On Thursday 1st July, our seven Year 6 students graduated from Providenciales Primary School.  Each student made a personal speech highlighting memories of their time at the school and they were presented with a diploma.  We wish them all well with their future endeavours and hope that they will always keep in [...]

School is nearly over, but the fun with friends, doing exciting activities doesn’t have to stop!
We are offering Summer camps for all children ages 2 through 12 years of age.  The camp runs from 5th—16th July (Monday—Friday).  It is a morning programme from 8:30—12:00 noon.  Depending on attendance there will be three age groups:  2 [...]

It was another exciting day of sailing and beach fun at the 20th Annual Fools’ Regatta.  A great community event with proceeds from this year’s event going to the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Youth Programme.
Our Steel Band entertained the crowds with the caribbean sounds of the steel drums.  It was a first [...]

On Monday, Years 3, 4 and 5 excitedly headed down to Big Blue Dock to meet Chris, Laura and Ben, our ‘Big Blue’ happy tour guides and boat captain, for our much awaited summer field trip!  After being fitted with fins, life jackets, and after a formal introduction to the boat and [...]

On Tuesday morning we had a special visit from some musicians down on island for the Amanyara Music Festival.  The children from Year 3-7 were involved in a mini workshop conducted (pardon the pun!) by 6 professional musicians.  The instruments we heard and learnt more about were the basoon, clarinet, double bass, cello, viola, and [...]

Provo Primary’s 2010 yearbook was released yesterday, much to the joy of the children, parents and staff of Provo Primary School. Krys Mann is the amazing person responsible for producing this truly incredible 6th edition yearbook. We would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work, her wonderful creativity and [...]

Provo Primary School will be hosting a play morning on June 12th between 9.30 and 11.30 am for prospective Preschool families. Come along with your child and experience for yourself the unique qualities of our school and what we can offer your family.
Please contact the Principal, Sian Jones, at 941 5638 or principal@provoprimary.com to reserve [...]

Swimming lessons set off to a great start this week and, with the weather heating up at this time of year, this is a welcome, refreshing experience for all involved.
Living in an island environment, we feel that confidence in water – and ultimately the ability to swim – is an essential life skill.  We therefore [...]

Our teachers received a nice surprise when they arrived for work on Friday. Parents and children celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week by laying on a delicious big breakfast for them. On the menu were delights such as bacon rolls, muffins, fruit, yoghurt and coffee. All the teachers were amazed by the generosity and care [...]

All the classes enjoyed making tasty fruit snacks to celebrate Fruity Friday today.  There were fruit kebabs, frozen bananas dipped in coconut, dried fruit mixes, mango sorbets and baked apples, to name a few.  All were delicious and eagerly shared.  The children were also invited to come to school dressed in fruity colours; [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.
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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, [...]