A unique Primary School, offering a British based, child centred education in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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!
A huge thank you to all the children and parents who donated games and books to be sold at the Saturday Yard Sale. We made $121. We still need to add the Dress Down Day donations from this term to this total which will then be donated to The Provo Children’s Home at the end of the term.
We hope to be collecting dry food and canned goods during our “Healthy Week’ which will also be passed onto the Home together with the money raised. We will keep you posted as to when and where nearer the time.
Keep up the good work School Council!
The parents in Key Stage Two were in for a fantastic treat this Thursday, the 14th of February. Children from Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in a gymnastics presentation that was truly breath-taking!
The children had spent the last eight weeks working hard to create and perfect an individual gymnastic routine based on balance. They had to include at least ten balances, at different levels, including simple, complex and yoga style moves. Their focus was primarily on how they could use their body to hold, balance and most importantly control their movements in these positions.
It was a big step-up from last year’s routines as the children all had to perform their routines individually this year. Moreover they had to include at least two challenges. These could be anything from forward rolls, high dives, cartwheels, handstands, headstands to backward and forward walkovers. The children had to select the challenges they felt most able to carry out independently in a routine.
On the day the children were absolutely amazing. They performed their routines showing off a huge range of skills and ability levels. They all performed to music and did so with grace, poise and a superb effort to control and really hold those balances!
Kindergarten took an exciting field trip to Provo Ponies! We learned all about the care and grooming practices of looking after ponies. The children got to get up close and personal with the ponies as they brushed, fed and cleaned the hooves of several different ponies. After learning how to care for the ponies, the children got to sit on Turtle, the biggest horse in the world!
I think we were all amazed by how gentle and beautiful the horses were. Many of the children had never seen a real pony before so it was quite the experience for us all!
I would like to thank Camille and the kind workers at Provo Ponies for allowing my class the opportunity to see their beautiful ponies!
This term, in Osprey class, the Year 1s have been learning how to recognise whether a book or story we read is fiction or non-fiction. We are remembering that fiction is an entertaining, make-believe story that is not real and non-fiction is true information that gives us facts to explain something.
A non-fiction or information book also has a few other features we have learned about, such as:
As part of our topic on Moving and Growing this term, children in Flamingo Class visited the hospital this week. After weeks of learning about how the skeletal and muscular systems work together, we were very excited to discover more from the doctors and nurses at the Cheshire Hall hospital.
Our experts explained how they treat patients with a variety of bone complaints – from healing fractures and dislocations to replacing whole joints! We learned about how X-Rays are used to see inside the body, so that doctors can decide how to treat their patients. The nurses were amazed at how well our young doctors could identify the broken bones shown in each X-Ray, even if they made us feel a bit squeamish! Brave volunteers were also needed to demonstrate some really bad broken bones, using the equipment that real doctors and nurses use to help them practise! Don’t worry when you see the gruesome pictures – we were all fine!
After learning such a lot from Nurse Sharon, we enjoyed lunch in the excellent hospital cafe. A cracking way to end the morning and recharge our brains!
A successful shopping trip to IGA was had on Tuesday by the Year 3 Dolphins. We shopped till we dropped! We managed to practise our estimating and our adding skills, making sure we had enough money to pay at the till – what is that decimal point for?
What a wonderful opportunity it was for us all to buy our own shopping, exchange money for our goods and check our change.
A huge THANK YOU to IGA for letting us have this real hands-on experience AND for the generous ‘re-cycled bag’ that was full of delicious healthy goodies. Wow! What a treat!
Thursday 14th Feb, 9:15 – 10:15am @ Graceway Sports Centre
All children in Key Stage 2 will be participating in our Spring Term PE Showcase next week.
Gymnastics showcase: This term, our gymnastics unit has focussed on balance and all presentations will exhibit an array of skills linked to this theme. Children in Years 4, 5 & 6 will be presenting their routine individually this year!
Handball showcase mini-tournament: We are pleased to introduce this new sport to our PE curriculum this year. Children in Years 3 & 4 have been refining the skills required to play handball, from positioning and passing to travelling with the ball and shooting. Children have been divided into 4 teams for the mini-tournament. Each team will participate in 3 games, following a round-robin league format.
