Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
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Vol. 38 No. 6 (22 May 1957)
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Education PAST PRESENT FUTURE Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation 1
THREE INFANTS' SCHOOLS IN THE CAPITAL TERRITORY 1
Long Service Leave Improvement 1
MOTOR ALLOWANCE: BOARDS ASSURANCE 1
PROTECTION OF TEACHERS FROM ASSAULT 1
STATE WIDE SUPPORT FOR JUNE 1 EDUCATION CONFERENCE; MINISTER TO OPEN 1
Country Delegates Urge Support For June 1 Conference and Petition 2
CLASSLOADS: Heaviest Weight On 1st., 2nd., 3rd. Years 2
FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY EXAMINATION OF EDUCATION S NEEDS 2
Financial Assistance To States For Education: Former Minister’s Support 2
TEACHERS USING CARS TO MEASURE BUS ROUTES 2
COMMONWEALTH MUST FACE FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS: BISHOP'S LETTER 2
Why Inter. Results Were Not Published 2
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION RATIOS 2
THE A.T.F. CONFERENCEAND “THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST” 2
Advertising 2
Board's Action Regarded As 3
"Alarming Development” Premier’s Reply On Equal Pay 3
NO CLERKS FOR SCHOOLS AT PRESENT 3
SAURIES CLAIM: DISCUSSIONS BEGIN 3
Promotions: Advertising Of Vacancies 3
MATRICULATION REQUIREMENTS DISCUSSED WITH UNIVERSITY AUTHORITIES 3
Advertising 3
Education JOURNAL OF THE N.S.W. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION 4
EVERY SIGNATURE ON THE PETITION WILL HELP THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION 4
The June Conference 4
"TEACHERS DON'T GET RICH": U.S. DAILY'S COMMENT 4
OBITUARY Mrs. Edith Beckett 4
Teaching of Mathematics 4
Awakening Egypt’s Problem Of Literacy 5
Bank President On Teachers’ Salaries 5
The Old "Sobraon" Later "Tingira" 5
Hereford House 5
600 Million Children Helped by UNICEF 5
Television Affecting Reading Habits 5
INDIAN AND SWISS SPEAKERS FOR N.E.F. CONFERENCE 6
BARRIER S SUCCESSFUL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN 6
SCIENCE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION COMPETITION 6
CLAIM THAT OFFICER WAS PENALISED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 6
JAPANESE ACTION AGAINST ATOMIC WAR 6
STEWART HOUSE PREVENTORIUM: ADMISSIONS 6
The Decreasing Number of Experienced Graduates 6
Teacher Universities and Professional Training 6
Advertising 6
ANNUAL CONFERENCE TOPICS List of Proposals by Associations 7
PRIME MINISTER AND EDUCATION “Victorian Teachers’ Journal’s” Comment 7
SECONDARY SURVEY: PRESS STORY WAS A FALSE ALARM 7
HEALTH SOCIETY: EXTENSION OF INTERPRETATION OF “DEPENDANT” 7
SCHOOL ENROLMENTS 26 p.c. Increase In Eight Years Expected 7
“EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT”: APPROPRIATE EDUCATION WEEK THEME 7
SUMMER DRESS FOR TEACHERS 7
SCIENCE LECTURES AT THE MUSEUM 7
CONFERENCE OF SALARIED AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES 7
NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN EDUCATION Lismore Paper’s Editorial 7
A.C.T.U. BIENNIAL CONGRESS 7
WHEN TEACHERS ARE APPOINTED TO COUNTRY SCHOOLS 7
DEPUTY HEADMASTERS’ ASSOCIATION 7
SCHOOL PUPILS' ACCIDENT INSURANCE PLAN 8
POSITIONS VACANT 8
Advertising 8
WOMEN ASSISTANTS’ COUNCIL 8
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION: SOLUTIONS TO PAPERS 8
Advertising 8

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Education  

PAST PRESENT FUTURE  

Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for transmission by post as newspaper.  

