 25,000 Crush At School Pageant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Twenty-five thousand people watched as 10,000 children went triumphantly through the Jubilee school pageant at No. 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle, yesterday…

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Arbor Day To Complete School Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 6

Arbor Day, to be held at New Lambton South School on July 7, will complete a schoolground improvement plan prepared by…

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Flag Drill At School Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

This sturdy schoolboy was among those who took part in flag drill by primary boys in the schools' Jubilee display at Newcastle…

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Schoolboy Impaled On Iron Fence

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A schoolboy who fell from the roof of a building in Hyde Park today was impaled on the sharp spikes of…

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High Praise For School Pageant

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

Congratulations from many quarters, official and unofficial, have been reaching the organisers since yesterday's…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

Newcastle schools are observing Anzac Day commemorations throughout this week at times at suitable to fit in with an altered programme caused by postponement of last week's Jubilee pageant. WREATH was laid on the Ceno-…

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Argenton School Body's Progress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 6

Since its formation two months ago, Argenton Parents and Citizens' Association has raised £40 and has spent £16 on equipment for the…

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Around the Schools 1951 Health Week Planning Begins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

Organising has begun for the schools' participation in Health Week, from September 21 to 28 inclusive. The Educational…

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Stop Press Extra School Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY: The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said today he had approved a Jubilee holiday for N.S.W. schoolchildren on Tuesday,…

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Agricultural High School Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) is to be asked to reconsider his decision not to receive a deputation on the establishment of an agricultural high school in the Hunter Valley…

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School Urged For Subnormals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

A panel appointed by Newcastle branch of the Subnormal Children's Welfare Association to start school classes for subnormal children…

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Poem School To Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 7

Children run out from the famous little red schoolhouse in South Sudbury, Mass., America, where "Mary's Little Lamb" followed Mary Elizabeth Sawyer to school nearly 150 years ago to inspire the familiar verse. The plate at left gives the full poem. The…

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High School Memorial Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 7

The social function organised by Cessnock Rotary Club at the works of Cessnock Potteries returned £300, it was announced last night…

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