A unique Primary School, offering a British based, child centred education in the Turks and Caicos Islands
BOOKWORMS from Oseta Jolly primary school now have a whole library of books to get their teeth into thanks to kind-hearted pupils, teachers and parents from Provo Primary. The Providenciales private school delivered more than 500 brand new books worth $2,200 to the Government-run school in Blue Hills on Wednesday.
Returning to school following the hurricanes, our annual beach day was a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and to meet and welcome all our new families and teachers.
Click here to read our welcome back to school, September school-newsletter.
We are so proud of our Grade 6 graduates. All 6 graduated on Thursday – and I’m pleased to say 5 will be staying with us next year as part of our new Grade 6/7 class. I am really looking forward to seeing what new heights we can scale together.
Well done and congratulations from us all. There are some more pictures in our slideshow.
As we head towards the end of another school year, we would like to share with you some scores and statistics from our recent tests.
On Monday 2nd June, all of the children from Grade 5/6 of Provo Primary School flew off to Orlando for 4 days. The field trip was organised through an American Company, allowing us to access Disney’s Youth Education Scheme and included 3 workshops run by Disney experts in Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios as well as giving us access to the other activities in the parks too!
Looking for a fun educational site that can help children improve your child’s spelling skills. Miss Alison recommends that you check out Spelling City
This site:
– contains over 25,000 words, including plurals, contractions, future and past tenses
– uses a REAL human voice that says both the word and the word in a sentence
– has a ‘Teach Me’ function that spells out the word using both visual and auditory input to improve retention
– allows parents to enter and save their own spelling lists for their children
– lets children play games with their words or any saved lists
– enables parents to save and share their lists.
This is an American website so remember that our Grades will be one lower on this site – eg. Our Grade 1 is an American Kindergarten and our Grade 3 will be an American Grade 2.
Presently, this site is best viewed in Internet Explorer as it has some known issues with Firefox.
Playtimes have been far more interesting recently with a greater choice and variety of activities for the children. Some of the money raised by FoPPS went to provide the children with a range of play equipment. Along with the sailshades purchased earlier this means that children can enjoy a quiet game in the shade or learn to play an exciting new game with their friends.
New games include ‘giant’ versions of Chess, Four in a Row, Checkers, Backgammon, and Jenga along with traditional games such as Tic Tac Toe and Ring Toss.
The games have been very popular with the children – Thank you!
Click on the link to see us playing with our new games.
For those of you interested in learning to play the guitar, this is a great site. The teacher, Ben, really breaks the teaching down into easy to follow segments. Although some of the lessons are easier than others, they are probably suitable for older children and adults. Josh is thoroughly enjoying them and is looking forward to playing when he comes back to Provo.
Santa has been spotted vacationing on Middle Caicos over the holiday season!
Happy Holidays, from everyone at Provo Primary.
Our Grade 1-6 Christmas Cabaret was a hit. Watch this WIV4 news clip to see some of the highlights.
On the morning of Friday 16th November, a group of 6 girls and 3 boys represented Provo Primary School in the National Cross Country Championships.
 
Schools from all over Turks and Caicos took part and our children participated in the 1 mile event for children under 11. All of the children completed the course in quite exceptional times – bearing in mind that the team had been hit by illness over the past 2 weeks, affecting training schedules. In fact, our Girls’ Team finished within a few places of each other, demonstrating super team spirit and our best team score to date. There were only 3 boys able to compete and they all did well – our best placing being 5th overall – an outstanding achievement considering the size of our school and the number of competitors.
Well done to all our athletes, we are so proud of you!
On Friday 2nd November we held a Bad Taste / Bad Hair Day in order to raise funds for UNICEF.
Throughout the week children had been collecting money from family and friends to try to help children who are less fortunate than themselves.
 
 
 
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The children knew that every little helped and that all the money raised would provide chidren with Fresh water, Nutrition, Health and Education that we all take for granted!
What a fantastic result -we raised $1602.50 !!!!!
This will change lives and save lives – You should all be very proud of your efforts.
Laughter: Science has proven what we all instinctively know:
Laughter can cure, relieve stress, and add years to our lives.
Lighten up!
Watch this hilarious clip:
Thanks to www.raisingsmallsouls.com for passing this one on to us.
Ooh YUMMY! Take a look at all this juicy fruit and how nicely it’s been presented. Wow, what a nice way to celebrate a birthday!
Sometimes as parents we feel that a birthday or celebration isn’t complete without a cake or other “sweet†goodies, but we have seen time and time again in school that children are just as happy sharing a colourful fruit platter with their friends and it’s healthy too! (Of course if the cake is there, many will choose the cake rather than the fruit, so why give them the choice!)
We would like to thank all parents for taking into consideration the dietary habits of other children in the class when deciding what kind of treats to send into school. Please remember that if you want to do the best for your child, begin with what you put into their little bodies and create healthy habits for the rest of their lives. Click here to view some healthy recipe websites…
The first event this year organised by the Friends of Provo Primary School (FoPPS) was a fantastic success. There was a great turn out for the picnic on the beach on Saturday. It was a relaxed and fun way for new parents to meet others at the school and for staff and parents to enjoy a relaxed afternoon together.
 
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 Not even the torrential downpour could dampen our spirits and when the sun came back out, the beach fun returned. Even JoJo heard about the event and came along to entertain us all with his antics.
 
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Look at the slideshow to see some of the fun. FoPPS Beach Picnic
Welcome back to a brand new year at Provo Primary School. It was wonderful to see all the children keen and eager to begin the year with such a positive attitude.
There are some new members of our school community this term so I would like to wish a warm welcome to all the new staff, children and parents alike and hope you enjoy your time at our school.
Click on the link to find out more about our teachers. Teachers
The staff and I are looking forward to continued growth and development within the school, both in learning and the environment in which we all work.
To find out more about the work your child will be doing in this half term, click on the appropriate link.
Pre-school Sept-07 Â Â Â Jnr. Kindergarten 1 Sept-07
Jnr. Kindergarten 2 Sept-07 Â Â Â Kindergarten Sept-07
Grade 1 Sept-07 Â Â Â Grade 2-Sept-07
Grade 3 Sept-07 Â Â Â Grade 4 Sept-07 Â Â Â Grade 5 & 6 Sept-07
Hi Everyone,
I want to welcome you all back to school this year. I’m in touch with Mr. Mark, Miss Sian or Ms. Stefanie daily and I look forward to hearing about all the wonderful things that are happening and how well all of you have settled back into school. I’ve also heard about all the new children and their families and look forward to meeting them when I come down to the island.
Things are going well here in Georgia and Josh is loving his new school. As well as Floppy and her puppies, we also have two new additions to our family, Dylan and Max. Click on the pictures below to find out what kind of animals these new creatures are and see if you recognize Josh with his short hair! I’ve also attached some pictures of our house and the surrounding areas. I hope you enjoy looking at them and hope to hear from you soon, Love from Ms. Alison. You can email us all your news to: director@provolearning.com or joshwilliams1@rabungap.org. Click here to see the photos.
Money from the Bike-a-thon has provided a much needed boost to the non-fiction section of our school library.
Books were ordered to help the children research information relating to our Social Studies topics as well as books that would interest all tastes. Not only do these books cater to a wide age-range, but they cover a diverse range of subjects such as feelings, planets, habitats, dinosaurs, technology, health, crafts, music, geography and history to name but a few. As you can see from the image, these books have been sorted, classified and labelled and are now on the shelves ready for the beginning of term. Please take the time to ‘pop in’ early next term to see the difference this has made to our library – they won’t stay on the shelves long once the children see them!
A special ‘Thank you’ to all of you who cycled or walked and helped raise money for our new library books – aren’t our children lucky to have access to yet another super resource?
To all the Parents, Staff and Friends of Provo Primary, I would like to thank each of you for doing such a wonderful job educating the children over the past year and making their learning journey such an enjoyable and natural experience.
Our aim at Provo Primary is that everyone learn to the best of their potential, not only academically, but socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually, thus preparing them in all areas. We aim to graduate well rounded individuals who are ready to move on confidently and eagerly to the next stage of their life.
Learning is ongoing, sometimes we make mistakes, but this is ok, as long as we learn from them. I believe that the reason for Provo Primary’s success in creating a happy and stimulating learning environment is that we are a team of parents, educators and children all working together towards the same goal. We learn from each other. Provo Primary is OUR school. Please be proud, as I am, to be a part of it.
Warmest Regards from the mountains of NE GA
Alison Williams
Director
A year ago, Krys Mann (parent – “unofficial” school photographer – school year book creator) and I sat down to collate photos for updating our website. Krys mentioned – “Have you thought of doing a school blog?” The idea sparked immediate interest and the adventure began…
A year later, I look back with great pride at our achievements. Our blog is an amazing record of our year, a glimpse into the life of our school, a wonderful collection of photos and memories of school events and class activities. Enjoyed by the children in the school, shared with families and friends alike, both near and far, and with new friends from all around the world who happen to ‘click’ upon us.
A great deal of work goes on behind the scenes in creating and up keeping our blog and I would like to take this opportunity to say a few thank yous to everyone who has helped over the year.
Firstly, I would like to thank all the children for their superb efforts and contributions. Without them, this blog would be very boring and plain! Also, to the teachers for all their continued support and commitment. Blogging was new to us all and I am incredibly impressed with how we have all embraced this new medium and worked through its challenges to see its success. Well done, everyone!
I would also like to thank Christopher Mann and Shelley Bedford for their invaluable technical support, and to Krys Mann for her dedicated commitment to taking photos – some of which have complimented teacher photos in our blog posts.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has visited our blog and hope that you have enjoyed sharing our experiences with us over the year. Thank you, in particular, to those of you who have taken the time to leave us a comment – these are greatly appreciated and treasured – especially by the children.
So thank you, Krys, a super suggestion that has taken us on an amazing adventure over the year that we can all look back with pride.
I wonder what will next year bring…?
Summer holidays are fun, packed full of travels and adventure that offer many opportunities for new learning experiences. They are also very long, and you may like to supplement your child’s vacation with access to some fun educational websites. Links to our recommended sites can be found on our menu bar on the right of this post. We also draw your attention to following outstanding sites: BrainPOP Jr. (www.brainpopjr.com), is a new learning program specifically geared for children between 5 and 8 years old. Topics are carefully chosen and presented in animated cartoon movies that are narrated with fun and understandable language for children. It is the successor to BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) which is more suitable for 9-11 year olds.
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A very big thank you to FoPPS (Friends of Provo Primary School) for providing a fruit and croissant snack, popcorn and movies, and face painting to help us to celebrate our last day of the school year. A special thank you to all the volunteers and individuals who helped make this all possible. This year, FoPPS has continued to play an invaluable role within our school community and we take this opportunity to say that we all very much appreciate their support and that we look forward to working together, next year.