The showcase will also be an opportunity to learn more about our second new sport that has been introduced to our PE curriculum this year – squash.
We look forward to seeing as many parents and supporters at the event as possible!
The School Council would like to know what music you would like to skate to at our 2nd Annual PTA Family Skate night.
Make your requests known to your Class School Council reps.
Or place your request in the ‘Boogie Box’ outside the office.
Come and join the fun – Friday 22nd February @ the Graceway Sports Centre from 5:30 – 7 PM.
So get your skates on and let us know your groove tunes!
Toddler class recently participated in the pyjama-themed Dress Down Day and these veteran nappers really took their roles seriously! From reading bedtime stories, to making sure ‘Baby’ was fed and snugly in the crib, Toddler class relished in the relaxation of this dreamy morning. Look at our pictures all about …..ZZZZzzzz…..
As part of their Science topic this term, Year Four students have been learning about skin.
In Literacy, with Miss Bonnie, they used jeweller’s loupes to look closely at their hands and created a poem while thinking about two focus questions: “What else does it look like?” and “What does it remind me of?”
Here are some examples of their thoughtful poems:
My Hand
Like a whirlpool whirling in the deep blue sea,
Curved lines like a zebra running in Africa,
A sunset lowering over the horizon,
A mountain looming in the distance,
A rope running down a mountain,
Waves crashing down onto a beautiful beach,
Water running down a river in Egypt,
A thin layer of snow lying on my fingertip,
An ice cream cone in a shop,
My hand, so many different patterns!
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.
Our little scientists in Preschool have been investigating magnetism, size and colour mixing. Take a look at our photographs and get an idea of what experiments we have been working on.
Look out for our next blog where we will discover what happens when we mix vinegar, food colouring and baking soda!
Cotton plants can be found growing wild on the roadside here in Providenciales. They are remnants from a past cotton industry that once dominated North and Middle Caicos and Providenciales.
The Year Four students used jeweller’s loupes to examine a cotton boll and wrote poetry while thinking about two focus questions: “What else does it look like?” and “What does it remind me of?”
Here are a few of their poems:
My Wonderful Cotton
My wonderful cotton, like a big puffy cloud floating in the sky,
Delicious cotton candy waiting for me to eat it,
Snow as white as can be falling from the sky,
The leaves of my cotton like autumn just falling,
The boll as golden as a coin with patterns like a sponge,
I love my cotton and I hope you do too!
Our school lunch menu form for Wednesday 13th February – Thursday 22nd March 2013 is now available.
Fancy a curry on Fridays? Mild chicken curry and rice is back, replacing the roast pork this half term. Please also note that Chicken fingers, mashed potato and broccoli/corn will be served on Wednesday instead on Friday.
Froots wraps and salads are available on Wednesday and Friday.
If you would like your child to have lunch, please click on the image, and download and complete the form. Forms are also available in the office.
Please note that we are unable to provide lunches unless payment is made in ADVANCE.
Inspired by the poetry and illustrations in Mary O’Neill’s amazing book “Hailstones and Halibut Bones,” children from Year Two and Three wrote their own colour poems using their five sense as a guide. Here are seven examples for you to enjoy:
From Year Two:
Turquoise
Turquoise looks like a bubbly sea, a blue, blue sky and fresh flowers,
Turquoise feels like fresh air in your hands,
It sounds like blowing grass in the wind,
It taste like mint ice cream,
Turquoise smells like fresh leaves and waving grass,
Turquoise makes me think of happiness and fun.
Tasty success for the Year 4 gardeners…patience, perseverance, lots of loving and watering has paid off! Tomatoes galore have been growing and the excitement continues as a new batch are on their way. Snack time has never been so tasty, even for those that really didn’t like tomatoes “…there is nothing like an organic school-grown tomato!” the children exclaim.
