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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1952

814 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 41

Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 9

Principals of four of Newcastle's largest high schools have attended a conference in Sydney with the Director-General of Education (Mr. J. G. McKenzie) which discussed…

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Around the Schools Questionnaire On Pupils' Habits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 7

Secondary teachers have been asked to fill in a questionnaire on the "urban adolescent," aged 13-18. The questionnaire comes from a group of…

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New Status For School At Kahibah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) had agreed to Kahibah School's being raised to primary status after a census…

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Minister Sees 22 Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) visited 22 Newcastle district schools yesterday. This was at the request of…

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Mobile Car School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 8

A lecture theatre on wheels to teach up-to-date methods and practices will arrive in Newcastle next Monday…

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Minister Sees Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) visited schools in Newcastle district yesterday. He is seen with the Secretary of the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Association (Mrs. D. Parker) at Newcastle East School. In the…

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School For Erring Motorists

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 4

Tomorrow night "school will be in" at Wood-st. Technical College for motorists who have been booked for various offences under the Motor Traffic Act. Those summoned to at-…

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More Schools In Hyderabad

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 5

NEW DELHI.—A fiveyear plan for the development of education has been drawn up by the Hyderabad…

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Letters To the Editor Kahibah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

I WISH to contradict statements by Mrs. F. Weeker ("N.M.H.," 24/6/52) on Kahibah Infants School…

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Presentation To Ex-teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 6

Jesmond Mothers' Club amid the P, and C, Association will make a joint presentation to a farmer teacher, Mrs. L…

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Maitland School T.B. Survey

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 7

A T.B. survey of 1400 school children in the Maitland, Coalfields and Singleton districts was…

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School Body £125 In Credit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 4

A balance of £125 was reported at last night's meeting of Carrington P. and C. Association…

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SUBURBAN and DISTRICT Argenton School 'Forgotten'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

Argenton schools seemed to have been forgotten, the President (Mrs. W. Hughes) said at Argenton Parents and…

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80 Trees For School; P. And C. Gift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

Eighty white cedars, the gift of the Parents and Citizens' Association, will be planted in New Lambton school grounds…

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"Ministers" At School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

Junction Demonstration School boys have held their preferential election for 1952. The election is conducted on Parliamentary lines. Pictured is the school captain, David Cunningham (right) explaining their duties to his "ministers." From left to right, back row: Terry Charlton (vice-captain), Gavin Smith,…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 9

The Education Department has just completed a modified curriculum for secondary school pupils who are not likely to attend school beyond the leaving age of 15 and those whose general ability does not enable them to benefit greatly from the more academic…

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Art in Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 7

Top: Supervisor of Art for the N.S.W. Education Department, Mr. J. Dabron, yesterday lectured on the teaching of art to second year Newcastle Teachers' College students. A class of boys at Junction Demonstration School took part and Mr. Dabron told them to keep their eye on Newcastle for pictures for this year's…

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Pupils' Lunch Money Poser At Plattsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 6

Plattsburg Central School had a serious problem in the large number of children whose parents gave them…

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£26 6s 3d Each for 19 High School Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

Eighteen of the nineteen members of he Newcastle Junior High School teaching staff who shared third prize of £500 in today's lottery From left to right they are: Back row: Messrs. M Grahame. N. Both, S. Williams. H Prince. E. Howarth, L. Hunter, F. Symes, A. Wells. D. Thursby and B. Stanton. Front row: K…

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Around the Schools Memorial Plaques Ready For School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 6

Bronze plaques for the memorial entrance at Newcastle Boys' High School to the memory of the 89 former students who lost their lives in World War II. are ready to be erected. At the school this week…

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