A moment presented itself on Friday for us to video our Year 3 and 5 children singing ‘This Land of Ours’, the unofficial national song of the Turks and Caicos Islands. This song accompanies ‘God Save our Queen,’ the official national anthem of the country at every major event and special ceremony.
Written and composed by the recently passed Rev. Dr. Conrad Howell, it is a song that’s sincere words unites all who are fortunate to live here in the Turks and Caicos, celebrates its natural beauty and reminds us of our duty to protect this for the future.
As part of National Heritage Month, children throughout the school are singing this special song and discovering the meaning of its lyrics. It is wonderful to see them sing with pride and an appreciation of how it brings us together as a community. Our goal by the end of the month is that everyone in Year 1 through to Year 6 can sing it off by heart with no song sheet to guide them. As you will see in the video – Year 3 and 5 are almost there already! I hope to have a better camera to hand to capture a whole school sing later in the month.
Please find the music and lyrics below – we hope you enjoy singing this special song as much as we do. Perhaps you sang it on National Heritage Day yesterday at a special event?