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1. 11. Students lobby parliament

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 December 2003 PRIME Minister Tony Blair was expected to try to win over Labour critics of university top-up fees, as students prepared a mass lobby outside parliament today.

2. 12. Catholic schools snub safe sex poster competition

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 December 2003 CHILDREN as young as 11 years old are being asked to design a poster to promote condoms. High schools are being lined up by condom manufacturer Durex in a contest to promote National Condom Week, with £1,000 of computer equipment for the best poster.

3. 13. Fines possible for term-time holidays

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 December 2003 PARENTS who take their family on holiday in term time could be fined £100 by the school's headteacher if they fail to get permission for their children to miss lessons, the Government warned today.

4. 14. Checks failed to reveal evil past

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 December 2003 AN inquiry has been launched into why police checks failed to reveal Ian Huntley's disturbing history after he applied to be site manager at Soham Village College. Huntley had faced a rape charge, allegations of indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl and also having sex with a string of underage schoolgirls.

5. 15. Primary School League tables published

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 04 December 2003 MOST primary schools across Greater Manchester have recorded a dip in test results despite a national trend that has kept pace with last year. The annual league tables, published today, rank primary schools according to the proportion of 11-year-olds who reach level four in their Key Stage Two exams in English, maths and science.

6. 16. Alan's a shining Starr

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 December 2003 SMILING Alan Starr, 10, remembers how scared he was when he started school, but as well as overcoming his own classroom fears he's made sure his younger brothers enjoy school too and has just been recognised for his attendance record.

7. 17. Students go to top in fees demo

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 December 2003 STUDENTS at Manchester University have taken their protest against top-up fees to the top - by writing to Vice-Chancellor Sir Martin Harris. They fear Sir Martin is warming to government proposals to increase top-up fees to a maximum of £3,000.

8. 18. 'Pervert teacher tip-off ignored'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 December 2003 A PERVERT teacher was claimed to have caused concern two years before he was arrested, it has emerged.&  Maurice George Turner faces jail after he admitted using a camera hidden in a specially-adapted bag to secretly take pictures of his pupils at schools around Greater Manchester.

9. 19. Headteachers dismiss "irrelevant" tests for 14-year-olds

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 December 2003 HEADTEACHERS today condemned the latest expansion of government school league tables to cover results achieved by 14-year-olds as an "unnecessary irrelevance".

10. 20. A date to remember for young artists

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 December 2003 CHILDREN are counting the days until their next art assignment after the success of a new community calendar. Pupils at 28 primary schools in Salford were asked to do paintings and drawings for the project.

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