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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 167

Model Nursery Schools. Federal Plan. Care of Pre-school Child. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 11

As a contribution towards the proper care of children below the school age, the Commonwealth Government will establish a model nursery school in each…

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Today's Controversy Are Schoolboys "Pests" On Trains? Boys Defended

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 7

Sir,--As a parent, I resent the reported statement by a railway official that schoolboys travelling on trains, in the metropolitan area are…

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Hurdlers School

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 2

Several horses engaged in the Hurdle Race at Victoria Park to-morrow were out for schooling practice yesterday morning. Ferncastle (Trick) and Bully Hayes (Abrahams)…

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To Work for Pre-school Children

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 12

NEWS of the formation of an Australian Association for Pre-School Child Development was brought to Sydney by the president of the Kindergarten…

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" Neath Southern Skies" School Pupils' Pageant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 24

A spectacular pageant the script of which has been prepared by Edmund Barclay and for which the cast numbeis 1000 students, drawn from metropolitan secondary schools,…

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Likes School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 4

Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to "The Worker." I like reading "The Children's Corner" very much. Dad has been taking "The…

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Schools' Festival. Rehearsal in Domain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 24

About 5,000 pupils of metropolitan domestic science schools yesterday rehearsed, in the Outer Domain, their section of the schoolchildren's Anniversary festival, to be held at…

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Schools Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 24

Many people viewed the exhibition of handicrafts of school children which began at the Town Hall yesterday. The object of the exhibition is to reveal the extent to which the…

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Schoolboys Learn Traffic Signals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 18

The training of school children is an important part of the police campaign for road safety. Constable E. S. Lewis gives lectures regularly to 25,000 pupils of 48 schools. He believes that practical training is the most valuable, and is shown (top) demonstrating the "stop" signal to cycling enthusiasts of Malvern School, and (below) giving instruction to boys of the Woolwich Public…

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Model Nursery Schools. Bureaux of Information. Problem Children. Diet, and Health

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 22

The president, of the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales, Mr. H. D. Hall, in a statement last night upon the Commonwealth Government's…

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Classes for Hotel Staffs. Cooks and Waiters May Now Go to School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 18

Classes of instruction for hotel cooks and waiters have been formed by the Education Department at the East Sydney Technical College, and a course in hotel management…

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Iron Grip on Austrians "Heil Hitler" in Schools British Home For Refugees Dukes' Prison London

The Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

So many people are clamoring for jobs in Austria from the new administration that a warning has been issued. Herr Buerckel, Nazi leader, says that importunate…

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For Schools' Pageant

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 6

Jacqueline Gill, representing N.S.W. Catherine Nutter, representing W.A. Lillian Kidd, representing Tasmania and Diana Illingworth, representing Queensland, who will appear in the Secondary Schools' Historical Pageant in the Town Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and…

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Canberra Football Dispute Telopea Park School To Play Rugby Union CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 3

A STORM is brewing in Canberra football circles at the edict issued to-day by the headmaster of the Telopea Park School that Rugby…

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Practical Education Is Need States Ex-Head Of King's School, Parramatta PSYCHOLOGY

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 7

CONDEMNING the present system of education in Australia, which he described as "putting children through a single washing machine,"…

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Children Show How Schools' Exhibition

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 9

The practical side of school training is graphically and comprehensively depleted in the Schools' Exhibition which opened at the Town…

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Pre-School Children New Scheme For Their Welfare

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 9

WITH the assistance of the Australian Association for Preschool Development, the Federal Government intends to introduce in…

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Secondary Schools' Pageant

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 4

Next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 20, 30 and 31, "Neath Southern Skies," a colorful pageant of Australia, will be…

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Penrith School of Arts

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 4

The usual fortnightly crib evening was held last Thursday, 17th inst., the winner being the popular player, Mr Frank Mattes. This win puts Frank…

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School of Arts

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 2

On Thursday next, 31st inst., a billlard match will take place beteen members of the local School or Arts and Wentworth Falls School of Arts,…

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