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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘Global Handwashing Day’ (Oct 15)  is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases.

Teaching children about hand washing early in life is important.  Most children develop the ability to wash their hands independently by about three years of age.  But even when they know how to do it, they’ll almost certainly need to be given lots of encouragement and reminders.

At Provo Primary, teaching about hand washing and reinforcing its practice is an everyday part of school learning.   On ‘Global Handwashing Day’ we will be highlighting and reinforcing this even more, with our younger children participating in a variety of focused activities.

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My second National Heritage Month video choice comes from our friends at Brilliant by Tropical Imaging.  A collection of amazing photography that captures the spectacular nature, rich history and cultural splendor, our smiling people and wonderful places and experiences that can be enjoyed here in the Turks and Caicos.

Island Life in Turks and Caicos from Brilliant by Tropical Imaging on Vimeo.