The delicious fruit, vegetables and herbs that have been growing in our garden has even been named –There’s… Larry, Ted, Moe and Crispy the tomatoes, and …Spike the pineapple, Mr Murphy beans, Doogal Parsley, Jivin Chive, Wean the cantaloupe, Rocco the dangerous cucumber and Zigby the banana tree to name a few of many other culinary characters!
A big thank you to Catherine who has inspired us all with her patience and wonderful green fingers. She has been away for a few weeks but I’m sure she will be pleased to hear that we have been tending the garden well in her absence.
I wonder what we will be feasting on next!
The Junior Kindergarten children have been introduce to ‘Show and Tell’ in this term to help them build more confidence when speaking in a large group. Over the week, each child brings in a item from home that they would like to share with class. They each get a turn to stand in front of the class to talk about their item. A short song is sung to introduce each child. After talking about their item, the rest of the class is encouraged to ask questions or make comments. They each put up their hand and wait their turn.
‘Show and Tell’ encourages the children to:
And as all this learn is taking place, the children are truly enjoying sharing and talking about their items that they have brought in. ‘Show and Tell’ is a valuable and rewarding teaching time!
Year two students have been learning about solids, liquids and gases in science. As a culminating activity to this physics topic, the students experimented with a mystery substance to determine if it was a liquid or a solid. They discovered that the mystery substance started out as a liquid but ended up as a solid. Much to their delight, they had made “slime”!
Come and check out the Year 2’s amazing solids, liquids and gases posters up on the wall in their classroom – who would have thought that cheerios could be so great for teaching us about states of matter!
Did you know that there is also a fourth state of matter – plasma – I wonder what the Year 2’s think of this?
We are having a MULTI-TABLE YARD SALE here at Provo Primary school on SATURDAY, FEB. 16TH at 9:00AM-11:00AM
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A TABLE CONTACT: MARYSCHOLAR@GMAIL.COM
We are learning all about Space in Year 5/6 and we decided to take on a bit of a challenge! The children were set the task of designing a lunar satellite model to understand how NASA actually collect data on exploratory missions, using these satellites.
The models had to be designed to very specific requirements to ensure they would be able to launch and also withstand crashes. They had to weigh no more than 100 grams in total with 10 grams of sensors, probes and cameras included. The children worked superbly well in their teams ‘Shooting Stars’, ‘Starstruck’ and ‘Star Wars Is Jealous!’
They spent time considering the best choices of material in terms of strength and weight and debated for a long time on how to best secure their satellite so that in a one metre drop test it would survive! They also exchanged information amongst teams to confirm everyone was following the same rules, keeping the investigation a fair test. We created some fabulous models!
This term in Osprey Class we are learning about ‘growing’ which means that we get to plant our very own sunflower seeds! We have been learning that before they can grow, seeds need to germinate. This mean that a seed will produce its first shoot and root using its stored food. Most plants need moisture and warmth to germinate and water, warmth and light to grow. This means that in order for a plant to stay healthy and grow it needs to be watered and have access to sunlight. We have been wondering what would happen to a plant if it was left without water or sunlight. We have decided to carry out an investigation to find out. We will let you know what we find out…
Practise your smiles and iron your best uniform… school photo day is Wednesday 23rd January!
Brilliant by Tropical Imaging will be taking individual and class photos that will be available to be purchased.
Not sure what to expect…then take a look at our 2010 and 2011 school photo shoots and see a fantastic video of our photo session in 2011. Wow… haven’t you all grown up!
WOW… what an amazing start to the Term, the Preschool children here at Provo Primary were so excited to return to school – just look at all the happy smiles and busy bodies. We have been back to school just two weeks and our skills are already increasing. Take a look at our photo gallery below and see everyone engaged in all areas of the curriculum. All of the children are absorbed in language and communication – for every photograph the children vocalised what they were doing… “touching toes”, “painting”, “cutting”, “a big tower”, “car”, “reading-owls”, ”chalk”, “jumping”, “drawing caterpillar”, “puzzle”, “flying”, “looking”, “sailing”, “digging”, “bus”, “signing time”, “animals sick”, “teachers helper”, “get gas”, “dancing is fun”. Look out next time for our little scientist blog.