{"id":22252,"date":"2017-03-20T09:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/?p=22252"},"modified":"2017-03-20T23:54:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T03:54:13","slug":"inspiring-us-to-sore-and-reach-for-great-heights-in-all-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/school-news\/inspiring-us-to-sore-and-reach-for-great-heights-in-all-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring us to sore and reach for great heights in all we do!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Every Friday afternoon our KS1 and 2 classes gather together outside for our Celebration Assembly – a time to share and appreciate great effort, attitudes and achievements within the school.<\/p>\n

Often, we find the need to pause patiently for a moment to wait for the distant rumble of an aeroplane flying overhead to fade (rather than see this as an noisy interruption, we sometimes wave to the tourists on board and wish them a wonderful holiday or return journey home).\u00a0 From the skies this past Friday, however,\u00a0 we heard rather a lot of squawking!<\/p>\n

Looking up, it would appear that many birds seemed to want to be part of our assembly, perching to watch, gliding and swooping as they sang.\u00a0 The birds were American Kestrels, bird of prey in the Turks and Caicos Islands that are members of the falcon family.\u00a0 They are also known a Sparrow Hawks.<\/p>\n

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So why were they squawking?\u00a0 What were they saying?\u00a0 Were they joining in with our celebrations – accompanying us as we clapped and cheered?\u00a0 Or were they announcing the birth of a new chick, sending out warning signals to protect their young, or perhaps they were squabbling over who gets to nest in which palm tree?<\/p>\n

Much as it would be lovely to think that the birds were joining in with our celebrations, we suspect that the different families were communicating with each other, rather than with us. However, at that moment, they were a reminder that birds are everywhere and allow one of the most exciting ways to connect with the natural world. There are so many questions that emerge once we start listening and looking.<\/p>\n

Just like how our Celebration Assembly\u00a0each Friday aims to connect us together as school and inspire us to do our best, the birds invited us to\u00a0appreciate our interconnectedness with\u00a0other living things we humans\u00a0share the planet with.\u00a0 Watching them fly and swoop above us,\u00a0we wondered if\u00a0perhaps they also represent the possibility of freedom to soar without boundaries, inspiring each of\u00a0us to reach for greater heights in life and in all we do for others and the environment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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