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!
As part of this half-term’s “Let’s Celebrate” topic, Flamingo Class have enjoyed a week learning about and celebrating Bonfire Night! We explored the occasion’s history and traditions, in order to understand why this event has become such a popular celebration in Britain. Read on to find out more about our Design & Technology task to create a life-sized Guy Fawkes and to see photos of Bonfire Night, Turks and Caicos Style!
As a culmination of all the events in our Keeping Healthy week, Years 3-6 set off for Sports Day at the Athletics track! All children competed in teams, collecting the greatest score possible for their groups by either running, jumping or throwing for victory! After developing our Athletics skills throughout the past 6 weeks, the children were able to show off their newly acquired skills in the hurdles, long jump, triple jump, discus, javelin, and shot put.
What an exciting morning in Year 4! A surprise visitor appeared out of the sewing resources at 8:30am, turning a morning of handwriting and reading exercises into a full-on mouse hunt! It was hard to tell who was more frightened, us or him! Fortunately, thanks to the quick and calm eyes of one of our student “Mouse Catchers” , we managed to capture our furry guest without harming a hair on his head! With thoughts of our Tudor topic swimming in our head, we decided to name him after one of the all-time greatest explorers. Arise Sir Walter RATleigh! The original Sir Walter was famous for being the first man to successfully sail around the world. It seemed rather fitting, since Sir Walter Ratleigh successfully scurried around our entire classroom before giving himself up! Never has a mouse been given such a fine name! Read on to watch a video of his release to freedom. 
As part of our art project, we set ourselves the challenge of building a huge ocean mural directly onto our Tudor topic display board. 
This term during our Literacy lessons, Year 4 and 5 have been learning about Greek Myths. A myth is a story with a purpose. It tries to explain the way the world is. Greek Myths also try to explain the relationship between Gods and humans. The class has read, watched and heard tales about Hercules and Theseus and the Minotaur, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Perseus and Medusa and many more. They have designed their own ferocious monsters and are presently creating fact sheets about each playful God. Their aim, when they are ready, is to write their own exciting Greek myth. They hope to publish some of these here on our blog – so watch this space!