Provo Primary School

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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Year 6 have been ‘exammed out’ over the last couple of weeks with both the T.C.I Middle School and the British West Indies Collegiate Year 7 entrance exams, but they still have one more set to go next week; their end of Year 6 UK National Curriculum S.A.Ts! They have worked exceptionally hard throughout and have never given up even though it has been hard-going at times.  Well done each and every one of you.

Here are their class exam tips for those sitting these exams or others in the future:

• Wear your school uniform to set yourself to school mode.
• Sleep well before your tests – go to bed a little earlier than usual.
• Eat a good breakfast.
• The earlier the tests, the sooner they are over!
• Try not to over-think it.
• Check over your work.
• Try your best.
• Read the questions carefully.
• Work harder questions worth more marks.
• Don’t spend too long on a question, go back at the end to re-try.
• Do something fun after the tests to celebrate and have something to look forward to.
• There is always a school for you out there.
• And…….. RELAX!

Click on ‘Read more…’ to read some of the children’s thoughts about their test-taking experiences.

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Yes, you have read the title correctly; Year Five at Provo Primary have built their own salt water cars. This term we are studying sources of renewable energy, as our fossil fuels one day will be gone. Did you know that magnesium +salt water + air = electricity?

Each child was given a salt water fuel- cell car kit to assemble and then they added salt water to watch their cars race. After about 10 minutes the cars begin to slow down and all they needed to do was add more salt water and the would start up again.

What a great classroom project to learn about a potentially new way to fuel cars and they could even test different ratios of salt to see which mixture yields the greatest efficiency.
Who knew the solution to our energy needs was a simple as a trip to the beach.

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Hummingbird class have been busy with our topic work ‘Our beautiful Ocean’ and this week we have been learning about the life of a jelly fish. Did you know that a jelly fish has no brain, no heart and no blood? We studied different types of jelly fish and wrote up all the information we learnt about them in to our ‘Ocean Fact Files’. We watched how a jelly fish catches its prey and eats it!
We noticed how this linked with the other ocean animals we have been learning about, such as the sea turtle, whose favourite snack is jelly fish! And also our work on clown fish, whose body is covered in mucus so they cannot feel the jelly fishes sting.
After, we created our own jelly fish using paper Mache, coloured tissue paper, and bubble wrap for the tentacles! Come see them bobbing around our classroom!

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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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In Spanish lessons in years 5 and 6, we’ve been learning about how to order food in a restaurant.  Using Spanish menus we created ourselves, we practised and performed a role play, in which we played waiters and customers at eating establishments that serve all our favourite dishes! We had lots of fun creating each scene, and some of us even added a bit of our creativity and imagination to the scenes! Take a look at our videos and see if you can understand our conversations.  Click on ‘read more…’ to see the Year 5 Video. [Read more…]

The Year One Class celebrated Earth Day on Friday by looking at a short video clip of our beautiful world and the animals and plants that live in it. We also watched a clip about the importance of recycling our rubbish, and the effects that ‘dumping rubbish’ has on our beautiful world. After this we discussed ways to save energy, save money and save animals and each child wrote a short sentence about it to go on their poster. Click here to see the posters in more detail.

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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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