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"Toilet train children before school starts - Minister"

Children must be toilet trained before theystart school, the Ministry of Education announced this afternoon. Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith issued a policy concerning the acceptance of children who are not toilet-trained into the public schoo...
Apr 07, 2011
Education

"Education Dept. seeks feedback"

The Department of Education wants feedback from parents on ways to improve the efficiency of the Island’s schools. Today a Customer Service Survey will be launched. Minister Jennifer Smith said: “Goals six and seven of the Blueprint for Reform in E...
Apr 07, 2011
Young Observer

"Singers bring inspirational performance to assembly"

From time to time, we at Sandys have guests during our regular Monday or Friday assemblies. Monday, March 14 was one of those special days, when the Kuumba Singers of Harvard University came and sang for us. After they had sung a few songs in Swahili...
Apr 07, 2011
Young Observer

"Business savvy!"

Two 13-year olds, Shobhitha Balasubramaniam and Jai-Onni D Outerbridge, from Sandys Secondary Middle School placed second and received Honourable Mention respectively in the recent Business Bermuda Essay Competition. Both students first heard about ...
Apr 07, 2011
Education

"Prayer is still part of school system"

The Ministry of Education said that prayer remains a part of the public school system, contrary to a comment by a community activist. Keona Smith, founder of Colford’s Family Against Violence said on Sunday she felt the merging of the Island’s senior...
Apr 06, 2011
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"College signs deal with top US university"

Bermuda College today announced a new partnership allowing students to pay in-state tuition fees at one of the top ranked urban research and teaching universities in the US. Bermuda College President, Duranda Greene and officials from the Robinson C...
Apr 05, 2011
Opinion Writer

"Poetry’s role in literacy development"

The month of April is celebrated as National Poetry Month. This celebration was established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to increase awareness of the art of poetry, recognition of living poets, examination of poetry heritage and to draw a...
Apr 05, 2011

"The road to Recovery"

What is Reading Recovery? Reading Recovery was developed by New Zealander Marie Clay. It is a 12- to 20-week accelerated programme designed to move struggling first grade readers up from the bottom of their class. At the end of the programme children...
Apr 04, 2011
Education

"Middle schoolers to take part in ‘Walk it Out’ summit today"

Hundreds of middle school students will take part in a summit today which aims to inspire and encourage them on the path to success. Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said the event would give 513 male and 531 female students the chance to hear...
Apr 01, 2011
Young Observer

"Students dig up mummies"

The M1 students of Clearwater Middle School recently became archeologists for a day, digging up mummies to learn more about archaeology and Ancient Egypt only these mummies were chickens. As part of their Social Studies Curriculum, the students are ...
Mar 31, 2011

"Early detection of speech problems"

When acting Child Development Programme language supervisor, Aprille Choudhury-DeShield worked with one little boy this week, he turned his head curiously when he heard the sound of a truck in the yard. It sounds like a minor thing, except that the ...
Mar 29, 2011
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