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Assessing pupils has been the toughest challenge presented by remote learning, a public-school teacher said this week. Ayesha Brown, at Paget Primary School, said: “For older students, online-created assessments are an option, but for five and six-y...

Public schools will reopen only once it is safe to do so, the education minister has assured parents. Diallo Rabain said in a Facebook discussion on Saturday night that measures would be put in place to ensure safety in the classroom. He said: “We wi...

Parents of public-school pupils predicted that schools would not reopen before the start of the summer break. Debra James, the president of the Harrington Sound Primary School Parent Teacher Association, said that she doubted the Smith’s school woul...

A sailing programme for children with autism has changed course and relaunched online so it can continue over the Covid-19 crisis. The BF&M No Limits Sailing Programme, set up by the Endeavour Community Sailing charity, will run its virtual classes f...

Teachers from Saltus Grammar School gave every member of their graduation class a home visit this week. All 47 members of the Class of 2020 were visited as a way to lift their spirits while at home. The event was organised because the school leavers ...

Parents and pupils were told yesterday that there was still “no fixed date” for schools to reopen. However, Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that staff were preparing buildings for children’s’ return to the classroom. He added: “Technic...

Bermuda-based Legal & General Reinsurance (“L&G Re”) today launched the ‘Lighthouse Connect’ fund at the Bermuda Community Foundation in partnership with the Mirrors Programme to raise funds to provide free laptops to all Bermuda public school studen...

The Agricultural Exhibition may have been cancelled — but schools are still showing off their pupil’s green thumbs. Mount Saint Agnes Academy and the Bermuda Institute have highlighted several entries prepared by children for the show, which had been...

Schools will not reopen on Monday, despite plans to lighten restrictions. David Burt, the Premier, said on Twitter last night that the Cabinet had approved a “phased reopening plan”, which will be detailed tonight. But he added: “There is no plan to ...

The Bermuda Education Network has launched a revamped website to support to teachers and parents as schools remain closed by Covid-19. Becky Ausenda, BEN’s executive director, said that public primary school pupils had been asked by teachers to crea...