Students of The St. Mary’s Primary School on their first day.

Students go back to school

Tue, 09/13/2016 - 12:00am

It was back-to-school yesterday for thousands of primary and secondary students across the island after a ten-week summer vacation.

At a number of schools from early hours, pupils decked in their new school uniforms and armed with their school bags as well as in some instances lunchboxes could be seen filing through the schools’ gates ahead of the start of the first day of the Michaelmas term (Term 1).

At the St. George Primary School, pupils of Reception to Class 4 could be seen engaging in friendly conversation with their peers before heading to the school’s hall for morning devotion. Several parents who gathered in the school’s yard looked on.

Meanwhile at the nearby St. George Secondary School, students could be observed chit-chatting while walking towards the main entrance.

Ahead of the start of yesterday’s 2016-2017 academic year in an interview with The Barbados Advocate, Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), President, Pedro Shepherd had expressed an expectation that refurbishments carried out during the vacation at some educational institutions would have been completed prior to the beginning of the new term.

However, the Westbury Primary School, where major renovation and cleaning was carried out, was one institution which was unavailable for use yesterday. The opening of this school for students and staff has been postponed until Wednesday, September 14.

The 2016-2017 academic year is slated to run for 38 weeks. The just started school term will conclude on December 15, for students and for teachers on Friday, December 16. (MG)

Students go back to school

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