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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 45

Branxton Teacher To Retire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 4

The Headmaster of Branxton School (Mr. J. Britt), who is to retire for health reasons, was fare-welled at a special meeting of the…

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School Boycott Ends

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Berowra parents today sent their children to school, ending a boycott since Thursday…

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School Drama Dancing Exam

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 5

1. School Jubilee drama festival rehearsals are in full swing at Newcastle Teachers' College Assembly Hall for the production on Wednesday night. Picture shows: Jacqueline Wells (Folly) and Helen Yarrington (King) and Maureen McCabe (The Child) in a scene from "The World and the Child." 2. Examiner and pupils at the ballroom dancing examination at Lambert's studio at the week-end. L to R.: Mrs. D. Rowe, Shirley Booth, Maureen Rugrgeri, Joan Chapman, Miss E. Kane…

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School Bus For Valentine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

A bus to take Valentine and Eleebana children to and from Warner's Bay and Belmont Schools may begin in about three weeks…

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Festival Of Drama By Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 4

A drama festival was presented in the Teachers' College Assembly Hall yesterday by pupils from various Newcastle schools…

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Two Special Buses For Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Two special buses will take pupils from Newcastle Girls' High School and the Domestic Science School to Wallsend and Mayfield each…

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£5/10/- Collected For School Piano

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 6

Collections for a piano fund for be new infants school at New [?]mbton Heights taken at a [?]reening of documentary films by…

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Schoolgirl Weds Grandson Of Earl In Registry Office

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Wed, (A.A.P.): One of Britain's most torrid and publicised elopements ended yesterday when 22-year-old Jimmy Fitzroy, grandson of an earl, and 17-year-old platinum blonde schoolgirl Pamela Henniker were married at a Dublin registry office…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 9

The Newcastle Secondary Schools' Drama Festival will be staged at the Teachers' College tonight for the general public. IT is a most spectacular presentation and an education effort…

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Praise For School Repair Staff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 5

The Headmaster of Wickham School (Mr. C. Nichols) last night praised work at the school by the Department of Education through…

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Earl's Grandson Weds Schoolgirl, 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 3

LONDON, May 30. A.A.P.—One of Britain's most hectic and publicised elopements ended yesterday. Jimmy Fitzroy, 22, grandson…

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Around the Schools New Projects At Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 4

Demonstrations to begin at Junction School next Wednesday will include a series of projects and a central theme. The boys will do a project…

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Branxton Teacher Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 4
Also in The Newcastle Sun

The retiring Headmaster of Branxton Public School (Mr. J. Britt) was farewelled by pupils. Mr. Britt has been in the…

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LETTERS To the Editor Wickham School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

WITH reference to the report headed "Undesirable Men Annoy Schoolgirls" ("N.M.H.," 19/5/51), at no time has the Mothers'…

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Nelson's Bay Protest On School Site

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 6

It was reported to Nelson's Bay Progress Association that a site for a new school had been recommended to the Department of…

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Mayfield East School Fete

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 5

Mayfield East Infants' School Mothers' Club will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to make arrangements, for a…

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High School League 'Dying' Code

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 6

Rugby League, under the present system, was a dying sport in third-year high schools in Newcastle, the Headmaster of Central Junior…

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League Move on Schools Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 6

A plan to provide better football for boys in third-year schools was suggested last night to Newcastle Rugby League by the newly-appointed Schools Committee…

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Teachers' College Resumes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

Newcastle Teachers' College resumed yesterday. Back to the "old microscope" were Mary Wilkinson and Heather Watson, of the biology class…

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