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New figures showing public school application and enrolment numbers have been obtained by The Royal Gazette, as parents await the results of a reorganisation of the state education system. An announcement on which schools are being considered for clo...

Persistence and resilience are the key to St George’s Preparatory School’s success, according to principal Mary Lodge. The primary school celebrated its 140th anniversary yesterday with a special assembly announced by David Frith, the Town Crier and ...

Young Observer got up close and personal with Arnold Manders this school year to learn more about FitnessGram, a fitness assessment and reporting programme he is spearheading in the Government school system. Mr Manders is the Curriculum Officer for ...

Jabari Hayward knows exactly what he wants under his Christmas tree: enough food to feed the hungry. It’s a tall order that he and his friends at Victor Scott Primary School aren’t waiting on Santa to fulfil. “My Christmas wish is to give food to peo...

Forget the North Pole, students at West End Primary are headed into outer space this Christmas. It’s all part of a musical extravaganza that ends at the Sandys school tonight. Picture black light dancing stars, aliens, robots and astronauts and you m...

High-achieving youngsters were given an early Christmas present yesterday thanks to the hard work of a group of prisoners. Six students from schools across the Island received bikes that had been made by inmates Victor Roberts, Phillip Bradshaw, Brit...

Staff at AIG Bermuda have been helping schoolchildren to learn to read as part of the company’s efforts to give back to the community. More than 60 children from Elliott Primary School will go through the reading programme before next June, with volu...

Garita Coddington has been the principal of Francis Patton Primary School since September 2010. Married with two children, she went to Alabama A&M University, where she obtained her master’s of education in chemistry and teacher certification. She al...

Each year, Victor Scott School sets aside a couple of days to schedule their homecoming events and to celebrate the school’s rich history. One of their main events is the Alumni Heroes assembly, during which they honour three of their very own Cent...

Somerset Primary will launch their Literacy Pro Programme tomorrow, Friday, November 20. Formerly called Reading Counts, the programme helps develop reading and comprehension skills. From some P2 students through to P6, students will be focusing on...

Last week we visited the replica of The Deliverance in St George’s. It is in a bad state due to the damage from the storm. The mast has been completely broken off and there are lots of leaks but they do not have money to fix everything. The guide to...

I invited Sir John to my social studies lesson after writing an assignment on his life. Here is an extract from my report: Let me introduce you to this man. His name is Sir John William David Swan, KBE. He was born on July 3, 1935, to two hardworking...