Next week is National Education Week here in the TCI. The national theme is ‘Promoting Education through Teachers’ Appreciation’.  Here is the Theme Song composed by Mr. Garfield Gurley and Mr. Jamaine Reid, Music Teachers at the Clement Howell High School and sung by their students.  Read the lyrics below.  Well done, everyone – It sounds great!

During Education Week we are having our own ‘Maths Calculation’ theme week alongside the National theme.  It will be a busy week, with World Wildlife Day and World Book Day during this time as well.  Aware of this, our teachers and PTA will celebrate teacher appreciation to its fullest next term. I am sure that with all the preparation and activities this week, however, a little bit of Provo Primary appreciation won’t go a miss!

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Congratulations to everyone – two superb shows, each with their own special messages, to end our term with stories, dance, and music.

Well done and thank you to all the children, who did amazingly well – we are all so proud of each and every one of them.  They never cease to amaze us by how confident they appear on stage. The children have learnt about playscripts as part of our literacy curriculum and what better way to do that, than perform their very own play, for such a large and wonderful audience.

When children leave our school, one of the main things that they consistently tell us that they remember about being at Provo Primary are the school plays. We are extremely fortunate to have a stage at the centre of the playground and children are on it daily during their break times.

We believe that going up on stage from an early age and the confidence that children build as a result, flows into so many different areas of their life and growth. This is of such value to them in their overall long term development as successful people, that it definitely is extremely worthwhile.

Thank you to all the teacher and helpers who worked tremendously hard to put everything together, from scene writing and rehearsals, scenery and props, costumes and make up and lights and sound.

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who came along.  Proud parents with beaming smiles and community friends, new ones and old ones who look forward to our shows each year.  It is so lovely to keep being stopped when we are out and about to be told how much you enjoyed the shows and the messages they gave.

Until next year…

We would like to extend a big thank you to Robin and all the chefs at Pizza Pizza for all of our tasty school lunches this term.  Our final lunch was our special Christmas lunch which we celebrated together as a school, donning festive hats and eating on decorative place mats.

Talking with some of the children, they expressed their gratitude for everyone who helps prepare, cook and transport the lunches for us.  Pasta and meatballs are a tasty delight, but pizza seemed to be most of the children’s favourite – some even quoting it as the best they’ve every tasted!

So thank you Robin and all who help to make our lunches each day.  Seasons greeting to you all and we look forward to enjoying next year’s daily menu.

Come and enjoy some ‘Festive Fun’ watching our Early Years children dancing on stage, followed by the tale of Bob Humbug the Christmas Grump performed by Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten.

WEDNESDAY 11^th Dec, 5:30pm.  Tickets $3.  Children under 12 free.

Don’t forget our Years 1-6 end of term show, JoJo and his Amazing technicoloured Coral Reef performances on Fri 6th and Sat 7th @ 6PM.

Two great performance to get you into the festive spirit!

Tickets are on sale at the school or call 442 5638.

Last week we were entertained by a visiting duo of talented musicians, Abdelkader Saadoun and Nizar Al-Issa’s.  They are two members of a band called Takaleed who showcase traditional Arabic music.  Abdelkader and Nizar told the children all about their instruments, the oud,  the mandole and other percussion instruments.  In no time, our 2 to 11 year olds were joining in with songs, singing in Arabic and creating rhythms together.   Thank you, Abdelkader and Nizar, for introducing us to your beautiful instruments and music.  Thank you also to David Bowen of the Department of Culture for bringing Takaleed along to our school.  How fortunate we have been to meet such amazing musicians.  Read on to learn more about Takaleed and to  hear them play.

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Tickets are now on sale for our Years 1-6 end of term show, JoJo and his Amazing technicoloured Coral Reef.

Friday 6th and Saturday 7th December @ Provo Primary School.  Starts promptly at 6PM.

Only $5.

Children under 12 come free.

Refreshments available.

Inspired by the original story of Joseph and the Technicoloured Dream Coat, our End of Term Show this year tells a moving story about our very own JoJo, a caring dolphin, with an incredible dream of animals and humans living in perfect harmony, looking after Mother Earth and her oceans.

Enjoy watching this emotionally stirring underwater thriller as we meet highly entertaining characters such as Bad the Baracuda, the ever optimistic Fishy, Provo Sailing Club members and many more.

Parents, family, friends and community members all looking forward to a night of entertainment are welcome to come along.  Certainly a show not to be missed!

Keep the date free – Friday, November 29, 2013 – 9 pm – 11pm

Browse/purchase our resident artist, Charlotte Chapmans’, beautiful paintings, while enjoying smooth jazz music with Perry Delancy live on stage at Provo Primary School.

Nibbles and Drinks available for purchase.

Door Tickets $15. (A portion of all Art sales will go to our Scholarship Fund).

Following on from the success of our previous ‘Dancing Under The Stars’ event, you won’t want to miss out.

Email director@provolearning.com to find out more about the event.

Visit the admissions page on our website www.provolearning.com for further information on our scholarship programme and learn more about how you can become a community supporter and help a child to attend Provo Primary School.

Previous community Scholarship Fund supporters include:  Mark Pankhurst (Stargazer Villa) and…

Provo Primary’s Logo is a Pink Flamingo. In ancient Egypt, flamingos were symbols of the sun. Flamingos also symbolize beauty, balance and grace. We believe that Provo Primary Flamingos are sunny, beautiful, graceful and balanced, who with their beautiful plumage, attract attention wherever they go.
Our little student flamingos certainly attracted attention and made us very proud yesterday as they captivated the audience with their performances depicting Provo Primary’s evolution and Pink Flamingo; their rendition of “I Believe I Can Fly’’; celebrations of our surrounding sporting facilities; and in thanking our community members for their assistance with sports. [Read more…]

Last year, after-school rugby and soccer clubs run by community and parent volunteers raised $1210 to further supplement our school P.E. equipment.   Thank you Jamie, Jen, Zoe and Janine for your time and efforts over the year.  The clubs were well supported and enjoyed by the children.  The PTA also helped us to purchase a field hockey set.   Thank you everyone.

All the new resources will enable us to continue to broaden our P.E. curriculum throughout the school, by offering a wide range of sports to appeal to different interests of our children.  They will also help us to  promote and instil a love of P.E. and the desire to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Following the success of the introduction of  handball last year to our invasion game units, we are excited this year to introduce field hockey and beach soccer.  Last year we also introduced squash to our net/wall game units and this was very popular with the children.

Read on to see all the new equipment we have brought…

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