As part of our on-going science learning about Friction, Flamingo Class have been busy designing and building a contraption that can maximise the effects of air resistance.

Linking with our literacy work on My Dad’s a Birdman, we held a Great Human Parachute Competition! We wanted to see who could maximise air resistance by creating a parachute/hang-glider for a toy doll. The design process was very difficult: light and large materials were a popular choice, but making them strong enough to survive the fall was really tricky!

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Students in Flamingo Class have been busy researching aspects of Ancient Roman life this week, in preparation for a great debate!

Together they have discovered some incredible things about some of the inventions, buildings, ideas and beliefs that made the Roman Empire so influential in World history!

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Do you want to know how each of your bones bones protect you, help you move and support your body? Well, you’re in luck! We have created the perfect text for you!

Our Year 4 bone experts have been busy learning how to write explanation texts this term. We discovered lots of great facts during our Moving and Growing topic and we wanted to help you understand the special jobs each bone does.

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It’s already been a busy start to the new term in Flamingo Class! After welcoming each other back and catching up after our holidays, we were all eager to start thinking about our new topic. And what a lot of thinking we’ve done!

Our science themed topic focusses on the skeletal and muscular systems, and how these work together to help us to move and grow. We have already learned many of the names of the bones in our bodies and have started to discuss what job these bones do.

We also conducted a large science experiement to develop some very important scientific skills needed to make discoveries. Check out the pictures of our excavation project to see how carefully we observed, classified and identified a selection of bones.

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After more than three weeks of careful thought, endless research and lots of hard work, pupils in Year 4 finally had the chance to present their home learning projects! As part of the Year 4 topic on ‘The Birth of America’ children were challenged to plan and produce a large project showing their independent learning that focused on one area of the subject.

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What a Guy!

In preparation for the School Council’s Bonfire Night party at Bay Bistro, children in Years 2, 3 and 4 all had a busy day making a Guy Fawkes to put on the fire. After hearing the story of the Gunpowder Plot and learning about how Bonfire Night is celebrated in the United Kingdom, it seemed only right that our own Provo Bonfire should have real Guys!

Children in Year 2 worked together to make a huge, life-size guy by stuffing clothes with newspaper. In Year 4 children were challenged to develop their sewing skills and make a Guy typical Stewart clothing. Children from Year 3 joined the Year 4s and really did prove that “many hands make light work”! Some super cooperation and communication ensured that this difficult task was completed on time and in style. After a very busy day, both Guys looked fantastic!

Children from both classes were proud to parade their Guys at home time. Everyone was excited to see them sat on the Bonfire at the party!

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As part of our new topic on The Birth of America, we set about creating a huge mural together.  This is our second big cooperative art project this term.

We wanted to create a landscape of the Great Plains to help us imagine this massive area of land.  Using lots of torn paper and glue, we had to organise ourselves into groups so that we could create this enormous collage.  Talking and sharing, agreeing and challenging, compromising and explaining – we did it all in order to complete the project in just over an hour!  We can’t wait to put our literacy writing and topic work all over it now!

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What a start to the year it’s been in Year 4!

We have spent a lot of time during these first weeks getting to know each other!  We discussed the importance of helping each other out this year so that everyone can participate, learn and have fun in Flamingo Class.  In order to put our ideas into action, we set about creating pieces of art that required us to cooperate together and learn from each other.

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As part of our theme week, Year 4 pupils set out to research World Records for some of the upcoming Olympic events. It was amazing to think that some of these records are nearly thirty years old! We discovered who still hold these records and where they are from. We wanted to see what these records really looked like, so we measured out the heights and distances. It was incredible to see how high or how far people had jumped, or how far people could throw! It seemed impossible! One pupil even claimed “he must have flown!” when looking at the Long Jump world record.

Of course, we wanted to set some records of our own! Check out our video blog to see how we got on!

