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Bermuda’s public schools have not had an easy start to the school year with hurricane interruptions, construction delays, restructuring uncertainties, inflationary pressures, the list goes on. In the face of change, our public school students need constancy, including in the steady supply of good quality instructional resources to enhance their learning in the classroom. Studies show that children having good quality tools and supplies can improve grades, creativity, attitudes towards learning, behaviour, peer relationships and self-image. Being equipped keeps children motivated and excited. Students feel as though they are equal with their peers and feel a sense of belonging and comfort. Having a creative classroom experience also promotes greater confidence and the development of essential social skills in students, allowing the child to pass through barriers that may have once hindered their learning. Now, they can learn together and help one another brainstorm and develop their thoughts as part of a team.
SPS.bm is not a registered charity, and does not solicit funds from the Government
Children need constant stimulation, so lacking adequate supplies can cause them to waste their learning potential and start to act out because they have lost interest in school. So, if we can ensure that our students have what they need, then chances are they will stay focused and do what they need to do in order to stay ahead and continue learning. In short, having school supplies positively impacts the life of the student from the ground up and directly impacts students’ success.
To this end, we need your support. By purchasing discounted school supplies via our Support Public Schools, Bermuda (SPS.bm) initiative, you are putting chair pockets, geomodel folding sets, real-working cash registers, musical instruments, Judy clocks teaching analog and digital time, fraction bars, toolkits for dyslexic learners, language learning software (and everything else a child needs to be successful at school) directly into the hands of Bermuda’s future leaders.
Founded in June of 2018 by Canterbury Law attorney and Rhodes Scholar Juliana Snelling, SPS.bm is a community action initiative supporting the enhancement of learning in public school classrooms. SPS gives our public school teachers the resources they need that they submit in the form of “Wishlists” of school and office supplies that will enhance their teaching in the classroom. This year we are supporting P3 and P6 classrooms in all 17 public primary schools. Our delivery dates are in January and June 2024.
SPS.bm sources the supplies at discounted prices from our two suppliers Phoenix Stores Limited and A.F. Smith Limited. These companies, together with our SPS volunteers, deliver the supplies free of charge to public schools on designated delivery days to teachers and students who are elated to receive them. Principals teachers and students are then asked to send thank-you letters describing how the supplies are helping to improve the students’ education, as well as send photos showing the items in use, which are then posted on our Words of Thanks on SPS.bm Visit SPS.bm to read moving letters from principals, teachers and pupils who attest to how the SPS supplies are being put to amazing use.