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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 45

School Empire Day Celebration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to invite all parents to attend Empire Day celebrations in the school…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 9

A new system of conducting school medical examinations, on the lines of Sydney schools, has been commenced this term. THE basis of the alteration Is the…

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Tenders Called For Kahibah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 5

The Department of Education has advised Kahibah Infants Mothers' Club that tenders have been called for a new school at…

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Around The Schools Schools Celebrate Empire Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

Empire Day will be celebrated in schools to-day. Most ceremonies will occupy the morning and schools will close at 12.30 p.m. COOK'S HILL intermediate High…

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£50 Cheque For School Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

The President of the Cross Keys Hotel Social Club (Mr. Pink) presented a cheque for £52/13/ to the President of Tighe's Hill Parents…

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Township May Have Its Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 5

SINGLETON, Wednesday. —Putty, a small town near Singleton, has high hopes of solving its four-year-old schoolteacher…

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Empire Day In Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 7

01: School captain Howard Pidgeon, who gave an address on "A Colony at Work: Fiji" at Cook's Hill Empire Day celebrations at the Central Methodist Mission Hall. 02: Kindergarten children who took part in Empire Day plays at Newcastle East School. 03: Herbert Hill, Maurice Williams and Jan Cummings in a scene from an Indian play at Newcastle East School. 04: At Cook's Hill School Empire Day celebration: Marion Barrack, who recited "Destiny," Ann Shotton…

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Empire Day Celebrations In Newcastle Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 5

After Empire Day ceremonies in all schools this morning, children were given a half holiday. A feature of each function was the reading of Lord Gowrie's message, presentation of Royal Empire Society badges and Jubilee medals…

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Pupils Gave Programme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

Among those who presented an Empire Day programme to pupils of Cook's Hill intermediate High School at the Central Methodist Mission yesterday were C. Nightingale, Pan Miller, who presided, H. Pidgeon (school captain), and Judith Plumstead…

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Talks On Empire Day By Maitland Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

Addresses by public were a feature of Empire Day celebrations at Maitland Boys' High and Girls' High Schools yesterday…

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School Programme At Kurri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

Empire Day was celebrated at Kurri Kurri in conjunction with the Jubilee celebrations. Schoolchildren gathered at the…

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Songs Were Composed By Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 5

Six songs, "Tell Us, Pretty Maiden," "Here's a Toast," "Children of the Empire," "Song of England," "Our Empire," and "The…

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Babies Attend School With Mother

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 6

School desks in New Guinea, Papua and the Solomon Islands were often cluttered with babies and their accessories, Mr. G. Rosenhain…

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District Schools To Present Jubilee Pageant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 4

Newcastle secondary school students will present a Jubilee pageant, "Journey to Nationhood," in the Teachers' College assembly hall,…

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School Frolic At New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3
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Mesdames C. Griffiths and E. Parkes judged a frolic to raise funds for Jan Thompson's candidature in New Lambton South…

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Hamilton School to Get Fire Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3

Tenders are called in the Government Gazette for a fire escape at Hamilton Boys' School. They will close on June 14…

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Schools Open Basketball Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3

Girls of Cook's Hill school prepare to take part in the march past which opened the school basketball season in Newcastle…

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Drama Festival Witnessed By School Pupils

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

Representative quotas of students from Newcastle Girls' High and Home Science High Schools this morning attended…

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20,000 New Pupils Enrolled Yearly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Schools could not be built fast enough to cope with Australia's increasing population, the Minister for…

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