Embedded Files
Pages 32 and 33 of The School Magazine, Part 2, March 1941 and April , 1941. These pages are part of a bound set of Parts 1 and 2, 1941.
The photograph is captioned 'Anzac March in Palestine'. These Australian soldiers are in Palestine with New Zealand soldiers to help the British army prevent Egypt from being captured in 1941 during the Second World War.
About the object
About the object
This bound set of Parts 1 and 2 of The School Magazine was published in 1941. This was during the Second World War.
The School Magazine was published in monthly issues with the numbering continuing for each issue. This bound set contains:
Part 1, February to October 1941, pages 1 to 140
Part 2, February to November 1941, pages 1 to 160.
Part 1 was for 3rd Class and Part 2 for 4th Class.
The School Magazine was used in English and reading lessons and contained stories, poetry, music, puzzles, history, geography and current affairs.
Students valued their sets of The School Magazine as they were kept well past their school years. We know this by the large number sets donated to the NSW Schoolhouse Museum.
The cover and binding appear to be hand-made. The outside and inside covers are decorated with marbled paper. The magazines are stitched together using book binding thread and then covered in blue book cloth. The binding makes the set of magazines into a book.
Book binding was taught in manual skills lessons at school at the time. The hand-written notes in ink on some pages indicate it might be a teacher's bound set.
Significance
Significance
Our collection holds a large range of The School Magazine from 1916 to the present day. We have single issues, bound copies and sets in loose covers.
The contents provide:
glimpses of society, events and important days through the years
subject matter of interest to school children over time.
Object details
Object details
Date – 1941
Creator – The School Magazine - NSW Department of Education. Hand-made marbled cover - unknown
Place – Australia
Materials – paper, cardboard, book cloth, thread
Dimensions – height 23.8cm x width 15.8cm x spine 2.4cm
Look closer
Look closer
Hand-made cardboard cover of a 1941 set of The School Magazine. The swirled pattern is created using paper marbling. The magazines are stitched into the cover.
Page 34 of The School Magazine, Part 1, April 1941. Titled 'Anzac Day', the story describes the 1915 landing at Gallipoli.
Cover of The School Magazine, Part 2, March 1941. Caption: 'Can you write a story about this picture?'.
Think and wonder
Think and wonder
See
See
What is the full title of The School Magazine in 1941?
What NSW and Australian emblems and symbols are used on the covers of The School Magazine?
What illustrations are on the covers of The School Magazine?
Think
Think
Why do you think Australian emblems and symbols feature on the 1941 front pages of The School Magazine?
Why do you think the owner of the sets of the 1941 School Magazine bound them into a book?
When would the owner of the sets of The School Magazine have bound them into a book?
Wonder
Wonder
What do you wonder about this object?
What else would you like to know?
Do
Do
Compare the cover of your latest The School Magazine with one of the 1941 front pages.
Use a Venn diagram to list the similarities and differences.
Make a cardboard cover to keep your current set of The School Magazines together:
Rule then cut a piece of cardboard to just larger than an opened out magazine.
Fold the cardboard in half.
At the fold, wrap around 10 loops of thin string.
Slip the centre page of each issue onto one loop of string, in order of months.
Try doing paper marbling to paste onto the front of the cardboard cover.
Explore and connect
Explore and connect
The School MagazineYouTube | NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education (1:45min) | Video transcript | Alternate video link
The School Magazine - video
The School Magazine - video
View the YouTube video to learn more about The School Magazine.
Why was The School Magazine first published?
How has The School Magazine changed and remained the same over time?
How do you use The School Magazine at school today?
Three cardboard covers containing sets of The School Magazine.
Covers for sets of The School Magazine
Covers for sets of The School Magazine
These cardboard covers each hold a year's set of The School Magazine. They store the magazine in years and parts for easy reference.
Each of these covers has 10 strings inside the spine. The centre page of each magazine is slipped under each string.
One cardboard cover is covered in brown paper with a hand-written name on the front. The red cover has advertisements for shops and services in the school's local area. The brown one is made of compressed cardboard and has a koala in relief.
Which cover do you like best? Why?
The School Magazine Part I, 1 February 1916 for 3rd Class
The School Magazine, 1916
The School Magazine, 1916
This is the first issue of The School Magazine. It was published on the 1st February 1916 in three parts - Part 1 for 3rd Class, Part 2 for 4th Class and Part 3 for 5th and 6th Class. It was titled The School Magazine of Literature for Our Boys and Girls.
The School Magazine has been published monthly ever since, apart from some issues missed during wartime. From 1935 it was published in four parts and still is. It is still sent monthly to schools, ten issues per year.
The first page of the first issue introduces the magazine to the 3rd Grade students:
'What a delightful place is Storyland! And here is your own Magazine to lead you further into this fairyland ...'
What was the purpose of The School Magazine in NSW schools?
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