It can be quite tricky to get kids to drink enough fluids, but children starting school need to drink about six glasses a day,

Citation officers are going to be checking areas where children walk to school. We are telling residents that if kids are walking in the street and risking injury because they haven't shoveled sidewalks, they are going to be issued an immediate fine, no warning.

I only went into a gym by accident. My mum couldn't get a babysitter and wanted to do aerobics, so she took me and Kurtis, my younger brother, down to the gym. There was an after-school boxing class on with some of the kids from school. There weren't any other girls there, but I didn't mind. I loved it.

If necessary, I would go out on the streets and beg rather than send them [his children] to the school next to where I live.

These folks make the biggest difference here in our school, ... They give the children that need it that little extra attention, and help them with a rough spot in their class work. I know it is rewarding for them and for our children, and we are really grateful to have them.

Most children come to school tired on Monday and Friday. When we look at the data, that's when we also have the most absences. Knowing that, we have to make it work for us because we want the children to perform their best.