School For Subnormal At Waratah
Approval was granted yesterday for the construction of a school for Newcastle sub-normal children…
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Schools, 1954
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Former Newsboy As School Head
JOHANNESBURG: A colored boy who left school at 12 to help support a family of 11 has been…
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CALCUTTA, Fri. (A.A.P.): Three thousand teachers paralysed traffic in Calcutta's main business…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teachers "Squat" For Pay Rise
CALCUTTA, Monday (A.A.P.).—Hundreds of teachers yesterday continued squatting for the…
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SYDNEY. — Although the school at Lemon Tree Passage has been completed, no furniture had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Tues., Feb. 16, 1954. [?] Butcher Charged With Running Murder School
NEW YORK, Man. (A.A.P.): A Brooklyn butcher was yesterday accused of running a school for murder. The butcher, Anniello Caccio, was arrested on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Swims Postponed
Because of the wet, weather the annual swimming carnival of the Hamilton Girls' Home Science…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schools Burnt
NAIROBI, Feb. 16. A.A.P.âMau Mau gangs had attacked and burnt down nine Christian schools in the Embu…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →School Text Book Scheme
Waratah Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to buy text books for senior classes and to rent them…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →School Musical
Newcastle Technical High School Women's Auxiliary will hold a musical at the school at 2 p.m. to-day. Mothers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"In the Good Old Days" School At Lambton
"Some few months ago," wrote a correspondent from Lambton on August 26, 1865, "the children of this place were all running about in a wild state, there being no school there. A gentleman named Harris came…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Schools Column
Headmasters and headmistresses report that pupils are settling down to school routine after the excitement of the Royal visit and that this month's sporting arrangements were also well under way. JUNCTION…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Lambton School Promise "Sincere"
The Minister for Education (Mr. R. F. Heffron) was sincere when he told a deputation that action would be taken as early as possible to demolish the condemned New Lambton Boys' School and replace it with an eight room weatherboard structure…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Protest Over Blackalls School Delay
Blackails Progress Association decided last night to protest to the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Around the Schools Fitting Memento Of Visit Presented
Junction School has been given a fitting memento of the Queen's visit to Australia. On Monday, Mr. Campbell, M.L.A., visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →791 Members Of Teachers' Federation
The report submitted to the 58th annual meeting of Newcastle Teachers' Federation showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →District School Activities
JUNCTION DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL is sending some of its Royal visit decorations and projects to Wingrove Primary School at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in exchange for Coronation souvenirs sent from Wingrove School. 1.—Pictures will be included in the collection. Here the deputy-headmaster, Mr. A. H. West, discusses pictures with Bruce Chadwick and Peter Wilkinson. 2.—Bill Winn decides on a picture to be used in one of the large school albums held by Brian Cogan. 3.—Hamilton Central Infants' School is well equipped to teach the youngest pupils. Jan Cheetham (5) is working on a pre-reading aid. It is a plywood cut-out picture. 4.—Social studies is part of the training of five-year-olds. (Inside the fence L. to R.): Julie…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Teachers' Federation Elects Officers
After long discussions, and divisions, the Newcastle Teachers' Federation completed its election of officers at 11 p.m. but had to adjourn the meeting for other business. The delay was caused by disagreement as to whether…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Free Boarding Schools Here Are Advocated
Free boarding school education for Australian children whose parents were in the lower income…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Teachers In Noisy Poll
Although the annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation at Hamilton lasted 3½ hours little…
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