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School facing up to new challenge

JONATHAN Wilding is a victim of his own success.Read

Summer project has grown into a national campaign

IT started as a six-week church project in Acocks Green but the National Black Boys Can Association is now established in cities up and down the UK.Read

Charity helping Sean to get back on track

WHEN teenager Sean Ellis began running into problems at school his mum initially had nowhere to go for support – until she discovered the organisation Black Boys Can.Read

Frankley Community High faces exam challenge

JONATHAN Wilding is a victim of his own success.Read

Teddy Tennis aims to stimulate kids’ interest

AFTER a few weeks the children are not expected to be shooting prize volleys over the net but Teddy Tennis aims to evoke an interest in sport, says instructor Ian Armfield.Read

Sporty tots soon get in the swing

YOU are never too young to learn as youngsters at Banners Gate Infants’ School have discovered as they take up Teddy Tennis.Read

Understanding past future key

UNDERSTANDING the past helps the young people understand their present and their possible futures says NBBCA public relations director Henroy Green who visits Yardleys Science College every Friday morning.Read

Results speaking for themselves – deputy head

THE results speak for themselves says Yardleys Science College deputy head teacher Catherine Howard.Read

Josh’s motivator for Oxford place

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Josh Hines is hoping to go to Oxford University to study languages and believes he is well on the way.Read

Helping black boys to adopt a can-do attitude

TEENAGER Armel Mukoso is aiming high. Due to take his GCSEs in June he is hoping that will be the first step on a route which will allow him to carve out a career in business management.Read

The more family learns ‘the more we want to learn’

DO YOU remember where you were when you first realised you could ride a bicycle?Read

Dangers lurking in fountain of knowledge

TODAY is international Safer Internet Day, which is designed to focus attention on the safe and responsible use of the internet and new technologies, especially among children and young people.Read

School of the Week: Stanville Primary School, Sheldon

STUDENTS at a Sheldon primary school have been trying their hand at journalism as part of a week looking at the world of work.Read

Fiona Castle, widow of TV presenter Roy, will speak at Kings Norton playgroup

IT WAS during a visit to a shanty town outside the Peruvian capital Lima that Fiona Castle met true selflessness. Women there were surviving in poverty and yet were still willing to give.Read

Children twist and shout to bhangra rhythm

BHANGRA music booms out as the group of nearly 20 youngsters clap, twist and jump along to the rhythm. They are shouting out and laughing as they learn the new moves.Read

Low pay a reason for lack of male teachers

CONTACT with male role models is a vital part of growing up.Read

Kids get teeth into healthy breakfast

IT IS 8am and the school hall is packed with children painting works of art, exercising on rowing machines, playing hula hoop and preparing to tuck into a hearty breakfast.Read

School of the Week: Perry Beeches Junior, Beeches Road, Great Barr

PUPILS and staff at a Birmingham primary school are firm believers in the ‘can-do’ approach.Read

Birmingham pupils get a head start at school's breakfast club

IT IS 8am and the school hall is packed with children painting works of art, exercising on rowing machines, playing hula hoop and preparing to tuck into a hearty breakfast.Read

School of the Week: Worlds End Infants, Worlds End Lane, Quinton

EVERY day is fun at Worlds End Infants!Read