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DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Press Release
A new programme in Bermuda’s schools will help children develop their reading skills.
Education minister Diallo Rabain said teachers had been trained on the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, which has been introduced to preschool, P1 and P2 cla...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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Politics
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News Staff
A veteran Bermuda teacher and education administrator has lost her Supreme Court bid to have the appointment of the Commissioner of Education quashed.
Gina Tucker claimed that she had “not been fairly treated or properly considered” for the job, whi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2020
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Public primary schools will open their doors to parents of prospective pupils next week.
The events, hosted by the Department of Education, will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said: “Parents...
DATE: Feb 13, 2020
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A sail training programme designed to help build character in schoolchildren is even more relevant today than when it first launched more than a decade ago, the outgoing executive director of the programme said.
Branwen Smith-King, who has just left ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Pupils at Bermuda High School for Girls held their first Innovation Expo.
Roman landmarks, Mars rover stations, catapults and Lego structures were among the creations on display at the event last Wednesday.
Props made by pupils for the production of ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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Education
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News Staff
A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night.
Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school.
Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An international genetics conference returned to Bermuda today for the fourth time.
The Bermuda Principles Impact Conference will kick off at the Fairmont Southampton with genetics experts from around the world to tackle the subject of transcriptomic...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Saturday evening marked the official close of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) Centennial celebrations. The date, February 1, 2020, was observed with a modest ceremony at the BUT headquarters at 72 Teacher’s Place on Church Street which officially...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Education
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Press Release