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School spirit celebrated with a twist in Somerset

Teachers and pupils enjoy a creative way to mark the season as they take on a different theme for each day of the week

Teachers and pupils enjoy a creative way to mark the season as they take on a different theme for each day of the week

• Dec 12, 2024 7:53 AM

Education

Rabain reopens P1 enrolment at second primary school

The Minister of Education says enrolment at Somerset Primary School for the next academic year will be allowed

The Minister of Education says enrolment at Somerset Primary School for the next academic year will be allowed

• Dec 05, 2024 8:07 PM

Event

A taste of the world at Somerset Primary

Pupils, parents and teachers celebrate the school’s diverse population by sampling a variety of culinary flavours

Pupils, parents and teachers celebrate the school’s diverse population by sampling a variety of culinary flavours

• Nov 07, 2024 7:53 AM

Education

Somerset Primary threatens to draw politics card

PTA meeting attendees say the Government is using children as “political pawns”

PTA meeting attendees say the Government is using children as “political pawns”

• Jun 14, 2024 11:09 AM

Letters to the Editor

What Somerset Primary residents can look forward to

Heron Bay resident Dianne Marks makes clear she is not the biggest fan of the Gombeys

Heron Bay resident Dianne Marks makes clear she is not the biggest fan of the Gombeys

• Jun 10, 2024 7:59 AM

Letters to the Editor

Somerset Primary is not a ‘White school’

Former PTA president Antony Siese wades into the about-turn on school closures

Former PTA president Antony Siese wades into the about-turn on school closures

• May 20, 2024 7:59 AM

Education

School closures motivated by politics – ex-president of Somerset Primary PTA

Antony Siese condemns the latest school shake-up development

Antony Siese condemns the latest school shake-up development

• May 20, 2024 7:58 AM

Education

Somerset Primary PTA focusing on students, not politics

The organisation says it remains an outstanding school that provides a nurturing and diverse learning environment

The organisation says it remains an outstanding school that provides a nurturing and diverse learning environment

• May 15, 2024 8:00 AM

General

Somerset Primary celebrates Bob Marley with reggae concert

Students honour musical legend with a fun-filled concert on what would have been his 79th birthday

Students honour musical legend with a fun-filled concert on what would have been his 79th birthday

• Feb 07, 2024 7:57 AM

Education

Minister: school video ‘edited to create a false impression’

The video appears to show the education minister contradicting himself over whether a decision to close a school is legally binding

The video appears to show the education minister contradicting himself over whether a decision to close a school is legally binding

• Jul 26, 2023 7:56 AM

Opinion Writer

Public relations gone wrong

Bryant Trew revisits education reform and the Government’s apparent disregard for the legacy of West End Primary

Bryant Trew revisits education reform and the Government’s apparent disregard for the legacy of West End Primary

• Mar 31, 2023 7:59 AM

Opinion Writer

Necessary justification

Bryant Trew presents part 2 of his study into the Government’s rationale for choosing West End Primary for the axe instead of Somerset Primary

Bryant Trew presents part 2 of his study into the Government’s rationale for choosing West End Primary for the axe instead of Somerset Primary

• Mar 17, 2023 8:00 AM

Opinion Writer

Questioning the methodology

Bryant Trew examines the rationale for doing away with West End Primary School in the education reform, while retaining Somerset Primary

Bryant Trew examines the rationale for doing away with West End Primary School in the education reform, while retaining Somerset Primary

• Mar 16, 2023 7:59 AM

Obituaries

Maude Bassett (1919-2022): a ‘West End warrior’

A teacher born and raised in Somerset was praised as a “West End warrior”. Maude Bassett, who has died, aged 102, was the deputy principal at Somerset Primary S...

A teacher born and raised in Somerset was praised as a “West...

• Mar 22, 2022 1:32 PM

Community

Former teacher remembers magical time in Bermuda

Geoff Tomlinson has not lived in Bermuda since 1975 but still reads The Royal Gazette every day and regularly checks out the weather on the Dockyard webcam. He ...

Geoff Tomlinson has not lived in Bermuda since 1975 but stil...

• Nov 24, 2021 7:52 AM

Education

Commissioner: Primary schools are falling short

Massive changes to the primary school system are needed to ensure pupils can reach their potential, the Commissioner of Education said last night. Kalmar Richar...

Massive changes to the primary school system are needed to e...

• Jan 27, 2021 8:03 AM

Education

School closures meetings to start this week

A series of virtual meetings to discuss proposals to slash the number of public primary schools is to start next week. An education ministry spokeswoman said it...

A series of virtual meetings to discuss proposals to slash t...

• Jan 24, 2021 5:07 PM

Education

Somerset Primary’s Checkmate sets standard

A guidance programme at a West End primary school could benefit other pupils at other institutions, the head teacher said yesterday. O’Brien Osborne, principal...

A guidance programme at a West End primary school could bene...

• Oct 03, 2018 8:00 AM

Young Observer

Thrill at public speaking competition

Warwick Academy Three Warwick Academy students, with nine years of public speaking and debating experience between them, last month travelled to Winnipeg, Canad...

Warwick Academy Three Warwick Academy students, with nine ye...

• Nov 09, 2017 7:00 AM