‘Global Handwashing Day’ (Oct 15)  is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases.

Teaching children about hand washing early in life is important.  Most children develop the ability to wash their hands independently by about three years of age.  But even when they know how to do it, they’ll almost certainly need to be given lots of encouragement and reminders.

At Provo Primary, teaching about hand washing and reinforcing its practice is an everyday part of school learning.   On ‘Global Handwashing Day’ we will be highlighting and reinforcing this even more, with our younger children participating in a variety of focused activities.

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My second National Heritage Month video choice comes from our friends at Brilliant by Tropical Imaging.  A collection of amazing photography that captures the spectacular nature, rich history and cultural splendor, our smiling people and wonderful places and experiences that can be enjoyed here in the Turks and Caicos.

Island Life in Turks and Caicos from Brilliant by Tropical Imaging on Vimeo.

A moment presented itself on Friday for us to video our Year 3 and 5 children singing ‘This Land of Ours’, the unofficial national song of the Turks and Caicos Islands.  This song accompanies ‘God Save our Queen,’ the official national anthem of the country at every major event and special ceremony.

Written and composed by the recently passed Rev. Dr. Conrad Howell, it is a song that’s sincere words unites all who are fortunate to live here in the Turks and Caicos, celebrates its natural beauty and reminds us of our duty to protect this for the future.

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Over the month of October – our National Heritage Month – I will be featuring some of my favourite videos about our islands.  Let’s start with this wonderful video ‘Introduction to the Turks and Caicos Island’, which looks at each island in our ‘Beautiful by Nature’ archipelago.

Thank you to whoever made this… let me know if you know who did?

Each year during the month of October, the Department of Early Childhood Education celebrates ‘The Week of the Young Child’.

The week aims at highlighting the crucial period for learning that takes place during the life span of an individual and celebrates the unique way in which young children learn. The week commences October 5-9, 2015 under the theme;

“Celebrating Our Youngest Learners: – Grow a Reader and Watch them Bloom”.

We are pleased to share that our Early Years classes are participating in a variety of extra reading activities this week.  The whole school also aims to get together for some book buddy reading times, with older children reading to young ones.  There will also be a ‘DEAR’ session, where upon everyone in the school time Drops Everything And Reads at the same!

How will you choose to celebrate the theme “Grow a Reader and Watch them Bloom” at home?  Why not send us a photo?

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Come….Let’s celebrate our culture and heritage with national pride.

Here is the Calendar of events in relation to celebrations for National Heritage Month, provided by The Department of Culture through the Ministry of Tourism , Environment , Culture and Heritage

• October 1^st Ecumenical Service Grand Turk – St. Thomas Anglican Church 10:00am – 11:30am

• October 10^th South Caicos – A taste of South Caicos- Music, dance, food, games.

• October 11^th Salt Cay – Gospel Concert

• October 12^th 2015 ALL ISLANDS – Flag parade leading up to a community sporting event. [Read more…]

A host of different national celebrations are taking place around the islands this October…

Look out for details of these in future post and see how Provo Primary plans to participate…

• Turks and Caicos National Heritage Month.
• Health and Family Life Month – “Better Bodies, Better Minds: Let’s Get Moving TCI!” ED Dept.
• 5th-9th Oct – Week of the Young Child – “Celebrating Our Youngest Learners: – Grow a Reader and Watch them Boom”.