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Our Steel Drums Sound Sweet Again!
3 May, 2010 2 Comments
If you were not aware, our steel drums have been in need of tuning for some time and David Gettes has been down this week from Philadelphia to tune them for us. David learned to play and tune steel drums with some of the best tuners in Trinidad. He is an excellent steel pan performer and tuner!
During his time here, David has also worked with some of the steel band members, helping them to develop their playing technique. He also did a presentation to the children, talking about the history of steel drums and answering the multitude of questions that the children wanted to ask.
We have a great band this year of young players who are well on their way to being ready to play out in the community on the newly tuned drums. Listen out for us at the annual Fools’ Regatta in June, if not before!
Going Under the Sea with Kindergarten!
3 May, 2010 1 Comment
Kindergarten has been immersed in learning about ‘Under the Sea’. They’ve learned about dolphins, sharks and whales; made treasure maps; built an aquarium; and started to make a non-fiction big book about under the sea creatures.In the photos, you can see the children working in their centre groups at their weekly activities. This week, the children were sorting seashells by different traits (size, color, shape), writing postcards, creating sentences about their chosen sea animal, playing a Literacy game, and making junk modelling sea creatures. The children are also really enjoying our role-play ‘under the sea’ area.
Yr 5: Spice Up Your Life!
3 May, 2010 Leave a Comment
Year 5 have been looking at tales from other cultures in Literacy. They have been reading Grandpa Chatterji which is a story about an Indian family living in the UK. As part of this, the children were given ‘mystery spice bags’, and based on some given information, they tried to identify each of the spices. They really enjoyed this sensory challenge. They did very well and our classroom ended up smelling very exotic! Well done, guys!
Earth Day – School Garden Opening
22 April, 2010 1 Comment
Spring is in the air and thanks to the combination of hard work and donations from community members, Provo Primary has a wonderful new garden area. The garden was officially opened on Earth Day. A ribbon was cut by our oldest and youngest child at the ceremony. The children were excited to get started, digging in the soil and planting a variety of herbs, fruits and vegetables.
Preschool – From Tiny Seeds
22 April, 2010 Leave a Comment
We are so excited to share with you our most recent study about “How things Grow”. The children have been learning about seeds, soil, and a variety of plants. They planted sweet basil, tomatoes, sunflowers and other seeds, to watch them grow. We will eventually transplant these seedlings into our new garden. Look at some photos of us planting them and then having our photo taken with them a week later. Do you like our Earth Day Earth?
PS / JK Garden Visit
22 April, 2010 Leave a Comment
To celebrate Earth Day and all we have recently learned about plants, the Preschool and Jr. Kindergarten enjoyed a Garden Picnic at the wonderful home of one of our parents. During this field trip the children were able to plant seeds, observe different kinds of lettuce growing (and tasted some too), as well as tomatoes, peppers and more. The children then had a lovely play swinging, sliding, climbing, and bouncing on a trampoline! They enjoyed singing songs together and listening to a few stories on a blanket under the trees. It was a perfect way to celebrate “How things Grow” and to enjoy Earth Day. See more photos here.
Green Fingered Year Ones!
16 April, 2010 Leave a Comment
At the end of last term, our two Year One classes planted beans in plastic bags and hung them outside the classroom in order to observe them growing. Very soon, the roots and the shoots appeared and after drawing and writing about the changes they saw, they planted them in pots. Over the Easter holidays (and after a little TLC!) the beans have now shot up and are ready to be planted in our new garden area. Have a look at the photos showing children potting the bean plants and observing them carefully in the classroom with magnifying glasses. See if you can spot anything precious on one of the leaves in the last photo…
Ancient Greek Day
15 April, 2010 Leave a Comment
Last term ,Year3/4 celebrated the end of their Ancient Greek topic by having an Ancient Greek day. The children came to school dressed in Greek clothes and really looked the part! All of Year 3/4 would like to say a BIG thanks to parents who contributed to their Greek Feast! The day was a huge success!
