Editing Herm (section)

== Education and culture ==
[[File:Ferry approaching the Rosaire Landing, Herm - geograph.org.uk - 87.jpg|thumb|right|Travel Trident ferry approaching Herm]]
A number of French/Norman place names remain, from the period when the island was in the jurisdiction of the Duchy of Normandy.<ref name="History "/> The Herm Island map, published by the tenant of Herm, states that main place names, including the island name itself, have unclear origins, although there is an unofficial Anglicisation of names; for example, {{lang|fr|La Pointe du gentilhomme}} was changed to ''Alderney Point''.<ref name="Map">{{cite book | title=Herm Island Map | publisher=Herm Tenant}}</ref> The primary present language on Herm is English.

Herm has one primary school, with around eight pupils; their teacher travels from Guernsey daily.<ref name="Staff"/> Children over eleven are schooled in Guernsey, usually as boarders.<ref name="Staff"/>

Herm has won [[Britain in Bloom]] categories several times:<ref name="BIB 2">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-21204510 | title=Herm aims for fourth gold medal in Britain in Bloom | publisher=BBC | date=27 January 2013 | access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> in 2002, 2008, and 2012, Herm won the Britain in Bloom Gold Award.<ref name="BIB Dates">{{cite web | url=http://herm.com/activities/herm-garden-tours/ | title=Herm Garden Tour | publisher=Herm Island | access-date=1 January 2014 | archive-date=16 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216104907/http://herm.com/activities/herm-garden-tours/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The island and its history has been depicted in a number of works of literature: the author [[Compton Mackenzie]], who was the island tenant 1920–23, represented it in ''Fairy Gold'', albeit in a fictional portrayal.<ref name="History"/> Jenny Wood, the wife of tenant Major Peter Wood, published her memoirs in 1986.<ref>Wood, Jenny, ''Herm, Our Island Home'' (Linton, 1986)</ref> The island's history is told in ''Hidden Treasures of Herm Island'' by Catherine Kalamis.<ref>Kalamis, Catherine, ''Hidden Treasures of Herm Island'' (Herm, 1996)</ref> Paul Sherman has written two collections of short stories set on the island: ''Where Seagulls Dare''<ref>Sherman, Paul, ''[https://blueormer.gg/product/where-seagulls-dare/ Where Seagulls Dare and other tales from Herm Island]'' (Blue Ormer, 2018).</ref> and ''One Flew Over the Puffin's Nest''.<ref>Sherman, Paul, ''[https://blueormer.gg/product/one-flew-over-the-puffins-nest-2/ One Flew Over the Puffin's Nest - more tales from Herm Island]'' (Blue Ormer, 2023).</ref>

The northern part of the island was recognised in 2016 as an area of international environmental importance under the [[Ramsar Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guernseypress.com/news/2016/01/28/herm-and-jethou-get-ramsar-status/ |title=Herm and Jethou get Ramsar status |publisher=Guernsey Press |date=28 January 2016}}</ref>