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Does having prior knowledge about a particular subject help to engage learners in an activity, increase their chances of retaining information and make connections to future learning?
Research suggests that this is likely to occur. At a recent field...
DATE: Dec 19, 2013
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Young Observer
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Christmas in the 21st century ... there’s nothing like it. A quick search online will lead you to almost anything you can imagine — websites designed to track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve as he flies around the globe; iPhone apps that help your littl...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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Kim Wilson first suspected something was up when her son Kent started learning to read.
He would sound a word out with her assistance, but not recognise the same word if it appeared in the next sentence. It was puzzling as Kent was very bright.
“He ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
From treating a man with a bullet lodged in his skull in Perth, Scotland, to a young Bermudian vomiting copious amounts of blood — there’s no denying Gordon Black’s 57-year medical career has been an interesting one.
Now retired, he has decided to sh...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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One morning Samantha Soares awoke to find an elf had been riding her parents’ vacuum cleaner around the house during the night.
And no, this is not the beginning of a Christmas short story, this is true (well mostly).
The seven-year-old and her fami...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
PRS for Music, the global organisation in charge of ensuring musicians receive royalties when their song is played, has said it “is listening to a wider group of businesses and musicians after a recent trip to Bermuda”.
But a Bermuda Music Users Grou...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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Arts & Entertainment
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This might be chef Tamara Philipp’s first year working at The Waterlot Inn, but that’s not stopping her from heating things up in the kitchen.
During the past nine months she has introduced some noteworthy changes to the menu — with dishes like a Wa...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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Good day to all my animal lovers out there. Today I am talking about microchipping and why it is important here in Bermuda.
A microchip is a tiny implant, about the size of a grain of rice, which is inserted via a needle into the scruff of the neck u...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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Other
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As a teenager, a high school hiking club completely changed the direction of Tina Nash’s life.
The newly appointed executive director of Raleigh International Bermuda grew up in a rough, inner-city neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
She had l...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Local singer Ki-Juan Minors got an early Christmas present this year when he was given the chance to perform at the same holiday event as former American Idol top contender Kimberley Locke.
Mr Minors had the opportunity to perform at the 2013 Herita...
DATE: Dec 16, 2013
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