School Sport Sydney's Big Rowing Race This Week
On Saturday the Parramatta River should present about the gayest spectacle in its history, through the holding of the twenty-eighth annual regatta of the Great…
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Government Contracts. School Tenders
The Department of Education last week let contracts as follows:—Yamba, repairs and painting-Messrs. Till and Robertson, Maclean, £203. Wood ford Leigh, fencing—M. Gillespie, Maclean, £115…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →School Homework. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—If the quantity and standard of school homework were decided by the ability of the individual scholar, and teachers realised that what may be a light task to the clever boy or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock High School Cessnock
After an agitation by public bodies, the Education Department is taking steps for the formation of an intermediate high school at Cessnock. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Home-work. to the Editor
Sir,--May I draw your attention to the subject of school home-work with the view to ventilating the question of its abolition? To me as a parent it is a constant source of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Schools. a Conference of Inspectors
Under the chairmanship of Inspector R[?]ay president of the Inspectors' Institute, and the guidance of Inspector Riley as hon. secretary, the inspectors of schools gathered last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All-schools' Rowing Regatta
The 27th annual regatta of the Great Public Schools will be held on the Parramatta River on Saturday next. The racing this year premises to be keener than previously. All crews have undergone a long course of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Schools' Winter Games
A fine entry has been received for these competitions, which are scheduled to open next Friday fortnight. In the boys section, Australian rules, Rugby Union, and Soccer football, baseball, and tennis comprise the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Federal Session. Last Year's Estimates. Prime Minister's Speech. Present-day Problems
MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--Parliament reassembled to-day after the Easter vacation. The Senate did not sit long. It accepted the first reading of the War Gratuity Bill, discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convent School Libraries. SUGGESTIONS
The price of books is soaring—the new novel at 3s 6d is decidedly a thing of the past—but still the demand for books for our convent school libraries increases. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes on Education In Our Schools
Teach are invited to seek Information on an question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—Ed. C.P.]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Primary Schools. the Teaching of English
It would rather surprise some teachers if they could realise how little of what they tell the class has been assimilated. Children may seem to be listening, and may,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Garden Fete at Belmore. in Aid of Parochial School
Ever mindful of the spiritual and material welfare of his parishioners, the Rev. Father D. Conaghan, of Belmore, has been busy during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →High Schools Cricket Sydney Unbeaten Premiers
Only two of the three games act down in the High Schools cricket composition were played yesterday. The this grade match [?] North Sydney and Clevaland-street was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Crews at Practice
Church of England Grammar School The King's School…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Eights Saturday's Great Race Up-to-date Training Conditions
The Parramatta River above Gladesville is a scene of great animation these days. The rowing crews of the Great Public schools are busily engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teachers' Perks
"At the break up of the gathering, the young lady ex-pupils of the school gave the departing teacher a pleasant surprise. They gathered round him, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Premier's Schoolmaster
Mr. John C. Waterman, who was the new Premier's schoolmaster at Balmain, had quite a remarkable scholastic career. The whole of it, extending over about 40 years, was spent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schoolboys on the River To-morrow's All-schools' Regatta on the Parramatta
To-morrow the most interesting event in the sporting programme of the Great Public Schools will be decided on the Parramatta River. There has been in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rowing Gossip Great Public Schools' Regatta
For the first time in the history of the annual regatta of the A.A. of the Great Public Schools of N.S.W. it will be held on a Saturday afternoon, and to-morrow…
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