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Renee Lawrence first noticed there was something different about her son in primary school. Jordan could not focus on a task and was always disrupting the class. She assumed he needed more discipline. Then she learnt he had attention deficit hyperac...

Sixteen Warwick Academy Year 13 IB business students set off to New York City over the October half-term break on what has become something of a rite of passage each year. During what can only be described as an inspirational time, the students, acco...

Mark Twain got mischievous at his first Bermuda cricket game, deliberately peppering his host with silly questions. The exasperated host, probably US vice consul William Allen, told him wickets were for the umpire to sit on when he got tired. Twain, ...

Hallowe’en came “frightfully” early to our school this year! When teachers, parents and children arrived at school last Friday morning they were met with such scary music that some of them were almost afraid to get out of their cars! We were all dres...

Caroline Aberhart arrived in Bermuda four years ago, with $11 in her pocket. Somehow she’d lost her wallet on the long journey from her native New Zealand. On the plus side, she had a job she relished. The clinical pharmacist is promoting her career ...

Warwick Academy Primary School is thrilled to have Lawrence and Jess Wild here this week. They are both experts on Big Writing and Drama and bring with them from the UK a vast wealth of knowledge. Big Writing is a teaching method, based in the Unite...

Chelsea Smith’s family moved five times when she was growing up. She changed schools every time they moved. Each time there were new friends to make and new routines to learn. “The experience was stressful,” said the 38-year-old. “Although I didn’t l...

Young Observer met with Mr Stowe and students at The Bermuda Technical Training School last week. The school currently offers the High School Completion Programme. The programme delivers alternative high school studies for students experiencing diff...

The vast majority of personal trainer Jeremy Smith’s clients weren’t athletes or gym rats. They were regular businessmen and women who struggled to find the time to work out. His solution? Beat the Desk, a website that offers exercise plans and nu...

Clearwater Middle School hosted a special assembly last week to name this year’s prefects and announce the head boy and head girl. • Head boy: Jacari Renfroe Age: 13 Former school: East End Primary. Favourite sports: football and basketball. Favou...