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Harrington Sound School will be closed tomorrow for cleaning and maintenance — although the Government says no further evidence of bird mites has been located. Freddie Evans, commissioner of education, said in a statement: “We are notifying parents o...

Frustrated and concerned parents of Harrington Sound Primary students challenged education minister Cole Simons yesterday during a PTA meeting at the school. While Mr Simons told the crowd that preliminary tests had found no further bird mites at the...

Harrington Sound Primary School’s Parent Teacher Association has called an urgent meeting to tackle the ongoing problem of bird mites. Children and teachers have been bitten and dead birds were found in the roof during an initial clean-up attempt. St...

Terita Bean will never forget the call. The person at the other end was telling her she had been named Mother of the Year. Problem was, she didn’t have any children. It turned out she’d been nominated for the annual Continental Society competition by...

Children will be in charge of everything from washing and drying laundry to making the bed and setting the table, at the new Functional Life Skills Room at Paget Primary School. The apartment, featuring a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, is designed so...

Kyjuan Brown, former student of Francis Patton Primary School and founder of Northshore Medical Centre, is donating breakfast during the three-day Cambridge check point exam. In a press release, Dr Brown stated he was delighted to answer the call of ...

A Northlands Primary School student’s win in a contest promoting safety came as little surprise to her teacher. Grade 2 student Nailah Chimbi was recognised as the winner of the annual Belco Bird Kite Safety Poster Competition in the run-up to Bermu...

Michael Dunkley joined Elliot Primary School students for their annual kite day today. The Premier, who was invited by P2 teacher Beverley Taylor, helped the students to prepare their kites for flying, as well as getting them up in the air. Mr Dunk...

A break-in at Paget Primary over the weekend brings the tally of recent school burglaries to 12. According to police, an unknown person or persons gained access to one of the school’s classrooms and “defaced school property” over the weekend. Infor...

Several more government schools are to be investigated for possible mould contamination, education minister Cole Simons told the House of Assembly. Mr Simons’s remarks come a few weeks after students at TN Tatem Middle School returned after the build...

Security is to be ramped up after burglars inflicted thousands of dollars in damage at eight schools earlier this year. Cole Simons, the Minister of Education, told Parliament that the Bermuda Government’s facilities team intended to prioritise maint...

Incoming education commissioner Freddie Evans has vowed to remain dedicated to the position, saying he looks forward to serving for at least the next ten years. Speaking to The Royal Gazette following his appointment on Monday, Dr Evans said that whi...