1226 results returned for search: "education AND " author Sarah Lagan
The financial viability of reorganising the island’s primary school system remains unknown as the Bermuda Government-commissioned Score report indicates it was “unable to make an assessment of potential cost savings”.
According to the school reorgan...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Shadow health minister Lovitta Foggo has branded the Bermuda Government’s plan to potentially close schools as “foolhardy, reckless and irresponsible”.
Ms Foggo was responding to the release this Monday of the full, 196-page school reorganisation (Sc...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four primary schools could face closure as part of the Bermuda Government’s School Reorganisation (Score) Plan but no decisions have yet been made.
Parents and teachers yesterday voiced concerns over the possible closures of Gilbert Institute, Prospe...
DATE: Feb 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Primary students got to “play dentist” as part of a fun and educational programme run by Kerin Oral Care.
As part of the practice’s Give Kids a Smile Day, the children learnt about oral hygiene and nutrition, and even got to dress up as dentists.
Eac...
DATE: Feb 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An extension of the school registration deadline by the Ministry of Education leaves parents “none the wiser” as they have still not been given full access to a report on possible school closure and consolidation.
This is the view of Bermuda Union o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda SPCA is offering financial assistance to private cat owners to have their pet spayed or neutered as part of the organisation’s CatSnip programme.
The overpopulation of cats in Bermuda presents a problem according to the SPCA as there are...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents are being thrown “into a quandary” as they scramble to hit the deadline for school registration armed with no detailed knowledge of a report that could spell future school closure and consolidation. This is the view of Bermuda Union of Teache...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Family Centre’s Homework Academy programme is aiming to attract volunteers to help students reach their academic goals.
The initiative, launched by the charity five years ago, offers extra assistance to Dellwood Middle School students and those in th...
DATE: Jan 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
S2 students at Berkeley Institute have “soared” in their English Language IGCSEs according to the school’s principal.
Dr Phyllis Curtis-Tweed praised the 11 students, who sat the exams in November 2015, as well as their teacher Sandra Burrows.
The s...
DATE: Jan 27, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
At just 13, Magnus Henneberger has decided his future may lie with protecting the ocean environment.
The Saltus Grammar School student discovered an interest in marine biology after a talk at an assembly by an American environmental group, Plastic T...
DATE: Jan 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
