A unique Primary School, offering a British based, child centred education in the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Y4 class have had a great start to the year, creating lots of art work for their class animal, the flamingo, and finding out some fun facts. Did you know, a flamingo’s ‘knee’ is actually an ankle joint?!
Children have worked in pairs, small groups and as a class to produce some amazing 3D models (see photos below). They have also started their topic for this half term, learnt about their amazing brains AND engaged in some challenging math activities around place value!
Our Year 2 Osprey Class are ‘working together like birds of a feather.’
See how our class animal, the osprey, helps us with our learning. Listen to our ‘Meet the Parts of our Brain’ song. We hope you enjoy our presentation.
Year 2 have welcomed in the new school by learning all about their body and their brain. So, what exactly does the brain do? Well, you only have to wander through our classroom to find out! As a get to know you activity, we explored the endless possibilities of ‘What’s on your mind?’ What do we think about when we are imagining, thinking, day – dreaming…?
Then, through songs and videos, we began to learn about the different parts of the brain and how they help us to navigate our every day to day life.
What a great way to start the new school year by looking into how our brains work, and how we can make it work even better for us!
To remind us that our brain sorts out all of our ‘thoughts, memories, actions and feelings’ we created our own model brains to share with you – take a look at the photos.
Did you know that our brain has over 86 billion ‘neurons’ that help us to connect our learning? When these connections are made, we call it ‘firing up’!
Think outside the box and help us build… ‘Cardboardia’ a city where everything is made from recycled cardboard!Global Cardboard Challenge Day is a week away… and Provo Primary & Middle School families are invited to celebrate this year’s National Youth Week theme “Ignite the youth – Ignite the future” by supporting their children’s creativity at our family-friendly, Cardboard Challenge Day.
So start thinking of possibilities as a family and meet us on
Also a great day to encourage your child’s growth mindset!
A child-run refreshment stand will be available – please feel welcome to BYO drinks and snacks.
All children need to be accompanied by at least one family adult or supervising adult.
Not sure what it’s all about… take a look at last year’s event to find out more… and check out here for some added inspiration.
We hope to see you Sunday for an afternoon of good old fashioned – no technology – imaginative, family fun!
During National Youth Week next week, a variety of events are happening in the TCI in celebration our young people. The theme for this year is:
Provo Primary & Middle School encourages your family to make a presence and to show your support.
Your family may wish to attend the Youth Service on Sunday 22nd September, which will commemorate the start of the Youth Week celebrations. It will be at the Harvest Bible Chapel at 11am. Children should wear their school uniform.
Click on to see the full schedule of events…
Today is both World Gratitude Day and International Day of Peace.
A perfect opportunity to remind us to step back and think about what we are thankful for.
International Coastal Clean-up Day… a HUGE thank you to our amazing Trash Hero Eco Warriors between the ages of 3 and 10 years old, and their family and friends…
Thanks everyone for your support.
And if you didn’t make it… remember that you can do a clean-up of your neighbourhood anytime.
Help make a difference!
Learn about Fixed and Growth Mindsets in this short video. Come find out how we are nurturing growth mindsets at our Open House – Class Share today at 2:45pm.
What do you know about the brain? See what these children can teach you in this really amazing short video…
This Friday’s Dress Down Day will be in support of our neighbours, The Bahamas.
Come dressed wearing any of the colours of the Bahamas Flag –
Black, Gold and Aquamarine or all 3 colours!
Donate a dollar or give more if you’d like.
All proceeds will go to a Bahamas Relief Fund.
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword… most people have heard of it, but many are confused about what mindfulness really means. In reality is simply means focusing your awareness on the present moment; calmly noticing your emotions and physical sensations without judgment as you are doing whatever you happen to be doing. You can be mindful as you do just about anything from sitting quietly and breathing, to drawing, cooking, eating, or playing on the beach in the sand.
We were very fortunate to have Michael Apollo, lecturer in Mindfulness at The University of Toronto, join us via a Zoom meeting for a wonderful session on ‘Mindfulness for Teacher Resilience, Wellbeing and Communication’ during our Professional Development Teacher Training days this year. We felt very inspired, keen to incorporate mindful pauses into our busy days and excited to share ideas he offered with our classes.
This was just an introduction to our year of working collaboratively with Michael. Amazingly, he will join us on island in November to offer workshops for our teachers, students and parents. Plan ahead and schedule time to be able to join us for his parent session at 1:30pm PM – 5:00 PM on Wednesday 6th November. You won’t want to miss this!