Journalist Club Visit New Hospital On Provo
2 April, 2010 Leave a Comment
On Wednesday 24th March the children from Miss Steph’s journalist club tested their interviewing and questioning skills during a tour of the new hospital on Providenciales. First, the children met with Kathleen Bree and Roger Cheesman the CEO of Interhealth Canada Turks and Caicos Islands. They asked a range of questions to find out the history of the hospital, what facilities would be on offer and information about their new staff. The children were then given a tour of the hospital, where they were able to take photographs. Miss Steph was impressed by the children’s enthusiasm and their genuine interest shown by the range of original and thoughtful questions asked. The newspaper report will be printed in the our first edition of the Provo News later next month. We would like to say a HUGE thanks to the hospital for giving us this amazing opportunity!
M is for Mountie
24 March, 2010 1 Comment
The children and teachers throughout the school were very excited to meet a real life Canadian Mountie, Mr. Mark Larkin. The first thing the Year 1 and 2 children noticed were his big shiny brown boots! Dressed in his full uniform, he talked to the children about where he was from in Canada and then he read the book ‘M is for Mountie’ (which he kindly donated to our school library).
Year 5, 6 and 7’s Mini Greek Olympics
24 March, 2010 2 Comments
Last Thursday, as part of the Year 5/6/7’s History lesson, Mrs Karine organised a mini Olympics, based on the 5 events of the pentathlon. The children were split into 5 teams, Argos, Corinth, Athens, Sparta and Megara and all took part in a sprint, arm wrestle, discus, javelin or standing jump. As we have learned, the 5 city states were very competitive, and our children were wonderful in role. We definitely had lots of cheating Spartans! It was a great morning with the Athenians coming out as the overall winners. Well done, everyone!
Year 2’s Outdoor Adventurous Activities
24 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Outdoor Adventurous Activities is a unit of study that is part of our PE curriculum. In this unit, children take part in simple orientation activities using maps and diagrams. They are set physical challenges and problems to solve, and work on their own and in small groups. An important part of the learning is to observe what they and others have done and use their observations to improve their performance.
At the end the unit, Year 2 children invited their mums and dads to come and find some treasure! The children worked on developing their instruction, thinking and movement skills while they created their own trails and maps for their parents to follow. The children watched carefully to see if the parents worked collaboratively, listening and helping each other in their groups, just as they had needed to do when they created the Treasure Trails.
Super work was achieved and it was lots of fun had too. Oh, and parents… the children said you worked successfully together, using great collaborative skills. Well done, we hope you enjoyed the treasure you all found, too.
Year 2 show us how they work out 220 – 70
19 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Year 2 have been working out some challenging subtraction number sentences in Numeracy today. They involved subtracting a two-digit tens number from a three-digit tens number, crossing the hundreds barrier! We teach children to use mental methods when appropriate but when faced with a calculation that they cannot do in their heads, they are encouraged to use an efficient written method. How would you work out 220 – 70? What strategies would you use to help you?
Preschoolers Explore How Things Grow
18 March, 2010 1 Comment
The Preschoolers have been exploring, learning and having conversations about seeds, leaves, soil, flowers and thinking about “How things grow”.
They have been enjoying our sensory table working with real dirt using rakes, spades, and shovels. The Science table has had an array of leaves, plants, seeds and books to explore. The children have made threaded bird feeders and have hung them around the school for the birds to eat. They have also created their own flower and plant pictures.
The children are particularly excited to share with you their latest recipe for “Dirt cake”. They made it together using chocolate pudding, gummy worms, marshmallows, and crumbled up wheat and dairy free chocolate cookies: – ). After a thorough mixing, the “Dirt Cake” was shoveled into a pot and a beautiful flower planted in it. Moments later, it was served up with a spade and enjoyed by all! See the photos of our all of our fun activities.
Inter-School Soccer Tournament
16 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Congratulations to all our teams who played well in the Inter-School Soccer Tournament.
Our under 11 boys played really well and were commended for their team spirit and tremendous efforts.
