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The number of students attending Bermuda College through a new scholarship programme has almost doubled this year.
Senator Owen Darrell told colleagues in the Upper House yesterday that 47 students enrolled at the facility at the start of the academi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda College will host a virtual conference on Saturday aimed at helping educators to better teach reading, especially to primary school students.
The conference, entitled “Reading Success for Every Child: Teaching Reading is Rocket Science”,...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Berkeley Institute has selected its head boy, head girl and their deputies.
Andreaz Glasgow, was selected as head boy and Daria Symonds as head girl.
Seth Hardtman and Zayne Sinclair are the deputy head boys and Gabrielle Romaine and Raina Defont...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A teenager who received a scholarship from a Rotary Club said that the help will extend to her family.
Téja Watson was awarded the Ted Crawford Scholarship in Mathematics and Information Technology.
The Hamilton Rotary Club made the award, which will...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A free virtual lecture to discuss how people resisted enslavement will be held by the National Museum of Bermuda next week.
Kirsty Warren will present Pushing the Boundaries of Freedom on Zoom from 5.30pm on November 18.
The Bermudian academic lives ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Teachers have been invited to a professional development workshop organised by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The free session will be held on Zoom and will be linked to a lecture about resistance to enslavement.
An NMB spokeswoman said: “This works...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A concerned mother has spoken out about a lack of inclusiveness for children with special needs in Bermuda’s public education system.
Cyrelah Somner, the mother of a middle-school child with Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder characterised by mil...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda High School opened its new $12.2 million Innovation Centre, arts wing and theatre yesterday — and promised the state-of-the-art facilities will be open to pupils from other schools across the island.
The project, funded by 320 donors, has bee...
DATE: Nov 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A Bermudian student has become the first to receive a full scholarship pledged by two businessmen looking to invest in the island’s young talent.
Katherine Grainge is attending the University of St Andrews in Scotland thanks to the donation from Chri...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A specialist school has been transformed into a “mathematical planetarium” to encourage pupils to reach for the stars.
The walls at Planet Math’s buildings in Hamilton and St George are now covered in artwork, including images of galaxies and planets...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan