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Boys get a kick out of holiday club
3:47pm Monday 3rd November 2008
Encouraging young boys to get off the football pitch and into the classroom is often a gruelling task. But three young men from Colindale believe they have found an answer by setting up a holiday football club in partnership with a local school.
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8:58am Monday 20th October 2008
A schoolteacher is targeting Barnet schools with a novel idea to inspire children to learn.
Students take art to Africa
10:21am Wednesday 8th October 2008
An after-school arts group is taking students on a journey of self-development with a three-week trip to Tanzania in December.
Students achieve highest GCSE grades in UK
8:10am Friday 26th September 2008
Talented students from Barnet and Potters Bar are celebrating after finding out they achieved some of the highest GCSE grades in the country.
A new voice for Hindus
6:56pm Wednesday 24th September 2008
Barnet borough’s Hindu population was given a common voice last week with the launch of a forum. TOMASZ JOHNSON finds out what its members want to do for their community
A culture of achievement
3:25pm Tuesday 23rd September 2008
Black students at a supplementary school in Grahame Park are bucking a worrying national trend of lower-than-average exam results. Dina Rickman finds out how
The argument is academic
8:40am Saturday 20th September 2008
Wren Academy in North Finchley is one of 47 privately sponsored academies launched by the Government this month.
Mother retrains as an electrician
4:51pm Thursday 18th September 2008
The construction industry has always been dominated by men, but a Barnet mother-of-four is determined not to let that hold her back. Dina Rickman talks to trainee electrician Heather Hurloll about her new vocation
UK's first Hindu school opens
8:14am Thursday 11th September 2008
Concerns over racial segregation surround the opening of England’s first Hindu state school in Edgware.
Everyone has a part to play
8:25am Wednesday 6th August 2008
Budding young actors were given an introduction to the philosophy of Socrates by actor Mark McGann last week.
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Car crash in 'dangerous' lane
Another car has crashed in a Mill Hill road that residents claim is dangerous for pedestrians.
Blues beat Tilbury
Wingate & Finchley were comfortable 3-0 winners at Tilbury in Ryman League Division One North last night.
Fairytales turn festive
From evil stepmothers to talking cats and inflatable beanstalks, Miriam Craig looks at what’s on stage this festive season.
The big adjustment
Everyone says when you're pregnant that your life is about to change forever. Make the most of time with your husband, they say, because you won't have time just you or without the responsibility ever again.
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