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The Department of Education is to launch a series of webinars and podcasts about public school education.
The inaugural webinar takes place as a pilot on Friday afternoon, July 24th 2020, and will delve into a thread of the Social Studies curriculu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Schoolchildren started their summer with a splash this month as the Aqua Camp programme continued despite Covid-19.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo said this year’s camps could not be held at it Flatts headquarters, but young people had been able ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schools are on track to reopen in September after a “mammoth task” to create safety rules to reduce the risk of Covid-19, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added that social-distancing requirements and a 30-minute health check ever...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Daina Casling was worried about her daughter’s education when The Reading Clinic was forced to switch to online tutoring during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She need not have been concerned — like many of the other children involved with the education char...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Four educators have been appointed acting principals in Bermuda’s public schools, the Commissioner of Education has announced.
Kalmar Richards named Enid Furbert-Jacobs as acting principal for Purvis Primary, Jana Pitcher for Gilbert Institute, Lind...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Pembroke Parish Council’s annual Bermuda College scholarship award and grants has extended the age range and application deadline this year.
Previously limited to high school graduates, the tuition funds are now available to Pembroke residents be...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
In its ongoing support of students and families with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and those who work with these students on a daily basis to support and educate children and teenagers with ASD, Bermuda Autism Support & Education (BASE) are pleased to an...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Middle school pupils will grow and sell vegetables as part of a new indoor farming project.
Sandys Secondary Middle School has introduced an aquaponics programme — a combination of fish and plant production using aquaculture and hydroponics — to its ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A child with special needs was overlooked because of “maladministration” in the Department of Education, a report by the Ombudsman has ruled.
Victoria Pearman said improvements were needed to prevent children from education harm in her 2019 report on...
DATE: Jul 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Changes to the social studies curriculum in public schools were designed to make sure it was “grounded in a Bermudian context”, the education minister told the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain highlighted work to focus on black history in schools. “I...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan