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An additional camp that we recommend is the Provo Performing Arts School Easter Camp at Provo Primary School.
Click on the poster left to see the details.
With three camps on offer over the Easter break, there’s plenty of choice to suit your child’s interests.
Are you looking to keep your children busy and active during the Easter break? We have two camps to recommend that may interest you. Click on the links to see times and prices:
Provo Primary Camp will offer fun and exciting Themed Activities while The BWI Collegiate Sports Camp will offer a valuable opportunity for children to gain a range of different sporting experiences outside of Provo Primary School.
Please note that payment must be made for these camps via the IsleHelp App or POS in the office by WEDNESDAY 16th MARCH. Unfortunately drop in payments cannot be accepted as there will be nobody in the office over Easter to receive payment.
Well, what a fabulous day we have all had. This is now officially the 19th year that World Book Day has been celebrated all over the world and I think that Provo Primary has participated for pretty much nearly all of these over the years!
Here is one of my favourite photos from the day… while on playtime duty this morning, I heard giggles and chatter coming from one of the playground bushes. Peeking through the foliage to investigate further, I came across a group of Year 2s all huddled together in a hideaway den, happily sharing their new ‘Book Swap’ spoils. How delightful! This photo truly captures ‘the enjoyment of reading’ and everything that we hoped to promote through this World Book Day event.
Did you know that today is World Book Day! Every year at Provo Primary we celebrate this special day with a variety of reading and storytelling activities. Find out more about World Book Day at this website.
This year, we will start the day with our PTA/School Council Book Swap, with everyone having the opportunity to swap an old favourite for new one. Later, students from the British West Indies Collegiate will coming to read and perform stories to us, older and younger classes will be hooking up for some reading buddy time and classes will be enjoying their own ‘PJ’ storytime sessions. With many additional book related in-class activities also planned, it looks to be an exciting day ahead as together we celebrate the joy and value of books and reading.
We look forward to welcoming parents and friends of Provo Primary School to join us for our fantastic Education Week Showcases on Friday. Find out all the details in our Showcase Booklet.
Each class has a variety of activity stations set up for you to engage in and the children are all very much looking forward to sharing and explaining their learning with you!
Learn more about how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning is incorporated into our Early Years Curriculum.
Explore how children learn through Topic-based learning, taking them on adventures back in time and around the world!
During our showcases, we encourage you to visit different classrooms around the school and not just the one that your child is currently in. We feel this will allow you to gain a greater sense of how our hands-on approach to STEM and Topic-based learning develops and enhances children’s skills as they progress through the school.
National Education Week here in the Turks and Caicos will be observed between February 28th – March 4th , 2016 under the theme, “Success for Every Learner”.
This year’s theme song for Education Week 2016 is written by Clement Howell High School Music Department and performed by the staff and students of the schools. Well done to all involved! Here are the lyrics if you would like to sing along.
During the week, schools will host a myriad of activities all over the country and the general public is encouraged to join in unity with educators across the country in support of the theme. Here at Provo Primary we will have a variety of activities sprinkled throughout the week. With World Book Day celebrations on Thursday 3rd including visits from British West Indies Collegiate student storytellers and our ‘Open House’ showcases on ‘STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Learning in the Early Years’ and ‘Topic-Based Learning in Year 1-6’ on Friday 4th, we are set for a busy week ahead.
Year 6 were presented with the task of investigating some new technology resources at Provo Primary School today. Advertised as ‘an invention kit for the 21st century’, it was a session of experimentation, creativity and collaboration, with three groups exploring our new ‘Makey Makey’ interface controling kits.
Each group was given a Makey Makey kit, along with access to an array of resources to use with it. Encouraged to read and follow the instructions included in the box, and to simply try things out, it wasn’t long before each group understood their potential and were busy working together to come up with their own inventive applications. Connecting their Makey Makeys with cucumbers, potatoes, carrots, coins and playdough they were soon playing pianos and bongo drums, and creating control pads for computer games.
By the end of the session, through their own experimentation and interest, the students had learnt about the basics of computer input devices, had explored circuit making and had investigated the conductivity of different materials. Not bad for a 60 minute lesson! It was particularly exciting to witness the moment when they realised that they themselves were conductive!
Makey Makeys are simple invention kits but, with so many possibilities, they offer incredible potential for child-initiated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning. Our Year 6 were certainly enthralled and buzzing with ideas on what they are planning to develop in their next session. We look forward to seeing what they come up with and sharing their creations with you!
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It’s ‘Secret Angel Week’ here at Provo Primary – a week where everybody gets to experience a little love and appreciation at the workplace and show just how much human beings can truly connect to one another and share happiness together — when we make ‘love and care’ a workplace “game”.
A bit like a ‘Secret Santa’, all of our staff have become a ‘Secret Angel’ to another staff member (Human). Over the week we will anonymously shower our ‘Human’ with gifts, love, kindness and treats. It’s wonderful to see how creative everyone gets, how they cleverly we all disguise our identity from our chosen ‘Human’ and how much we enjoy the challenge of trying to guess our own ‘Secret Angel’.
All will be revealed on Friday after school when the ‘Secret Angels’ will reveal who their ‘Human’ has been.
This year many of our classes are also enjoying a ‘Secret Angel Day’ in a similar way, spreading the joy across the school. It sure is a happy week here at Provo Primary!
If you would like to enjoy a ‘Secret Angel Week’ at your school or workplace please see the rules of the game below. [Read more…]
Class newsletters and curriculum topic maps help you to keep in the loop and find out what is happening in your child’s class. Access important information, discover topics your child will be exploring and see how you can support your child’s learning at home.
Over the next week, look out for your child’s class newsletter and topic map in your email inbox or online here.
Our topics this term will take our children on learning journeys into story lands, exploring our senses, back in time to the world of the dinosaurs, the Ancient Egyptians, the Tudor age of exploration, conflict during World War 2 and out to space and into the future. What an adventure well all be having!
Perhaps you have some knowledge, an interest or resources that will help to bring our class topics alive this term? We love to hear from you if you do.
Remember to order your child’s school lunch for this term on Islehelp.
Lunch Menu:
| Monday | Chicken fried rice |
| Tuesday | Cheese or pepperoni pizza ($3.00 for 1 slice/$6.00 for 2 slices) |
| Wednesday | Pasta and meatballs with garlic bread |
| Thursday | Fish fingers with mashed potatoes and coleslaw |
| Friday | BBQ chicken, macaroni cheese and corn on the cob |
All meals are up to $6.00 each.
Read more to find out how to order using our Point of Sale (POS) or online payment options using IsleHelp.
Please note that the cut off for ordering weekly lunches will be Monday at 9am for the week ahead. At this time, the week menu will be closed and sent off to our lunch suppliers for the week. Please therefore ensure that if you haven’t ordered lunch by this time, you supply your child with their own lunch. Asking us to process same day orders is both challenging for us and our supplier.
Starting Monday 11th January, we have new and exciting after-school clubs to enjoy, alongside some returning popular ones. With the cooler weather of this term we have a number of sporting clubs on offer. For our younger clubbers we are introducing a ‘Basketball, T-ball and Soccer’ club. For our older children we are re-offering ‘Athletics’, alongside the ever-popular ‘TAG Rugby’ and ‘Soccer’ clubs. Find out more about our new ‘Music and MindUp’ club and how music can stimulate and develop the brain. French and Homework clubs will continue – new members welcome.
Click on the image above to see the club schedule.
Happy New Year and welcome back to all our children, parent, teachers and community friends (locally and around the world). We hope you have all enjoyed the festive season and that you are all ready for the new term ahead.
New school news will be posted on our blog and Facebook pages and class newsletters and topic maps will be sent home this week to let you know about your child’s class and curriculum information for this term.
In addition to these, please click on to see key pieces of admin information and general reminders that are important for everyone to read and take on board:
Tradition continued here at Provo Primary, with Santa arriving on our last day of term on a bight shiny fire truck, welcomed by everyone singing ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’!
Wearing flip flops (island appropriate stage props!), but still otherwise dressed in his winter suit, he spent the morning sitting and speaking joyfully to each and every one of our children! Christmas wishes were whispered to Santa and in return a special book gift received.
Thank you, once again Santa for stopping by, creating lots of smiles and memories. And also to everyone who helped make this tradition a highlight to our end of term activities.
The festive season at Provo Primary continued on Thursday with our annual Christmas Lunch. To celebrate this occasion, the children made festive hats and place mats. It’s always lovely to see the unique creative creations that each class, and every child comes up with.
A big thank you to Robin and his staff at ‘Pizza, Pizza’ for all of your hard work cooking our delicious feast, and for cooking our school lunches every day throughout the year.
Trees were planted all around the Turks and Caicos yesterday to mark World Aids Day. Here at Provo Primary, our youngest students helped to plant a mahogany tree in the school playground.
The event was organised by the HIV Prevention Unit and DEMA to celebrate World Aids Day. Celebrations are often marked with the release of red balloons but, in the interest of caring for our environment, Lynn Robinson of Big Blue Ltd promoted the planting of trees instead. The native Mahogany was kindly donated from the nursery at DEMA.
Although the children were too young to understand the significance of the occasion, they were keen to share their knowledge of what trees need to grow and how we can care for them.
Over the years to come we look forward to watching both our children and the tree grow up healthy and strong. [Read more…]
Jingle Jam (tonight 4:30 – 6:30pm)Buy your tickets in the walkway or in the office. Alternatively, email info@provolearning.com or call 441 5638 to reserve them.
Wednesday 2nd December 4:30-6:30PM on the stage at Provo Primary School.
Open to everyone with children 5 years and under (older brothers and sisters can come along too!)
Tickets are available in the school entrance – $5.
Last year it was really festive fun time, perfect for younger children and families to enjoy together.
Join us for a festive fun evening.
The Preschool children visited Potcake Place as a part of their “Beautiful TCI” topic. We arrived very excited and were greeted by the little barks of Potcake pups. Mrs. Jane shared a few ways to take care of puppies with us which were very similar to the ways our parents care for us!
In small groups, we were able to bathe and dry two Potcakes, Pluto and Daisy. The children were quite gentle and calm. Perhaps the highlight of our visit was watching four, two week old, puppies learn how to drink milk from a bowl and then being able to pet them. They were so sweet and cute. One started crying because he couldn’t find the bowl. Mrs. Jane gave us the task to come up with names for them. So far we have suggestions of Pluto, Orch, Red, Snowy, Doggie, Picka, Noodle and Moo!
“Come and get your ticket to the greatest show in town…”
Years 1-6 present…
Friday 4th and Saturday 5th December – 6pm – at Provo Primary School.
Tickets $5 (Children 12 and under free) Refreshments available
The show is modern, panto-style reworking of the classic tale, including all the traditional characters: downtrodden Cinderella, Rockerfella (formerly known as Prince Charming!) Buttons, the Ugly Sisters and the Fairy Godmother, with a selection of additional characters, from music managers and paparazzi, to good and bad fairies and other well known fairy tale characters – all placed in a world of fame and celebrity.
With fresh and relevant things to say about fame, fortune and how true love will win in the end, this show has a wonderfully comical script, fabulous songs and plenty of opportunity for audience participation…Oh no it hasn’t…Oh yes it has! It’s is sure to bring the house down and is certainly not to be missed!
Buy your tickets in the school office. Alternatively, email info@provolearning.com or call 441 5638 to reserve your tickets.
Our Toddlers, Preschool, Junior and Senior Kindergarten Classes present…
Wednesday 9th December – 6pm – at Provo Primary School
Tickets $3 (Children 12 and under free) Refreshments available
The traditional Christmas story is retold to some alien visitors. Stranded on earth with their broken spaceship, they meet a group of school children about to rehearse their Christmas play. Invited to watch, the aliens discover an amazing story they want the whole universe to hear. But will the aliens be able to mend their spaceship and travel back to outer space?
Come and find out and enjoy our younger students up on the stage, dressed in their costumes, dancing and singing all the catchy songs.
Buy your tickets in the school office. Alternatively, email info@provolearning.com or call 441 5638 to reserve your tickets.
As we all arrived at school today for our lessons, our hatchling fluttered out of its nest ready for its first flying lesson. Perched on the branch next to its nest, with mum by its side, it did a few practice flaps before embarking on its very first flight. Under the watchful eye of mum it flew from branch to branch in a nearby tree. How lucky that a group of us were around to see this happen. Sadly my camera wasn’t to hand to capture this monumental moment but I’m sure you can imagine it in your minds.
For the rest of the day, the hatchling has stayed in this nearby tree while mum flies back and forth, still feeding it. It’s much trickier to take photos when they’re high up in a tree, that’s for sure. I wonder how long it will be before the hatchling is ready to fly around for food by itself and become total independent? Will they still be around tomorrow?
We are excited to share our latest Provo Primary hummingbird family news. Please download the short video/slideshow and see how our hatchling is growing.
Did you miss our first video? See it here…
Our annual Bonfire Night was a huge success with two fantastic Guy Fawkes on the bonfire, great food and an amazing surprise display of fireworks! We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Clive, Joan and their serving team at Bay Bistro for hosting this marvellous, and much looked forward to, tradition especially for our Provo Primary families!
Thank you to all of the parents and friends who passed on all of these lovely photos for us to share and remember the event.
Here at Provo Primary, children in the older classes will have a special assembly today to learn about ‘Poppy Day’ and why we wear a poppy. Mrs. Betty has kindly made poppies for the children to wear. At 11am we will stop our lessons to have a two minute silence. Read on to learn about why we wear a poppy. Watch a video that explains, hear the story of Miss Moina Belle Michael who began the tradition of wearing the poppy and hear ‘The Last Post’ played on the bugle.
“We are extremely blessed to see nature so close up, here in our very own school garden. The nest is literally just over a metre off the ground in full sight. Watching this life cycle develop right in front of our eyes is an exciting experience for our children to enjoy and learn from first hand. We hope to see the journey from egg to first flight… look out for our next update.” Miss Sian