In year 3, we’ve been making sure that we would know what to say if we ever need medical assistance in a Spanish speaking country. First of all, we had to learn all the vocabulary for all the different parts of the body. Then we added in some phrases to tell a doctor or nurse what hurts. In our role plays, some of us even got to administer some remedies. Watch our video to see how skillfully we can ask for help, along with some pretty impressive bandaging!
Our School Council’s Recycling Mission
27 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Provo Primary School now has brown recycling bins on the premises. After a visit to the Recycling Plant last term, the School Council have a devised a simple ‘Recycling Mission’ to encourage us all to recycle. They hope you can all participate!
Their intentions are that all snack\lunch recyclable refuse will be taken home to be washed and placed in the brown bin located at the school entrance, in the mornings as you come into school. Other household recyclables can also be brought from home.
To encourage and entice your participation, they have created tally sheets for each class to record the number of objects placed in the bin. These tallies will be counted up each week and the class who collects the most tallies at the end of the month will receive a special ‘Recycle Certificate’ which will entitle the class to an extra ‘Golden Time’.
Well done, School Council. I wonder which class will collect the most recyclables this month? We look forward to an update on this fantastic initiative later in the term.
Provo Parachute Show!
26 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Children from Year 4 investigated the effects of air resistance this week when they were asked to create Provo’s very first parachute regiment!
As part of their science topic on ‘Friction’, the children were challenged to create a parachute that reduced the speed that their character fell. After much planning, head-scratching and problem solving, they were ready to test their inventions. Some groups created traditional parachutes while others chose a hand-glider design. Both ideas worked well, and it was clear that the resistance between the parachute and the warm Provo air worked perfectly to keep our little wooden volunteers safe!
Year 5 and 6 En El Restaurante
25 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
In Spanish lessons in years 5 and 6, we’ve been learning about how to order food in a restaurant. Using Spanish menus we created ourselves, we practised and performed a role play, in which we played waiters and customers at eating establishments that serve all our favourite dishes! We had lots of fun creating each scene, and some of us even added a bit of our creativity and imagination to the scenes! Take a look at our videos and see if you can understand our conversations. Click on ‘read more…’ to see the Year 5 Video. [Read more…]
PTA Arabian Night Party
24 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Tickets are now on sale for this much anticipated event.
Click on the poster to find out more details.
We hope to see you there!
Year 1 Earth Day 2012 Poster
23 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Year One Class celebrated Earth Day on Friday by looking at a short video clip of our beautiful world and the animals and plants that live in it. We also watched a clip about the importance of recycling our rubbish, and the effects that ‘dumping rubbish’ has on our beautiful world. After this we discussed ways to save energy, save money and save animals and each child wrote a short sentence about it to go on their poster. Click here to see the posters in more detail.
Earth Day Clean Up, 2012
23 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Throughout the school, the children took part in a number of activities to celebrate Earth Day, 2012. In our Friday assembly, Year 5 introduced Earth Day with a presentation, Year 1 told everyone some facts about how they could help to ‘Save our Earth’ and Year 2 talked about how sea turtles are becoming extinct and the dangers they face, such as rubbish in the ocean.
On Earth Day for the past 3 years, The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association has organised a ‘TCI Shines Earth Day Clean- up Campaign’. Donning gloves and raring to play their part, the children in years 3 – 6 collected rubbish outside the school perimeter fencing, around the TCIFA soccer field and up to the Graceway Sports Centre. The children in Years 1 and 2 collected litter from around the school playground.
The children filled approximately 30 large trash bags in total – almost all with rubbish collected from outside the school grounds. The photo on the left shows the children with just a few of these bags. The children were upset to have found so much rubbish that people had littered in our area, but felt happy that they had helped clean up their surroundings.
School Newsletter – April 2012
20 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Click on the image to see the April School Newsletter.
It includes all the dates and information for upcoming events, and the latest school and PTA news.
Class Newsletters – April 2012
19 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Class newsletters help you to keep in the loop and find out what is happening in your child’s class.
Access important information, note future upcoming dates for class events and see how you can support your child’s learning at home.
Click on the image on the left to download our latest class newsletters.
New After-School Clubs (April – June, 2012)
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We have a variety of new after-school clubs to enjoy this term.
Click on the image, left to download the registration form. Please check the registration forms for the dates each clubs run for.
Enrolment is on a first-come first-served basis and some clubs may be very popular so be sure to make your choices ASAP. All payments need to be made in advance. Please note that students are not considered enrolled in clubs until the registration form and payment have been received.
You may like to ensure that your child has a small extra snack and drink in their lunch box.
PTA Up-Coming Events, Summer Term 2012
19 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Lemon Cafe Fundraiser
Mark your calendars for a fabulous fundraiser and celebration of our school, to be held the evening of May 12th at Lemon Cafe. The evening will include a silent auction, incredible Mediterranean food, a fire show, cash bar and dancing until the wee hours. Tickets are $50/pp. Money raised will be used for school improvements and voted on at the final PTA meeting of the year (in June, date TBD)
Term 3 PTA meeting
Our Term 3 PTA meeting will be held May 1 in the school library at 6pm. We’ll be discussing the upcoming fundraiser as well as other events (beach day, end of school activities, etc.), reviewing our account and having a preliminary discussion on how the funds should be spent. Please note, there will be an end of year PTA meeting held in June (date TBD) where expenditures will be voted on and finalized.
Library Volunteers
Parent volunteers are needed to “apprentice” under Karina this spring and work in the library 2-3 mornings a week starting in September. Best to have 2 or 3 parents commit; hours are just 8:30-9am, right at drop off. Please contact Stef in the school office or Karina if you are interested.
Thank You
And finally, a heartfelt THANK YOU to the class reps that made the Easter egg hunt such a fun event for the students. From stuffing eggs, to hiding them, we appreciate your time and involvement.
Find out more about our PTA and how you can become involved on our PTA page
School Lunch Menu – April – May, 2012
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Our school lunch menu form for Monday 23rd April – Thursday 24th May, 2012 is now available.
If you would like your child to have lunch, please click on the image and download, complete and return the form, together with payment by Monday 23th April. Forms are also available in the office.
Please note that we are unable to provide lunches unless payment is made in ADVANCE.
Welcome back to the Summer Term, 2012
17 April, 2012 Leave a Comment
Welcome back to our Summer Term at Provo Primary. We hope that you have all enjoyed your holidays.
We look forward to a productive and eventful term ahead. Look out on our blog for information about our school lunches and clubs. We will also post the school newsletter for this term and all the class newsletters.
Each week we will also post some highlights of events and activities happening around the school so keep us in your bookmark and keep checking in as the term progress.