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Children’s love of school through parent help
It’s deadly cool to go to school is the mantra of Coleman-Bell family. Shaykeeda, 10, Richelle, 5, Ricko Coleman, back, niece Tiarnha, 7, and mum Lesley Bell Shaykeeda love reading at home and wants to be a vet. Image supplied
by Marcus Priaulx 11 October 2013
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icko Coleman wants his children to go to school every day so they can have a better life than he and partner Lesley Bell. It’s every parent’s wish for their children and Ricko can see the value in school allowing them to get the best possible job they enjoy and travelling to wherever they
want to live. “School makes them ready for the outside world,” Ricko, 36, said. “They can always come home if they want to.” He, himself, left school in Year 8 but made up for it through reading and TAFE courses. Lesley was a classroom mentor at her children’s school and now works at Nyku Byun aged care home in their Cherbourg
hometown. Together, she and Ricko were the Cherbourg State School’s Parents of the Month for September. This was due to the encouragement and moral support they give their children and others to do the best they can in class. Ricko said his own children loved school. “It’s like they don’t like holidays,” he said.
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