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1. 1. Winner loses out in school 'lottery'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 March 2004 A PUPIL has lost out on the attendance lottery - despite being at school. The weekly 'Be There bonus' has been designed by education bosses to slash truancy, by rewarding youngsters for being in class on a particular day, but one winner lost out after turning up late.

2. 2. Unions' plea over school closures

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 March 2004 UNION leaders have warned against `knee-jerk decisions' on axeing schools after education minister David Miliband revealed there were surplus places at 117 schools across Greater Manchester. He urged education authorities to consider closures or mergers.

3. 3. Mum's jail vow in row over schools

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 March 2004 LONELY Zeon Johnson-Aubert should be well into her first year at secondary school but spends every day at home in West Didsbury.Her mum Tracy says she would rather risk fines and even a spell in jail rather than send Zeon,11, to the schools she has been allocated.

4. 4. Sivan strikes school gold

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2004 SCHOOLBOY Sivan Meiarasu today became the first to win Manchester's anti-truancy lottery. Eight-year-old Sivan won £100 in shopping vouchers for himself and £15 for each of his classmates at Broad Oak Primary School in East Didsbury.

5. 5. Revealed, Brooklyn the sheepish boy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 March 2004 A HEADMASTER spoke for the first time about his most famous pupil - Brooklyn Beckham. Nigel Johnson, head at Terra Nova School in Holmes Chapel was talking at the opening of the school's new £300,000 nursery where United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was guest of honour.

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