May the 3^rd turned out to be a night to remember as the PTA’s “Cocktails & Curry” fundraiser drew a sold out crowd to Bay Bistro and raised thousands of dollars for learning resources and playground improvements.

There was a high-energy vibe throughout the night, set to a soundtrack compiled for the evening by Jo Gray and spurred on by enthusiastic bidding over Charlotte Chapman’s classroom created art projects.  Of course Clive Whent’s curry was unparalleled and guests raved about the meal for days following the event.

A fabulous evening that went on into the wee hours, a huge thank you to the many parents and staff involved in putting such a successful fundraiser together and for all who attended in support of the school.

It is tradition here at Provo Primary to hold a special Egg Hunt to mark the end of the Spring term.  This year was no egg-ception!  The bunny, ably assisted by his egg-stremely dedicated team of PTA volunteers, hid goodie-filled eggs throughout the school play areas.  The egg-stremely egg-cited children eagerly searched out the eggs, many of which were a challenge to find.  Teachers and on-lookers enthusiastically ‘egged’ everyone on until everyone found 3 eggs each.

As a special egg-stra surprise for each class, the bunny hid 5 bonus eggs to be discovered.  One of these was the ‘Golden Egg’, which was particularly well hidden.

After a busy time burrowing around, the egg-hausted children gathered together to open their eggs and enjoy their treats.

All the children then cheered a big thank you to the PTA and the bunny for such an egg-cellent egg hunt – Well done everyone!

More students than ever laced up skates for the PTA’s hugely popular 2nd annual “Great Family Skate”, racing around the Sports Centre rink to the latest music while parents socialised in the stands and toddlers boogied on the dance floor.  A puck shooting contest saw many happy kids rolling away with gift certificates to Island Scoop and Giggles, and all were in agreement that the 90 minute party went by much too quickly.

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Don’t forget it’s the school’s 2nd Annual Great Family Skate this Friday, from 5:30-7pm at the Sports Centre.  This year, for a nominal fee, we’ll also have a puck shooting contest with prizes!  As well as an awesome play list for skating and dancing!

The children and teachers would like to thank all of our families who support our Scholastic Book Club.  We feel very fortunate.

It’s a win–win all round, every time –  a great way to promote the development of reading skills and the enjoyment and interest in reading, both at home and at school.

Over the course of a year, the PTA organises five opportunities for families to order books through the Scholastic Book Club scheme (Thank you Bonita!)  In each catalogue, there is a great selection of top quality books to buy… and there are even more to choose from on-line!  Every book purchased earns free Bonus Point Reward Dollars for the school.

This month, families have raised $513 reward dollars.  Added to the $407 in September and $708 in December, that’s a total of $1,628 so far this year that the school has, and is using to spend on books and educational supplies to help benefit your child’s learning.

Each term, one of the reward totals is divided equally between our classes for the children and teacher to order books specifically for their classroom library and topics. One of the reward totals is allocated to the school library and another to the school leadership team to spend on areas of development.

We adore our colourful new playground, all gleaming and sparklingly clean! We love all the new red bikes and the amazing road.  Your efforts with the shades and new equipment has increased the fun at playtime!  So thank you again to all the PTA helpers from all the early years children and teachers for the beautiful new colourful playground. Many smiles, hugs and appreciation!

Remember it is the yard sale this Saturday. Lots of bargains to be had!

Thank you for your support with donations for the PTA table.

We also encourage you to drop by Kirstof Lingier’s table at the yard sale.  Kristof is selling products made from coconuts here on the island.  His products are great for personal use as well as Christmas, hostess and baby shower gifts.  He is donating a portion of each sale to the PTA.

Click on the image to see the October School Newsletter.

It includes all the dates and information for upcoming events, and the latest school and PTA news.

Check out our poster to see details of our up-coming PTA Yard Sale on Saturday 20th October.

On the 19th October, the upcoming Public Holiday,  PTA volunteers are requested to help out with our Early Years Playground development project.  Much has already been done with putting up the new shading but it now needs adjusting and securely fixing.  Other ideas to improve the environment are also planned, including painting a roadway on the concrete.  If you are handy with tools, have some great ideas or are simply willing to help out in any way you can, then contact Jennifer or Haley for further details or pop into the office or send us an email. Childcare will be provided.

It was a beautiful morning at Provo Primary with sunshine, blue Skies, flowers and smiles…what more could we ask for on our last day of the Spring Term?

The Early Years classes proudly paraded around the school wearing their creative Spring-time inspired hats.  This was was followed by our traditional egg hunts!

In the Yr 1 – 6 hunt, the elusive giant egg kept many children searching for a long time, but no one was able to find it this year!  “It was the best egg hunt ever!..  I kept looking to find the big egg… I can’t believe I didn’t find the big egg, it was right there!”

All the teachers and children would like to pass on a huge thank you to all the mums and dads for helping to create such beautiful bonnets and to the PTA for making our egg hunt lots of fun!  Happy holidays to everyone from all at Provo Primary.

The goal was ‘a good old family night out’ and around 150 skaters and non-skaters alike agreed that this was successfully achieved, all having great fun at our PTA’s first annual ‘Family Skate Night’.

“It was wonderful to see all ages (ranging in age from 3 to 50+) from Provo Primary and the local community, joining together to party the night away,” commented Haley, one of the organisers.

Many of the older generation found themselves being taken back to the roller-disco times of their youth – although in those days, the skates looked a little different!  A few were even seen holding hands as they circled the rink together!

Well done to an excellent team of parents for putting on this much enjoyed event.  After such success, perhaps we now just need to change the annual bit, to termly – or perhaps add in a parent roller-disco revival night!

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Please join us for Provo Primary’s 1st Annual “Great Family Skate”
Next week – Friday 24th February
5:30-7:00pm @ the Graceway Sports Centre
$10 admission for Sk8’ers / $5 admission for Non-Sk8’ers / Children under 3 free
Raffle Ticket included with purchase!