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Teachers will be provided with instruction next month on a new pupil grading system, the Minister of Education announced today.
Diallo Rabian said that a “full day of professional development” would be held in January to provide teachers and adminis...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Education
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Public and private secondary schools across the island have been awarded a total of $240,000 for charity work carried out by their pupils.
PartnerRe, the Hamilton-based reinsurer, donated $30,000 to eight of the island’s schools through its Dollars f...
DATE: Dec 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have returned to the classroom after they staged a sickout last week.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “Representatives had a meeting and all the teachers are back at wo...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students and parents at Saltus were given insights into how to deal with school pressures during a two-day visit by renowned child psychologist Dr. Michael G. Thompson.
Last week, Dr Thompson addressed Saltus staff, followed by a talk to parents on ‘...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Almost all the teachers called in sick at West Pembroke Primary School yesterday.
The staff took action over a range of complaints, including the lack of a teaching assistant for autistic pupils and a lower school support teacher.
Most of the school’...
DATE: Dec 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Head teachers have demanded details of plans to axe the island’s middle schools.
Ed Ball, general secretary of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said yesterday that school principals wanted more information about the Government’s proposal to phase ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Pupils at CedarBridge Academy will follow the yellow brick road into the limelight tonight for their production of the hit musical The Wiz.
The show — to be performed at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium for the Performing Arts tonight and tomorrow ni...
DATE: Nov 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Higher education is “for everybody”, a visiting overseas law lecturer said yesterday.
James Slater, a senior lecturer at the University of Buckingham, said that it was essential that pupils not underestimate their potential. He added: “No society ca...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Teachers said last night they had hit the limit over a litany of problems hampering performance for schools and students.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers issued a statement declaring its intent to take an unspecified “appropriate action” over a lack of...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A government pledge to phase out middle schools has worried the public, an independent senator and former head teacher has claimed.
Michelle Simmons said that a plan to axe the schools in favour of “signature” specialist schools was “a major conce...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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