Our Christmas lunch was a HUGE success today when the children were served turkey with all the trimmings!
Grade 2 Enjoying Yoga!
30 November, 2006 9 Comments
In the last few weeks, Grade 2’s have been practicing some yoga poses as part of the school day. The children really enjoy it!
Grade 3 Rainforest Art
29 November, 2006 9 Comments
Have a look at our amazing rainforest artwork! Click below to see more of our paintings and to learn how we created them…
Provo Primary Steel Pan Performance a ROARING Success!
28 November, 2006 2 Comments
Last Friday night saw a number of visitors come to the school including a steel pan playing lion. All was going well until the lion chased away the drummer. Fortunately, there was another one in the house and the show was able to continue!
Grade 1 Singing and Poetry
27 November, 2006 6 Comments
In Grade 1 we love to sing! We have been practising every day! Click on to hear us sing and to read the lyrics. We have also enjoyed writing a class poem.
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Grade 4/5 Remembers
27 November, 2006 1 Comment
November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us during wars. Grade 4/5 have been looking at artefacts from World Wars One and Two. We have learnt about famous poets who fought in World War One, including: Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. We have written our own poems about World War One.
Look at our fantastic work!
How do you learn?
27 November, 2006 1 Comment
Everyday at school, children face new challenges. Some of us are better at one subject than another, some of us are good at singing and dancing and some of us are good at P.E. Everyone shines in their own way. You might find it interesting to complete this questionnaire online; it can show you what kind of learner you are. It will also tell you whether you are more dominant using your left brain (verbal, mathematical, analytical) or right brain (visual, artistic) or use both equally.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/extra/module1/1.shtml
Toddler Fun!
27 November, 2006 Leave a Comment
We’ve been learning about the family and have been dressing up as mummies and daddies amongst other things. We’ve also been learning about healthy eating, sweet and sour and hot and cold foods.
If you go down to the Rainforest today . . .
26 November, 2006 Leave a Comment
Multiplication Patterns
9 November, 2006 1 Comment
In Grade 3 we are learning our multiplication tables. We found patterns in each of the tables and created posters to show them. Read on to learn more…
Animal Signs
5 November, 2006 3 Comments
In Kindergarten we have been learning British Sign Language and this week we learned some animal signs. Which animal name do you think we are signing in this picture?
Read the rest of this entry to find out…and to guess some more animal signs!
Grade 1 Self-Portraits
3 November, 2006 Leave a Comment
In Grade 1 we have been drawing and painting Self-Portraits. We began by practising drawing the shapes for the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. We then drew and painted our Self-Portraits in stages. We looked closely at our features in mirrors as we drew and painted. We mixed different paints to ensure we got the right colours for our hair, eyes and lips.
A Thousand Thanks!
1 November, 2006 1 Comment
Last Friday was ‘Bad Taste/Bad Hair’ Dress Down Day in order to raise money for UNICEF.
Throughout the week children had collected from friends and family as well as from their own funds because they knew that just a little would make a difference to other children .
Wow, What a fantastic result!!! Over $1,000 was collected which will go to help children have clean water, good health, education and adequate food.
You have made a difference to hundreds of children – well done every single one of you!!
Steel Pan News
30 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
David Gettes, steel pan builder, tuner and performer is coming to Provo on November 19th.
During his visit, David will be tuning Provo Primary School’s steel drums and working with groups of children from the school, showing them a little about tuning and developing their playing technique.
David will also be performing at various places around town during his short stay. He will be playing at Iguanas restaurant on Monday 20th November and at Providenciales Primary School on Friday 24th November. The Friday performance will be specifically for children and will involve a story telling session in addition to steel pan performances.
Grade 4/5 Literacy
26 October, 2006 2 Comments
In Literacy we have been reading ‘The Sheep Pig’ by Dick King-Smith.
Make a difference today!
26 October, 2006 4 Comments
‘We all have the ability. The difference is how we use it.’ Stevie Wonder.
28th of October is ‘Make a Difference Day’. In grade 2 we have been talking about how we can make a difference.
Rainforest Music and Numeracy Investigations!
26 October, 2006 6 Comments
The Grade 3’s have started a topic on Tropical Rainforests. In music, we composed our own piece of music called ‘Voices of the Rainforest’. We thought of the different animals that we might hear and used percussion instruments for their voices.
Click here if you would like to hear us performing our voices-of-the-rainforest.mp3
Look at the photo above and see if you can hear the different instruments we are playing.
We have also been exploring area and perimeter in Numeracy and would like to share some of our investigations with you and link you to a few great websites that we have enjoyed.
UNICEF – Kids Helping Kids!
23 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
Today we began our 4th annual collection for UNICEF.
In our school assembly, we learned about UNICEF and how it helps children around the world to have access to basic things like medicine, clean water, food, and an education.
We learned how we could all make a big difference to the lives of other children, by fund raising for money to put into our little orange boxes and by donating a dollar on our special ‘Bad Taste or Bad Hair Day’ dress-down day on Friday 27th October.
We learned that we truly have the power to change the world, because it only takes pennies to save a life! Every penny counts, with only 7 cents paying for crayons for a class of children, or $1 to pay for a shot that helps children not get sick.
Help your child learn the importance of helping others in need and to feel empowered to make a real difference. Talk to them about how they could fund raise at home, e.g., by doing chores and remind them to return their orange box on dress-down Day, Friday 27th October for the big count up!
Learn even more about how UNICEF helps children by playing the UNICEF World Heroes game. Your mission: collect essential supplies in your UNICEF truck, and deliver them to kids in need around the world!
Grade 6 Enjoy Working with Others.
21 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
 
From painted footprints with Kindergarten to soccer with Grades 5 and 6 at Palencia Academy to photography with Mrs Krys, Grade 6 have enjoyed helping and working with all of these people
Provo Hockey League Registration
21 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
Are you ready to rumble?
If so, hurry on down to Graceway Sports Centre and enroll your child in the inline skating hockey programme, run by the infamous Provo Hockey League (PHL).
Final registration is today Saturday 21st October from 12-2 pm and practices begin from 2-5.30 pm on the same day.
History Matters
20 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
Although most of us were not born in the Turks and Caicos Islands, this is where we live and it is important to know how it got to be the way it is now. Miss Marva from Palencia Academy has been doing a Social Studies project which includes looking at the history of the islands. We’ve found that different groups of people have inhabited the islands at different times leaving their mark. They came, and left, for different reasons but have all contributed to the way that Turks and Caicos has developed. We will also help shape how it continues to develop.
Click here to see more of our findings.
Click here to learn more at the Turks and Caicos Museum website.
Click here to visit the Turks and Caicos National Trust Website.Â
Grade 1 are Authors of the future!
19 October, 2006 Leave a Comment
We started our two week topic on Non-Fiction writing last week. We began by looking at different Non-Fiction books and made a shared list of their features. We discussed the purpose of each of the features and used our checklist to decide whether different books were Non-Fiction or Fiction.
Grandma & Grandpa's Glasses!
18 October, 2006 1 Comment
This week during circle time, the Junior Kindergarten class talked about ‘The Family’. Their main focus was ‘The Grandparents’. The children were able to share their knowledge about their grandparents and their family in general.
Read on to see the Jr. Ks making grandma and grandpa’s glasses and hats! [Read more…]