Vol. 38—No. 6.  

MAY 22, 1957  

Pnce Threepence.  

THREE INFANTS' SCHOOLS IN THE CAPITAL  

TERRITORY  

YARRALUMLA: First occupied at the beginning of 1956: enrolment. 280.  

Capital cost of the buildings and furnishings: £70,341.  

GRIFFITH: Occupied at the beginning of 1955; enrolment, 420. Cost of  

budding and furnishings: £115,000.  

NARRABUNDAH: Occupied in August 1952; enrolment. 250. Cost of building  

and furnishings: £50,611.  

BELOW: Aerial view of the Griffith Infants’ School. In the right-hand corner  

is the new primary school building which has not vet been completed.  

(Photographs: AUst. News and Information Bureau).  

Long Service Leave Improvement  

bill to remove the 12-months’  

limit on the long service leave to  

which public servants, including  

teachers, are entitled was introduced  

into the Legislative Assembly on  

April 4.  

In introducing the bill the Premier, Mr.  

Cahill, said the present maximum was 12  

months after 40 years’ service. The bill  

would remove from the relevant acts the  

provision limiting to 40 years the.period of  

service on which the leave accrues and  

would allow an officer of the Public Service  

to earn long service leave for the total period  

of his or her service.  

MOTOR ALLOWANCE: BOARDS ASSURANCE  

In April the Executive asked the  

Public Service Board to increase the  

forage (motor) allowance to cover de-  

preciation and repairs to cars travel-  

ling over bad roads.  

The Board was informed that the Feder-  

ation had received reports from teachers in  

country areas concerning excessive amounts  

paid for repairs due to damage caused by  

travelling on flooded and extremely rough  

roads.  

The Board in reply says that the allowance  

was increased from September 1, 1956. It  

considers that the rate of allowance is satis-  

factory, but is prepared to consider the  

claims of any teachers who maintain that the  

rate of allowance is insufficient to meet the  

cost of using their vehicles.  

Any claim submitted should be supported  

by documentary evidence in the form of re-  

ceipts, invoices, etc.  

PROTECTION OF TEACHERS FROM ASSAULT  

he Executive last month decided  

to inform the Minister that it is the  

 

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its set ants _rom assault and injury  

and that appropriate action should  

be taken along these lines.  

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decision followed consideration of  

le Minister reply to former representations  

as reported in the issue of Apnl 10.  

he Federation had asked that legislation  

be initiated to provide special protection for  

teachers while on duty. Legislation of this  

nature is in force in Queensland.  

To this recjuest the Minister stated, inter  

alia, that after examining the proposal he  

had come to the view that “the teaching  

body would stand to lose far more than it  

could hope to gain from the introduction of  

legislation which would set teachers in  

special position in relation to both the com-  

munity in general and other public ser-  

vants.”  

STATE WIDE SUPPORT FOR  

JUNE EDUCATION  

CONFERENCE; MINISTER  

TO OPEN  

The June Education Conference, which is being  

organised jointly by the Federation of Parents and Citizens  

Associations, the Federation of Infants' and Nursery  

School Clubs and the Teachers' Federation, will be the  

largest conference on education in the nation's history.  

The outstanding response from organisations throughout  

the State justifies the prediction that 5,000 delegates will  

be in attendance.  

The Conference, which will be  

held in the Sydney Town Hall,  

will be opened by the Minister  

for Education, the Hon. R. J.  

Heffron, M.L.A. Its principal  

aims are to consider education’s  

present serious plight and to en-  

sure adequate funds for educa-  

tion in the next financial year.  

Warm support has been ex-  

pressed by innumerable organi-  

sations. These include parents  

and citizens’ associations, infants’  

and nursery school clubs,  

teachers’ associations, educational  

bodies, churches, unions, muni-  

cipal and shire councils, progress  

associations and cultural,  

women’s and sporting bodies.  

Prominent organisations co-  

operating include:  

Sydney Association of University Teachers;  

Country Women’s Association;  

N.S.W. Council of Churches;  

N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council;  

Advance of Education Council;  

New Education Fellowship;  

National Council of Women;  

Australian Council of Salaried and Pro-  

fessional Officers’ Associations;  

Central Committee for Handicapped  

Children;  

Association of Architects, Engineers, Sur-  

veyors and Draughtsmen of Australia  

(N.S.W. Division);  

Civilian Maimed and Limbless Association;  

Children’s Library and Craft Movement;  

N.S.W. Nurses’ Association;  

N.S.W. Police Association;  

Australian Journalists’ Association;  

Fellowship of Australian Writers;  

N.S.W. Sports Federation;  

Arts Council of Australia (N.S.W. Di-  

vision);  

Young Women’s Christian Association;  

Workers’ Educational Association;  

Children’s Book Week Council of N.S.W.;  

United Bank Officers” Association of  

N.S.W.;  

Commonwealth Bank Officers’ Association  

Division).  

Farmers and Settlers’ Association of N.S.W.;  

Council for Christian Education in  

Schools;  

Union of Australian Women;  

Parks and Playgrounds Movement of  

N.S.W.  

Seats are being reserved in the  

Town Hall for all country dele-  

gations. The Town Hall is the largest  

meeting-place in the State, but ad-  

ditional accommodation as may be  

required has been secured in the  

Chapter House next to the Town  

Hall, to which speeches will be re-  

layed.  

delegation from the Council of  

the City of Newcastle will be led by  

the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Aid.  

C. K. Jones), and delegation from  

the Council of Greater Wollongong  

by the Mayor (Aid. A. Squires). Other  

municipal councils to be represented  

include those of Dubbo, Greater Cess-  

nock, Holroyd, Kiama, Kogarah,  

Junee, Lane Cove, Penrith, Suther-  

land and Young, Turon Shire and  

Warringah Shire.  

Mayors of the City Councils of  

Blue Mountains and Lithgow will  

lead their delegation and report to  

the Conference on local educational  

needs.  

Representatives of parents and citi-  

zens’ associations will come from as  

far afield as Goulburn, Gloucester,  

Lismore, Bathurst, Singleton, Wel-  

lington, Boggabri and Boorowa.  

Infants’ and Nursery School Clubs  

as far away as Inverell, Cowra,  

A.C.T., Mayfield and Singleton will  

send delegates.  

The Institute of Inspectors of  

Schools will be represented by three  

delegates.  

Cobar is an example of enthusiasm  

in centre far removed from the  

venue of the Conference. The teach-  

ers at general meeting elected  

delegate. The Secretary was instruct-  

ed to ask the Federation to deter-  

mine whether leave could be obtain-  

ed for travelling time on Friday, May  

31, since the delegate would have to  

travel by car, and his day’s salary and  

petrol and living costs would be paid  

by the Association and its members.  

At Casino on April 30, 500 people  

met in the Civic Hall to discuss edu-  

cation’s urgent needs and to plan rep-  

resentation at the June Conference.  

The Chairman of the organising  

committee, the Yen. Archdeacon O.  

C. J. Van, was elected leader of the  

delegation, and other delegates were  

subsequently appointed by the com-  

mittee. The sum of £3O was collected  

at the meeting to assist in defraying  

the delegates’ expenses.  

similar meeting in Wollongong  

last month decided to do all possible  

to secure wide representation at the  

conference from South Coast organi-  

sations.  

“The Newcastle Morning Herald”  

reports that following the Sydney  

conference conference on the needs  

of education is planned for Newcastle  

in late July or early August. Teachers  

and delegates from all citizens’ as-  

sociations in the Newcastle and  

Hunter districts would be invited.  

Two teachers canvassed in the  

streets of Auburn one Saturday  

morning recently and obtained 460  

signatures for the A.T.F.’s nation-  

wide petition for Federal aid for  

education.  

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