Last week, as part of our Conservation and Preservation of the TCI topic, we were all excited to head off on an educational field trip to Chalk Sound.  Children had the opportunity to visit two areas of historical and environmental significance.

After the short walk up to the top of Sapodilla Hill, children were given a presentation by David Bowen on the historical significance of the rock carvings and the work that has been done to preserve the area.  The oldest carving had just celebrated its 245^th birthday – dating back to May 10^th 1767!  Children explored the rocks for themselves and recorded their findings.  We also tried to spot the difference between the original carvings and the modern graffiti. Unless there were dates to help us, it was surprisingly tricky!

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Year 6 have been ‘exammed out’ over the last couple of weeks with both the T.C.I Middle School and the British West Indies Collegiate Year 7 entrance exams, but they still have one more set to go next week; their end of Year 6 UK National Curriculum S.A.Ts! They have worked exceptionally hard throughout and have never given up even though it has been hard-going at times.  Well done each and every one of you.

Here are their class exam tips for those sitting these exams or others in the future:

• Wear your school uniform to set yourself to school mode.
• Sleep well before your tests – go to bed a little earlier than usual.
• Eat a good breakfast.
• The earlier the tests, the sooner they are over!
• Try not to over-think it.
• Check over your work.
• Try your best.
• Read the questions carefully.
• Work harder questions worth more marks.
• Don’t spend too long on a question, go back at the end to re-try.
• Do something fun after the tests to celebrate and have something to look forward to.
• There is always a school for you out there.
• And…….. RELAX!

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Yes, you have read the title correctly; Year Five at Provo Primary have built their own salt water cars. This term we are studying sources of renewable energy, as our fossil fuels one day will be gone. Did you know that magnesium +salt water + air = electricity?

Each child was given a salt water fuel- cell car kit to assemble and then they added salt water to watch their cars race. After about 10 minutes the cars begin to slow down and all they needed to do was add more salt water and the would start up again.

What a great classroom project to learn about a potentially new way to fuel cars and they could even test different ratios of salt to see which mixture yields the greatest efficiency.
Who knew the solution to our energy needs was a simple as a trip to the beach.

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Hummingbird class have been busy with our topic work ‘Our beautiful Ocean’ and this week we have been learning about the life of a jelly fish. Did you know that a jelly fish has no brain, no heart and no blood? We studied different types of jelly fish and wrote up all the information we learnt about them in to our ‘Ocean Fact Files’. We watched how a jelly fish catches its prey and eats it!
We noticed how this linked with the other ocean animals we have been learning about, such as the sea turtle, whose favourite snack is jelly fish! And also our work on clown fish, whose body is covered in mucus so they cannot feel the jelly fishes sting.
After, we created our own jelly fish using paper Mache, coloured tissue paper, and bubble wrap for the tentacles! Come see them bobbing around our classroom!

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