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A new pressure group yesterday questioned Covid public safety policies that affect schoolchildren – including an insistence on masks in classrooms. Us For Them Bermuda was set up last week to give children “a voice” and ensure that “their interests a...

Senators are expected to sit for a short session tomorrow when the Upper House resumes after the summer break. There are just two bills on the order paper – the Human Rights Amendment Act 2021, and the Marine & Ports Services Amendment Act. The human...

An animal hospital is to give free yearly check-ups to therapy animals at a centre for the disabled. WindReach came to the agreement with CedarTree Vets after Lucy Richardson, the head veterinarian, gave the charity’s equine herd their annual vaccina...

A project developer to draw up a plan for the shake-up of the island’s school system is being looked for by the Government. A Request For Proposal was published last week that asked consultancy firms to submit “a strategic programme and project devel...

Public schools are to remain off-limits until further notice after a surge in Covid-19 cases, it was confirmed this weekend. The news came after the Government announced last week that schools would return to remote learning for the first week of ter...

Covid-19 testing has been arranged for staff and students of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy and Success Academy, the Ministry of Education said. A spokeswoman said: “The Ministry and Department of Education remind staff, students, parents, and guar...

Irresponsible behaviour during the pandemic is putting children’s education at risk MPs heard. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, also poke in the House of Assembly on the “tough decision” for public schools to pivot to remote learning for the fi...

A private school is to adopt the SafeKey system for staff and visitors after a jump in Covid-19 cases, the head teacher said yesterday. Deryn Lavell, head of school at Saltus Grammar School, said in a letter to parents that the step was taken to ensu...

Almost half the people who took part in a consultation survey disagree with the plan to introduce parish primary schools. A tally of the entries in the Parish Primary School Consultation Submissions report revealed that out of a total of 108 parents,...

Lack of detail about how the Government plans to fund and implement parish primary schools in Bermuda was a common theme raised during public consultation. The Government released three reports on the consultation including the the Parish Primary Sch...