We are truly grateful that Michael Apollo will be working with Provo Primary and Middle School children, parents and teachers throughout the upcoming year and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Deborah, John and Melissa Roy for their generosity in sponsoring this amazing initiative.
Our Professional Development teacher training at the start of this year focused on the development of our Personal Growth, Growth Mindset, and Mindfulness Curriculum throughout the school.
We are excited to share a little more about this and why we believe it’s an important part of our students’ education. So what is Personal Growth, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness all about …
Maths and Science classes have already got off to a head-scratching start at Provo Middle School this year!
Our new Year 7 class have undertaken a series of investigations in the hope of sharing their advice on how to succeed in an inquiry. From comparing results with others, to making careful notes and drawings – each member of the class discovered different ways to help themselves improve.
“Are we allowed to work together?” was asked at one point. As it turns out, finding proof is almost impossible if you don’t!
“I think I know how this works…I’ve solved it!” could be heard from the other side of the room. Again, as it turns out, forming a hypothesis (and testing it) is an essential part of the investigative process.
By thinking about how we investigate, every student was able to make better decisions and move forwards in their thinking and process. We discovered a lot of helpful tricks that will us in the future. We hope that you find them useful too!
Finally, each child was asked to pick the tip that they felt helped them the most – here’s what they had to say about them…
Bake Sale today in the Primary School walkway – 3pm
There’s still time for you to don your aprons and get cooking.
Or perhaps your support is more in the consuming.
Either way your support is appreciated.
Provo Primary and Middle School have pledged to join The Department of Environment & Coastal Resources (DECR), and its partners to support…
Why here? Walking to the National Stadium for PE lessons, our Year 3-6 children have noticed rubbish on the path that they feel something needs to be done about. So let’s clean it up and help make a difference!
“On behalf of the Ministry of Education, I welcome back to school our Principals, Teachers and Students for the Academic Year 2019-2020. I am sure you had a relaxing and enjoyable summer vacation.
We are grateful to God for his protection and for not allowing Tropical Storm Dorian to hinder the reopening of school. As we commence this academic year, we are mindful of what our neighbours in the Northern Bahamas are enduring at this time from the wrath of Hurricane Dorian. Let’s continue to keep them in prayer.
Thank you for your continued hard work and commitment to the children of the Beautiful by Nature, Turks and Caicos Islands. We look forward to exciting learning experiences in the year ahead. I encourage our children to be respectful, kind and to do the best in their school work. The Ministry will continue to ensure that the infrastructure of our schools are safe, resilient and conducive to learning. We are here to support you and wish you all a successful year.”
Hon. Karen E. Malcolm
As we prepare for the start of the new school year, we would like to thank you for choosing Provo Primary and Middle School and look forward to working with you throughout your child’s learning journey.
For those continuing and new to our school, this upcoming year brings some very exciting developments. Look out for further news on our blog.
Congratulation to our Graduating Class of 2019s.
Year 6, I know I speak for everyone when I say, we are so proud of you today. As you move on to the next stage in your life, please keep writing down your goals and continue to do what excites and inspires you. Know that you are the architect or author of your life. Think creatively, interact with people who share or support your visions, and go out there and achieve your goals. Most of all, be HAPPY, continue being YOU and be the best version of yourself that you can be!
I love to ask children about their life goals at various times throughout their time in school, and I recently asked our Year 6 class to write down theirs, which I thought you’d like to hear. Here are their combined Life goals:
Congratulation to our AMAZING Graduating Year 6. Here is their wonderful steel drum performance of ‘Have It All’ by Jason Mraz.
May you have auspiciousness and causes of success
May you have the confidence to always do your best
May it take no effort in you being generous
Sharing what you can, nothing more, nothing less
Year 6 have recently returned from the Dominican Republic; having spent five fantastic days there on their residential trip. The mountainous area of Jarabacoa provided the backdrop to a fun-filled week of exhilaration and adventure. Rather than me tell you all about it, I thought that you would rather hear from the Year 6 students directly. So, please read the quotations below to get a better sense of the exciting times that were had by all.
Goodness, as usual it feels now as if the year has flown by! This last term has been busier than ever.
In connection with the Science and Topic lessons, the Year 4 students took a trip to Iguana Island. The class has spent time discussing different habitats and the variety of animals found in each. They have done detailed research on their own and have discussed the habitats found in Turks & Caicos as well as the plants and animals in each.
This term the Year 2 class have been learning all about stop motion animation. They started with a short YouTube tutorial which led to them having a go at making their own short movie using everyday objects, toys and classroom resources. They then spent many hours working as a team to create the movie ‘5 Pirates’ which tied into this term’s topic ‘Land Ahoy’.