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Schools, 1941

2,816 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 141

Nursery School Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 8

"We hear talk that when the war is over there will be a new social order, but here and now are the beginnings…

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Religious Education in State Schools Address to Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 7

At the session which received the gratifying report of the Committee (Rev. S. M. Barrett, L.Th., Supernumerary) on Religious Education in the State Schools, Mr. G. Ross Thomas addressed…

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Cycling. Schoolboys' Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 19

Entries for the first schoolboys' half-mile championship promoted by the Amateur Cyclists' Union will close this afternoon at six o'clock with the hon. secretary at the Sports Club, Hunter Street…

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N.e.s. and Education Deft. Confuse Teachers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 15

N.S.W. schoolteachers are bewildered by two different sets of official instructions as to what they should do in a "state of…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Skull

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1941 · page 2

WHITE and trembling, Lionel Martin pushed open the front gate of Rob Pearce's home and dashed up…

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Records Go At Schools' Swim

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1941 · page 42

"The State championships were a picnic, compared with to-day's programme," commented Jack Campbell, 15-year-old record breaker, after he had overshadowed all other competitors in the…

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Letters From Abroad London schoolgirls would rather have the sirens than sums

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1941 · page 17

"VERA says that when they have hard sums to do in school the girls often say they wish the warning Would go because they could…

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All Schools Swimming. Many Records. Sydney Grammar's Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 5

Many records were broken at the all schools' swimming championships on Saturday in the North Sydney Pool. J. Reid, of Cessnock High School, cut…

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Schoolgirls' Gift to Sailors' Fund

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 6

A contribution of £500 has been received by the King George's Fund for Sailors, from the North Sydney Girls' High School Patriotic Fund…

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School Swims Off

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 14

Because of the death of Mr. H. H. Newell, chairman of the council of Scots College since 1938, the college swimming carnival, which was to have…

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Man Puts One Up On Two-up' School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--In response to a telephone message that a man with head injuries was lying in the bush near the old Glebe Colliery,…

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Crowded Schools. Maximum of 1,000 Pupils Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 5

The general secretary of the Teachers' Federation, Mr. W. J. Hendry, said yesterday that, in the option of the federation, no school should have an…

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Schools As Satellite Art Galleries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 4

"ART should be talked to schoolchildren from their earliest years, and in art I Include architecture and garden planning," said Mr. B. J. Waterhouse, the…

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"Exploited" Temporary Teachers P'matta Move

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 1

That this branch is strongly of the opinion that the rule in the Education Gazette dated March, 1941, requiring public servants to…

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Four Houses Marist Brothers' High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 3

For all scholastic and sporting activities the Marist Brothers' High School has been divided into four Houses. Each House has been named with one…

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Hills District "Insured" Against Loss Of Lunches Novel Scheme Baulkham Hills School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 6

Children of Baulkham Hills Public School have "insured" them selves against loss of lunches! On a voluntary basis they pay a…

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Typical U.s. Destroyer — Domestic Science Schools Carnival — Yamba Surf Team Training in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 14

The U.S. destroyer Smith, which visited Sydney during March, 1937, is of the same class as the four destroyers which are due to-morrow…

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The Schools. Youth Direction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 6

The establishment of a Department of Youth, with Mr. H. L. Harris, M.A., as its first director, is regarded in education circles as an…

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Oslo Lunch School Test

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 9

Daily "Oslo" lunches, costing 4d each, are expected to add in three months an average of 31b in weight of, 25…

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Flags Presented to High School at Young

To Ethnico Vema = Greek National Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

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