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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1960

246 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 13

Queanbeyan High School Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1960 · page 3

A State-wide analysis of the results of the spelling test held in conjunction with the 1959 Leaving Certificate examination. reveals that candidates from . this…

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Teacher Housing Shortage Is Causing Concern To P. & C. Members

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan High School P. and C. Association is alarmed at the acute shortage of accommodation for school teachers in the town and will make further representations to Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., and the…

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Queanbeyan High School Notes (By the Headmaster)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1960 · page 6

An appeal to Esmond’s Motors has been answered this week with the advice that they will present to the school, two motor car engines, one in good order and…

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High School P. & C. Gets £215 From Canteen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1960 · page 1

The Canteen Committee of the Queanbeyan High School on Tuesday night, handed over another £215/3/0 to the P. and C. Association. This brings to £650, the…

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High School Notes (By the Headmaster)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 3

Much work has been done this week in preparation for the production of our annual school magazine…

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High School Working Bee

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 6

Queanbeyan High School P. and C. Association hopes to prepare a great deal of the school grounds for future…

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Primary School Success at District Sports Cranival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 2

Queanbeyan Primary School met with well earned success at the South Canberra Districts Primary…

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Splendid Spelling By High School’s Fifth Year Pupils

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan High School P. and C. Association, has placed on record the splendid achievements of pupils of…

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High School Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 2

The working bee, held at the school grounds on Sunray last, was not particularly well attended, but the…

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Pre-School Kindergarten Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 5

At Monday night’s general meeting of the Association, a report of the Spring Fete, held on 24th September…

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Primary P. & C. Local School Children Are Comparable with Best in State

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan school children are very fine types, and comparable with the best I have taught or met throughout the State. Mr. Ken Wilson, deputy headmaster of the Queanbeyan…

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High School Notes (By the Headmaster)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 October 1960 · page 4

The preliminary events of the Combined Schools’ Athletic Carnival were held on Wednesday, of last week,…

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Queanbeyan High School Notes (By the Headmaster)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 October 1960 · page 3

The highlight of this week was the Combined Schools’ Athletic Carnival, held at Manuka on Wednesday. Ten schools from Canberra and the surrounding…

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St. Gregory’s Top School Athletics

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 October 1960 · page 1

St. Gregory’s Convent School, Queanbeyan, scored the highest aggregate points at the combined Catholic…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes 1960 School Leaving Students Interviewed Re Careers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 October 1960 · page 6

Last week, a vocational guidance officer and his assistant interviewed a number of school pupils who are currently completing their final year’s formal…

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School Cadets Praised

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 4

Members of the Queanbeyan High School Cadet Corps were praised this week for the part they played in the…

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High School Magazine Larger

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 3

“Jerrabomberra,” the official magazine of the Queanbeyan High School will be considerably larger this…

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Queanbeyan High School Notes (By the Headmaster)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 3

The Ground Improvement Committee have made giant strides this week. The area in front of the school has been levelled and the council bulldozer has been…

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State Education Minister Approves Of High School Grounds Development Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 1

Approval has been given to the Queanbeyan High School P. and C. Association’s development plans for the provision of playing fields and general school ground improvements…

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Additions to High School

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 1

Additional kitchen and needlework rooms, two general activity rooms, an art room and an assembly hall,…

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