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BEN Donates Books To P1 Classrooms
Donor Stories, News, Our Work, Stories, Volunteer Stories | March 31, 2023
Bermuda Education Network is celebrating International Children’s Book Day with a donation of books to every P1 classroom in Bermuda’s public school system. A spokesperson said, “International Children’s Book Day has been celebrated annually on April 2 since 1967 with the goal of inspiring a love of reading in children. Every P1 classro... Read more
Summer Learning Program – Interns
Employee Stories, Stories, Summer Learning Programme | February 8, 2023
Interns of 2022: Jaishelbi, Alexandra, Morgan, and Tori BEN provides a unique experience for individuals who are interested in a career in education to become involved with the summer learning program by applying for the role of an intern. BEN’s 2023 Summer Learning Program aims to reduce the percentage of public primary school children who d... Read more
Purvis Primary teacher Cidalia Soares-Chan is Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Events, News, Our Work, Outstand Teacher Awards | December 2, 2022
Cidalia Soares-Chan (Purvis Primary), was named as the Bermuda Education Network’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She is pictured with the Governor, Rena Lalgie, and Colm Singleton, head of award sponsor Allied World (Photograph by Akil Simmons) Makese Gilbert (Elliot Primary), was named as runner-up for the Bermuda Education Networ... Read more
Argh! Primary students enjoy learning from the world of pirates
Horizons, News | November 23, 2022
Lower primary school students have been learning the ropes from pirates as part of a charity-based educational programme. Bermuda Education Network and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, one of the partners in its Horizons Programme, collaborated in the piracy programme to help teach literacy and other subjects through maritime topic... Read more
Accountability is key to success of education authority, says BEN
News, Our Work | November 15, 2022
Transparency and accountability will be crucial components of a successful Education Authority, a teacher advocacy group has said. Becky Ausenda, founder of the Bermuda Education Network, said her organisation is broadly supportive of an independent governing body for education, which the Government announced in the Throne Speech woul... Read more