The Year 4 class nervously gathered outside the door of their Flamingo Classroom last week, peering in at a large crowd of children and parents. They had all gathered to watch the first ever performance of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax at Provo Primary School!  And what a performance it would be!  Only 3 weeks ago, the Year 4 pupils were challenged to learn and perform an entire musical, build a stage and find costumes.  No wonder they were so excited to see the huge audience that had gathered in their classroom to watch the World Premier of this wonderful story!  Intrigued and want to see a glimpse of the show?  Then click on ‘read more…’ see some amazing photos.

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Last week, as part of our Conservation and Preservation of the TCI topic, we were all excited to head off on an educational field trip to Chalk Sound.  Children had the opportunity to visit two areas of historical and environmental significance.

After the short walk up to the top of Sapodilla Hill, children were given a presentation by David Bowen on the historical significance of the rock carvings and the work that has been done to preserve the area.  The oldest carving had just celebrated its 245^th birthday – dating back to May 10^th 1767!  Children explored the rocks for themselves and recorded their findings.  We also tried to spot the difference between the original carvings and the modern graffiti. Unless there were dates to help us, it was surprisingly tricky!

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Children from Year 4 investigated the effects of air resistance this week when they were asked to create Provo’s very first parachute regiment!

As part of their science topic on ‘Friction’, the children were challenged to create a parachute that reduced the speed that their character fell. After much planning, head-scratching and problem solving, they were ready to test their inventions. Some groups created traditional parachutes while others chose a hand-glider design. Both ideas worked well, and it was clear that the resistance between the parachute and the warm Provo air worked perfectly to keep our little wooden volunteers safe!

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This week, children in Key Stage 2 were excited to present their PE learning in our end of term showcase event. Older children participated in a Gymnastics Show while children in Years 3 and 4 participated in a 4-on-4 Basketball Tournament. This was the second of two such showcase events this term and we were very pleased that is was again well supported and praised by parents.  We’d like to say a big thank you to Adina and all the staff at Graceway Sports Centre for the use of their amazing facilities, which have enabled the children to learn and improve so much this term!

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Children in Flamingo Class have been learning about how real historians find out about life in the past. We wondered how is it possible to know how Romans cleaned themselves. Or whether it is actually possible to know what a Roman kitchen looked like? Does anyone really understand how and why people celebrated Roman gods?

As part of our Theme Week activities, parents were invited to join us in undertaking a real archaeological dig, so that we might discover how all this is possible. One morning, we all set about finding evidence of a previously undiscovered Roman settlement right here in Provo!
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The children in Years 3-6 have been excited to try their hand at another fantastic sport this half term! We were delighted to offer a course of Rugby ‘taster’ sessions when we received the offer of coaching from the Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union!

These sessions have focused on the key skills of passing, movement and game-play. Some children, who already participate in the TCIRFU’s clubs, were keen to show off their skills in the sport, while others were excited by the challenge of something new!

We will watch this space and look forward to seeing our students developing a good understanding of another exciting team sport.

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We were all surprised to hear that a scientific dig was going to take place in the Flamingo Classroom this week. We were even more surprised to hear that we were going to be the scientists!

In order to understand what happens in a real scientific dig, we were set the task of finding and excavating a collection of objects that were completely buried in sand. We learned how to observe, classify and identify the objects that we uncovered. It took a lot of time, care and patience in order to discover and clean the items. All of them had to be inspected and drawn before we were allowed to move them. It didn’t take long to see that we were dealing with a large collection of bones!

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After many weeks of patience and hard work, we have finally completed our pop-up books in Year 4! During the Autumn term, children wrote adventure stories based on our Tudor Explorers topic. We wanted to bring these adventures to life, and so set about creating our very own pop-up books! This design project took longer than we thought, as we worked carefully to make sure each page worked correctly.

We tried to make each page of the book interactive, so that the reader could move something in the story. We learned about how real pop-up books are made, and what kind of tricks they use to make things move.

We also had to learn about how to lay out or page in ICT, so that our writing and front cover looked as professional as the rest of the book. We were pleased to finally combine all elements into a completed book!

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