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

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 School but was devoted to West End Primary, where she started her teaching career in 1943. ...

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 describes his six years here as magical. He was teaching in Cambridgeshire, England in the...

Massive changes to the primary school system are needed to ensure pupils can reach their potential, the Commissioner of Education said last night. Kalmar Richards added that the numbers did not add up on educational achievement. Ms Richards said: “Wh...

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 was hoped a “broad cross section of Bermuda’s public” would join the meetings to discuss ...

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 at Somerset Primary, said the school’s Checkmate programme, encouraged closer bonds and m...

Warwick Academy Three Warwick Academy students, with nine years of public speaking and debating experience between them, last month travelled to Winnipeg, Canada to see who could speak the best. The girls, An Mei Daniels (13), McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett ...

Harry Jameson is 6 years old and attends Somerset Primary. Originally from New Zealand, Harry and his family arrived in Bermuda last year. Harry said: “I really like Somerset Primary and my favourite subject is maths and soccer is my favourite sport....

During the summer holidays, Somerset Primary Hand Bell Choir embarked on a fun-filled adventure to Toronto and Niagara Falls in Canada. Day One Our direct WestJet flight took approximately three hours, flying us high over the Atlantic Ocean and La...

Bermuda’s public primary schools fell below international averages in the results of the most recent Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results. The figures, which date back to May of 2015, show Bermuda lagging behind in English, math and science compared ...

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...

Young Observer met with Amara Richards and Anya West this week to congratulate them on being voted head student leaders at Somerset Primary. As a part of the voting process, the students were required to write and deliver a speech at assembly a week...