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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1953

922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 47

Plan For School At North Belmont

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

The building of a school at Belmont, to be called the Belmont North Primary School, is expected to be…

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Infants' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

Blackalls Infants School would open Blackalls Park on Monday, Mr. N. Dunn, of Blackalls Progress Association,…

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Mothers' "Boycott" Of School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

A claim that mothers were taking younger children away from Birmingham Gardens School…

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After School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

At the Station-street bus stop at Waratah yesterday Kerry Ayliffe, 10, who gave a cycling lesson to Michael Knight, 6, had an interested audience. Keith Redman, 10, sat on the post to get a clear view. But…

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Repairs To School Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) advised Adamstown Parents and Citizens' Association last night that…

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UK High School For Americans

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 5

LONDON: There was a chill on the heath —sorry, campus—when the first high school for U.S. servicemen's children in Britain opened in Bushey Park, Middlesex…

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More Room At New Primary Schools Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 5

Accommodation difficulties at new primary schools at Argenton and Cardiff South would be overcome by the end…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 12

Classes in elementary science, woodwork and metal work probably will be included in the curriculum of Belmont Evening College this year. HEADMASTER of Belmont Primary School…

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908 Pupils Enrol At Plattsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 6

Plattsburg School had a record enrolment of 908, the Headmaster (Mr. R. Thomas) told a meeting of the Parents…

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£50 Vote For School Books

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 6

Stockton Parents and Citizens' Association will spend £50 on the purchase of school books…

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Around the Schools Wider Arts, Crafts List For This Year's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 6

Newcastle Show Committee has introduced a more varied list of arts and crafts competitions this year because of the increased interest created by evening colleges. The Principal of…

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Maize School At Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 4

A school to train farmers in maize-growing, with specialised instruction in the development of hybrid maize, would be…

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Refugee Boy Now School Prefect

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 4

A French-Russian youth who fled with his two brothers and father from Shanghai when the Reds advanced in 1949 was inducted as a fifth-year prefect at Newcastle…

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Additional Classrooms For Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 7

Two additional classrooms are to be built at Argenton School and should relieve accommodation problems by the start of next term. The Headmaster (Mr. A. Barnaby) said temporary…

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Stockton School's Nine Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 7

Stockton Primary School now has nine classes, the headmaster (Mr. R. H. Dixon) told a P. and C…

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School Makes Its Own Publicity Film

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 10

Newcastle Junior High School has hit upon a novel way of publicising the school by having a 16 m.m. movie made of its activities. The Headmaster (Mr. L. R. Bradley) said today…

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New R.c. School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 8

The new Roman Catholic parochial school and presbytery at Tighe's Hill will be solemnly blessed and opened…

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Kurri School Repairs 'Urgent Need'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 9

Kurri Kurri Patents and Citizens' Assosiation criticised the Education Department in not having repairs done to the…

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Change In School To Be Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will ask that classification of Cook's Hill Intermediate School be…

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Perms Banned At Jap School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 5

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter). — An exclusive Tokio girls' school has suspended 44 girls for…

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