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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1953

922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 47

School At North Belmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

Belmont A.L.P. will ask the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to give highest priority to the building of a…

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Snake Bites Boy At School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

Barry Wood, 14, of Pacific Highway, Highfields, was bitten ten on the left arm by a green grass snake in Belmont High…

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Cupit Says Teachers Communist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, March 10. A.A.P. —Private Ian Dowling Cupit told a court martial to-day that three masters at…

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Schoolgirl Champions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 10

Delta Winton (left) and Robyn Akerman, who were champion swimmers at the Hamilton Home Science High School carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday. Robyn Akerman won five junior championships and Delta…

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School To Get 3 Radios

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

Hamilton South P. and C Association will present the school with two mantel radio a tape recorder and a portable…

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W.E.A. Class At Glendale School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 12

A W.E.A. class will be commenced at Glendale Public School on Tuesday, March 24…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

Extensive improvements are being made at the Morpeth Church of England Grammar School to build it into one that will rank among the finest church schools in Australia. THE acting headmaster…

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Common Aim Of Parents And Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

Unity of service between parents and the teaching: staff was of great benefit to the children and the…

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Function School Complaint More Recreation Area Needed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 5

The Junction Demonstration School was in a "somewhat sad and ridiculous position" so far as playgrounds were concerned. More space was urgently needed for both…

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School Library "One Of Best"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 5

Junction Demonstration School library was one of the best primary school libraries in the State, the…

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School Conversazione

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 3

Jan Gill, of Holmesville, left, and her sister, Joy, with their mother, Mrs. J. Gill, at Newcastle, City Hall yesterday when Cook's Hill Intermediate High School students entertained their parents at a conversazione…

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Around the Schools Children Learn Lip Reading In Class

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 6

Deaf children in the opportunity class at New Lambton South School are being taught lip reading in preference to hand signs. This is to enable them to…

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£530 Spent On School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 6

Amenities costing £530 were provided for the Newcastle Technical High School last year by the P. and C…

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North Lambton School Bus

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 12

Buses for school children only will operate from North Lambton to Newcastle at 8 a.m. and 8.20…

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Jan Teachers Strike

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 24

TOKIO, Thurs. (A. A. P. Reuter).—Teachers in 21 of Japan's 46 prefectures vent on strike yesterday in…

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American Teacher's High Praise For Our Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 5

The standard of education in Australia is, in many respects, higher than in the United States and the new physical education curriculum is much higher here, according to Miss Lois Allan, a kindergarten teacher from South. Portland, Maine…

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P. And C. Help For School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

Mayfield West P. and C. Association last year provided additional books for the school library, a strip film…

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Head Defends Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3

Commenting on allegations by lan Dowling Cupit, at his trial for murder in Korea, that he had been victimised by his…

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North Lambton School Buses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

Bus trips for schoolchildren only from North Lambton to Newcastle would operate at 8 a.m. and 8.20 a.m. from…

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Boy Charged With Murder Of Two Girl Schoolmates

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Carleton Mason, a 16-year-old student at an institution for underprivileged children, was charged today with the murder of two young girl schoolmates whom he lured…

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