Below are just some of the amazing facts that Year 3 researched into and presented to the class. We learned so much, and had lots of fun finding out new things. How incredibly wonderful and marvelous the world around us is! Thank you Year 3 for sharing your findings with us.
Did you know…
One of the largest snowflakes ever recorded was 40cm long.?
A rose has between 20 – 40 petals, depending on the type of rose?
It takes a whole year for a palm tree to grow 30cm?
Volcano ash can travel as far as the length of Provo which is around 17 miles!
Golden time took on a new spin this week for Years 2-6 with choices of activities on offer for the children to participate in. Some children were drawn to a game of dodgeball, others to a game of Twister. Others opted for construction play or colouring/drawing, while a group chose to have playground time and happily played on the swings together. The emphasis was on children making their own choices on what they were interested in doing. It was fascinating to observe the choices that different age groups made and how they all mixed and played together. As the weeks go on, I’m sure the children will start to develop more ideas and take on more ownership of what they would like to explore during their Fun Friday session, with teachers helping to facilitate this. It certainly was a ‘Fun Friday’.
It was a first time experience for many of the Senior Kindergarten class last week when Miss Laranda showed us something quite unique. After learning all about South Caicos and the other islands in the Turks and Caicos, Miss Laranda gave us an amazing insight as to how local fish make it from the ocean on to our plates.
P.E. in Key Stage 1 has got off to a somewhat wobbly start this year. No, not because of the storms – because children in Year 1 & 2 have been busy developing their body control and balance in our Gymnastics sessions.
Provo Primary School and Bay Bistro celebrated their 6th Annual Bonfire Night together on the 5th November. This year turned out to be one of the noisiest nights yet!
Our new school year got off to a rather turbulent start with the passing of not one but two hurricanes. Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson scale swept through the islands first, followed by Hurricane Maria two weeks later, causing widespread damage to our island home. Across the TCI, roofs were blown off; power poles knocked down; and some structures simply collapsed, no match for the strength of the destructive 165 mph winds