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Schools, 1941

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Rides Four Miles to School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

Dear Worker,—My father has been taking The Worker for many years, I live four miles from Ulan, on the Goulburn River. I have two brothers and…

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Women's News Pupils Go Back To School For Holiday Fun New Use for Playgrounds As Vacation Centres

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 10

Director of Physical Education, Mr. Gordon Young, has proved once and for all that Australian children don't mind going back to school during their holidays-- But not to work. To play games, and amuse themselves under the…

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Marist Brothers' School, North Sydney. Annual Prize Day

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

The report of the Marist Brothers' School, North Sydney, stated that in last year's Intermediate 17 out of the 18 boys presented were successful; the best pass…

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The Primary School How Charles Dickens Helped the Poor. Part Ii

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

Dickens became impatient. He dreaded lest lie should remain all his life a court shorthand writer; he wanted more leisure so that he could give the world his…

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Mount Druitt Methodist Sunday School

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

The annual Xmas Tree was held in Mt. Druitt Hall on Wednesday, 18th inst., and a very enjoyable evening was spent. The Rev. A. J. Cutler presided…

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Vacation Swimming School

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

The vacation swimming school will commence at Penrith, on Monday next, 6th inst. In addition to the usual quota from…

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School of Dancing

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Miss Joy Whan, from the studio of Richard while, announces in this issue that she will open a School of Dancing at the Dungowan Theatre, Penrith, on…

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Wheaten Silage Made at Fairbridge Farm School

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

ABOUT [?] Junior Farmers attended a field day at Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, recently. Farm trainees were making wheaten allage. An that method…

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The Schools. Changes in 1940

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Outstanding among educational changes effected in 1940 were the lowering of the minimum school age limit from seven years to six,…

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High School and Jannali. To the Editor of "The Propeller."

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Sir,--It was with mingled feelings of amusement and disgust that I read the report of the futile and poorly attender meeting held at Rockdale…

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Hurstville Primary School

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

The singing of the National Anthem opened the annual speech day ceremony of the Hurstville Primary School in the main assembly hall. The…

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Sherwood Primary School

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

A large number of relatives and friends of pupils attending the Sherwood Kindergarten and Primary School attended the first annual…

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Beverly Hills Public School

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

The end of the school, year was the occasion for two happy breaking up functions at the Beverly Hills public School. Prize-giving day was on…

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School Speech Days. Review of Year's Work

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

Speech days and annual functions were held in a Schools throughout the district during break-up week. A feature of the functions was the large attendance of parents at all the schools, and the active interest being displayed by parents and citizens' associations…

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Unskilled Labor From State Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

By far the greater percentage of boys who leave State schools every year go to work in unskilled occupations. This is revealed by the…

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To Cope with Evacuees. Emergency Schools in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

AFTER spending sixteen months on exchange duty with London County Council schools Miss Constance Turnbull has returned to…

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Weekly Labor Feature Problem of work for boys leaving school

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 6

THE 1939 report of the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) discloses a most worrying…

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Education Unity. Teachers Want Federal Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 7

Criticism of the Federal Government's refusal to set Australian education on a Commonwealth basis is contained in the annual report of the secretary of the…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Old Lighthouse

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

MR. REGINALD WILDE, who had been a friend of the Pearce family for many years, had a strange hobby;…

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School 'Kinda Dull' So Shirley Works HOLLYWOOD

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

FINDING school "kinda dull," Shirley Temple has returned to Hollywood to play opposite Mickey Rooney in a…

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