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Mercedes Maguire is a features writer specialising in parenting and lifestyle as well as celebrity profiles and travel.

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Students from Sarah Redfern High School in Minto, are involved in a project in which they are creating an 'outdoor classroom' and are responsible for creating and running all areas of this learning environment. Pictured is Head Teacher Special Education Karen Wright with some of her students (from left) Byron Belts(14), Jacob Grima(15), Isaac Marinas(14), Liam Uluaki(13) and Yehia El-Achrofi(15).

Success in a garden of learning

STUDENTS identified as becoming disengaged in school have been given a leave pass from the classroom. But not this time around.

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Employee Work Skills Program at Minchinbury. They train people with a disability to enter the workplace and be productive members of society. Kaye Benson.

TAFE giving disabled workers a Fair Go

PEOPLE with disabilities can now graduate from TAFE through a program specifically designed to increase their skills in the workplace.

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At home with Justine Schofield

THE dining table was always the heart of Justine Schofield’s home when she was growing up.

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Balancing family home with solo retreat

A GOOD home design can provide effective spaces for family time and alone time. The Nova 32 is offers the right balance between family home and solo retreat.

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Fair Go for the West.Eagles Rap services in Doonside helps about 120 kids who have depression and anxiety each year.Sally Wynd

Sally is in a class of her own

FOR over a decade, Sally Wynd has run the Eagle Raps Education Program, helping teenagers that cannot attend high school finish their education.

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Fair Go for the West Ambassadors Shoot - Rev. Bill Crews pictured in the Surry Hills studio today.

Mt Druitt street mob’s Dreaming

A MOUNT Druitt youth outreach program is aiming to safeguard the future of at-risk indigenous youth through a program promoting their past.

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(Left - Right )Apprentice Luke Fell and Paul Green . Green developed a program called Productivity Bootcamp to give young people who have been out of employment and education system for a long time and helping them become employable in the building industry. They do this through a simulated workplace. Photo Jeremy Piper

Bootcamp helps people get job skills

A PILOT program training young people in simulated work sites to gain lasting employment is helping more people find jobs.

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At home with cookbook author Lola Berry

LOLA BERRY’S Paddo terrace is a virtual Alladin’s cave of spiritual knick knacks and nature.

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: Champions of the West: Alex Lester from Nautitech WHY: Nautitech design, develop and manufacture world-leading safety products used in underground mines. One of their best products is a thermal camera, which is the only one of it's kind in the world. Alex will have this and other items available to be photographed

Thermal camera now a hot product

FROM a small location in Castle Hill, a business that employs less that 50 people is leading the world in technology keeping miners safe underground.

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Little Land is a preschool in Smithfield and director Diane Nohra has nominated their centre to help them fund new indoor and outdoor equipment. Diane Nohra pictured with children Giulietta Nemet (left), 4 and Teila Jeremiejczyk (right), 4. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Childcare centre director’s big dreams for kids

DIANE Nohra wants to transform her western Sydney childcare centre from a concrete jungle into a children’s wonderland.

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