Both of our under 13 girl and boy teams successfully reached the finals and came second place. The boys team was praised for their amazing come back from 3-nil down at half time to 3-2 by the end of the match, almost equalising at the end. They played really well as a team, with players ranging from 9 – 12 years old competing against a team with mainly 12 year olds. One of our nine year olds received the ‘Most Valuable Player’ trophy.
Well done, everyone.
Year 5 Portray Objects and Meanings through Art
16 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Year 5 have been using their observational skill to look closely at the different elements of still life paintings from the contemporary artists Jereme, Vicini Genevivien, Hundertwasser and the impressionist, Matisse.
Click below to see all of the beautiful, colourful and vibrant pictures. Fantastic artwork, Year 5!
More Newspaper Challenges
7 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
On Friday afternoon Year 1 and 2 invited parents in to join in with their final theme week activities. Year 1 worked in groups to create the tallest newspaper tower they could build and Year 2 designed chairs for Barnaby Bear. They also shared some of their work that they had done over the week. It was also an opportunity for Year 2 to play the board games with their parents, which they had made about famous great thinkers I played the Florence Nightingale game and learned lots of new facts about her life. See a slideshow of photos of the afternoon.
Great Thinkers Dress Up
7 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
We ended our theme week with an opportunity for the children to come to school dressed up as a great thinker. We saw a wide variety of characters and everyone was able to express why they thought their chosen character was a great thinker. The teachers all dressed as Provo Primary Students to celebrate the fact that we all think that our students are great thinkers!
Early Years Art Gallery
7 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Early Years opened an Art Gallery to display and sell the fantastic creative art work that the children have produced during this week’s theme week. Pieces went from 25 cents to $2 with families pleased to take home their child’s masterpieces. All the classes in the school also enjoyed seeing what the younger children in the school had been working on during their theme week activities. What a wonderful way to end this enjoyable week.
Family Quiz Night
7 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
In keeping with our ‘Great Thinkers’ Theme Week, we hosted a fun, family quiz night. It was a great night, with eleven teams made up of international members, young and old. Well done to everyone who came along and participated and thank you to all the members of staff who helped out.
Who or What made the Tracks?
3 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
I couldn’t resist putting up these great photos of Year 2 thinking about ‘who or what made the tracks?’, today’s daily challenge thinking question. After much deliberation, the class decided that it was elephants that made the tracks. They chose to work together in groups to create the elephants as junk models.
Click bleow to take a look at the elephants and to see the children in further thought… I wonder where the elephant was going? Where in the world were tracks were found? What were the tracks found in… mud, sand, chocolate, butter? Shall we follow them? I love the deep in thought expressions on the children’s faces as perhaps they ponder these questions.
Yr 6/7: Creative Thinking through Movement
3 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Mrs. Shara presented a creative challenge in Gym class as part of our Thinking Skills Theme Week. The children were given a famous quote and were asked to imaginatively interpret the essence and meaning of these through movement. Forming small groups of 3, they discussed their ideas and began exploring the concepts. At the end, they performed their creative pieces to their classmates, who tried to guess what the quote was about.
Making Hats out of Newspaper
2 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
Today’s Theme Week challenge for our mixed aged teams was to create the best hat they could out of newspaper. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, a frenzy of designing, cutting, taping and decorating took place, with teams working together, listening and talking with each other, adapting ideas and overcoming challenges. The children really enjoyed the activity and there were lots of smiles as they completed the task and shared their team creations. What really struck us all was the complete diversity in the finished hats. No hats were the same, with each group creating them for different characters, occasions and climates. From crowns to caps, business hats to beach sombreros, helmets to sailor hats – what amazing creativity! Which one would you wear? See a slideshow of the children busily making the hats and see the final products being modelled.
Storytelling in the Early Years
1 March, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Early Years began their Theme Week of “Creative Minds at Work” by collaborating to create a story together. The Preschool, Junior Kindergarten, and Kindergarten all sat in a circle in the Preschool Room and together made up a wonderful tale. They decided to add illustrations to it and also to retell the story in their individual classrooms, revising it if desired. What a wonderful way to celebrate Literacy, the creative imagination of a child and the wonder of storytelling. The stories can be found displayed in the walkways or in the classes. Do come and enjoy them.