A teenager appeared in court yesterday charged with grievous bodily harm as classes at CedarBridge Academy returned to normal.

Jermaine Usher, 17, pleaded not guilty at Magistrates Court to causing grievous bodily harm on a fellow student. The 16-year-old victim, from St. George's, is also a student at the Devonshire senior school.

Usher, of Hamilton Parish, was granted bail at $2,000 until his next court appearance on July 28.

Yesterday, students resumed their classes following Thursday's emergency 'Code Blue' lockdown which saw armed Police swoop on the school.

The action was the result of two alleged fist fights among students which then prompted rumours of a retaliatory gun attack.

Almost a thousand pupils and staff were ordered to stay in their classrooms via a loudspeaker announcement, after the second incident, in which a 15-year-old boy is believed to have had teeth knocked out, at about 11 a.m.

It is understood Police sealed off the school after two female students allegedly told a member of staff they had overhead talk of someone heading to the Prospect campus with a gun.

Bermuda Police Service deployed officers, some of them carrying firearms, to conduct a perimeter search and guard the school.

Further questioning of the girls convinced officers that their story was embellished and there was no danger.

The students were then allowed to leave the campus before 3 p.m. when buses arrived to take them home.

The first of the two alleged fights is said to have broken out at about 10 a.m. A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with facial injuries, including a suspected broken nose. Police arrested Jermaine Usher following the incident.

An hour later there was a second incident with a 15-year-old boy from Hamilton Parish then taken to hospital with facial injuries. Another 17-year-old student, from St. George's, was reportedly arrested.

Sources claimed the disturbances were between rival factions of boys from Crawl and the East End, but were not gang-related.

CedarBridge principal Kalmar Richards said despite the "high stress situation" staff and students remained calm and cooperative. Mrs. Richards was unavailable for further comment yesterday.

Education Minister El James declined to comment yesterday.

Anyone with information about the incidents should contact schools' resource officer PC Peter Philpott or Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295 0011.