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Schools, 1942

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The School Column SPORT

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 4

The feature of the week was the visit of football and basket ball teams from Kiama Public School. Interschool visits are rare now, and Nowra…

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Pambula District School Sports

The Bega District News · Monday 28 September 1942 · page 2

October 5, Eight Hour Day, a proclaimed public holiday for Imlay Shire, promises to be one of the best days in the history of school sport in the…

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Primary School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

Class 6A.— All our alleged bird call imitators were mute, and silence you could cut with a knife greeted a request for a vocal celebration of Bird…

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High School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

Last week the staff and school were surprised by a visit from a former member of the staff, Flying Officer Taylor, who has been appointed…

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The School Column Intelligence Testing

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

A too ambitious claim for the values of the intelligence quotient has led many thinking teachers to discredit its importance in the educational…

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School Sports Tuesday and Friday Next

The Bega District News · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 2

On Tuesday next, Bega Intermediate High School will hold its own annual athletic carnival on the Sports Ground, preceded by a procession through town,…

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Cobargo Public School

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 2

Mr. R. N. Beale M.L.A. has received the following communication from the Minister for Education (Mr. Clive Evatt)…

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The School Column Intelligence Testing . (Continued from last issue). the Intelligence Quotient

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 4

From the results of the three types of test may be deduced an I.Q. The nature of the group tests is such that the I.Q. so derived…

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Sad Fatalities Young School Teacher Loses His Life

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on Friday last, when Mr. James Gollagher lost his life as the result of a gunshot accident…

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The School Column Intelligence Testing (Continued from last issue). Value of the Tests to the Teacher

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 October 1942 · page 6

In general, the results of intelligence tests are of value to the teacher in assessing the child’s educational potentiality. They are,…

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Party to Schoolgirl (Contributed)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 14 October 1942 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon last, at the baths, five 2nd Year girls of the Nowra Intermediate High School celebrated the birthday of a…

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Dignam's Creek bridge The little school not far from this spot was closed last week. Flower Show at Tilba

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 16 October 1942 · page 3

The Presbyterian-Methodist people will hold a Spring Show in the Central Tilba hall on Saturday, 24th October,…

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Primary School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

Fifth Class—A scarcity of news this week, owing to bad weather and much reduced attendance. As the rainfall increased, so did our…

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The School Column Habits of Children

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

Professor Winifred Cullis gave an address in London recently on “How Habits are Formed.” In explaining the character of…

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High School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 4

Despite our gloomy predictions last week, we believe that the results of the trial Leaving and Intermediate were not quite so…

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Primary School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 4

Class 6A.—An effort is being made to create a setting for the serial story now being written. A model of the locality is to be made,…

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High School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 4

Another wet Wednesday was received with less enthusiasm than the previous effort, and we hear with some misgiving that the…

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The School Column Religion and Education

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 4

We teach religion all day long: We teach it in arithmetic by accuracy; we teach it in language, by learning to say what we mean:…

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Local & General Annual School Picnic

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 October 1942 · page 2

The Foxground-Broughton Village P. and C. Assn. advertise their annual school (basket) picnic to be held in the Foxground Park on…

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Primary School Notes

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 6

Class 6A.—The swimming season opened after long delay; but in spite of the long delay, due to damp and cold weather many are…

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