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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1954

1,050 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 53

School Open At Belmont North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

The Belmont North Public School was now open the Secretary reported at the annual meeting of Belmont North…

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Teachers' Salaries Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 9

Newcastle Teachers' Federation would meet in the City Hall to-night at 7.30 to discuss combined salaries for…

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Newcastle District School Activities

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 11

The president of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation (Mr. F. Heath) and the general secretary (Mr. H. S. Norington) are to attend a combined Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Lake Macquarie branches meeting in the City Hall tonight when claims for salary increases for teachers will be discussed…

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Around the Schools Big District Plans For Winter Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 7

The P.S.A.A.A. has big plans for sport in district schools this winter. Athletics carnivals will be held in August and October…

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Letters To The Editor School Warning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

WE WISH to inform the parents and citizens of Newcastle of the serious state of affairs in relation to the…

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Likely Site For Girls' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A new girls' high school for Maitland would probably be built on a 16½-acre site at…

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Teachers' Case For Higher Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

There was an urgent need for more money for education, the President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation (Mr. H. Heath) told a meeting of about 200 teachers at Newcastle City Hall last night…

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Schoolboys To Go On Cricket Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 13

Sixteen schoolboys to-morrow morning will begin a three-day tour, in which education will be combined with cricket. They are under 14 players…

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Teachers Campaign For Increased Salaries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

Because of class-loading, the average child had no chance of being in a class where a teacher could assist him with reasonable individual education, said the president of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation (Mr. H. F. Heath) last night…

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Plan For School Insurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A scheme to insure schoolchildren against accident was announced to-day by the…

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Parents Work Harder For Boys' Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

The opinion that parents worked harder for boys' than for girls' schools was expressed last night at a meeting…

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New School For Fern Bay

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY The Education Department has acquired the land for the new school at Fern Bay…

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School Wardens For Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 7

"Merrie England" will be performed at the City Hall next Monday and Tuesday. 1. A section of the chorus rehearsing last night for the show. 2. The president of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the R.S.L., Council, Mr. A. C. B. Hartney, with boy and girl wardens who were appointed at Cook's Hill School today to police the Field of Remembrance at Civic Park. In the picture are Pamela Halloway, John Flaherty, Pamela Lawson, Peter Quiggins, Robyn Smith, Ray Threadgate and Warren Chipchase. 3. Newcastle Girls Marching Association's youngest team, the Rovers, tied for first place at Muswellbrook Show last night. 4. Members of the "Merrie England" chorus with pianist, Norm Traise, and principals, Bill Bird, George Britton, and Geoff…

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Insurance Plan For All Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Insurance of schoolchildren against injury would be extended to private schools, colleges and…

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Schoolchildren Ill-treated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 8

MIAMI, April 2. A.A.P.—Carroll Fogal, a 27-year-old mathematics teacher, was suspended to-day for having…

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S. Cardiff School Classrooms

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said he was giving consideration to a request…

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Teacher Told Children A "White Lie"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 12

LONDON (O.S.R.). — When her school was shaken by a heavy explosion, headmistress Mrs…

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Extensions At School Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 9

Adamstown P. and C. Association decided last night to appeal to the Area Director of Education (Mr. Gelfius) for…

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E. Lambton School Presentations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 4

Mrs. E. Mercer, a former teacher of Lambton school, was presented with a cut-glass table lamp by pupils and…

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Guttering For Central School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 4

The Headmaster of Central Boys' Junior Technical School (Mr. P. Cunningham) told the P. and C. Association last night…

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