Mathematical Celebration

Today, Friday Sept 19th, we have had a fun day 'doing' Maths! Yes - all day! We have just received our order for lots of new Maths resources and we wanted to celebrate by using them! All classes had some time to use their new class Maths games; they solved clues in a Maths Treasure Trail; they read stories with a Maths theme; they danced and sang along with a times table CD; they learned how to programme Bee-Bots and Roamer; they took photographs of numbers and shapes in the school environment; and they produced artwork based on mathematical concepts. It didn't feel like doing Maths - but they learnt a lot! To see more photos - please visit our class pages.

IB Success

We are delighted to announce that North SIde Primary School is now an International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), Primary Years Programme (PYP), candidate school! What is that, you may be asking? To find out more, please follow our link to the IBO at www.ibo.org/pyp . During the course of the last 18 months we have explored the possibilities offered by the PYP and have made some significant changes in the way we teach in order to meet their exacting, internationally recognised standards. This has been fully supported by the Cayman Islands Education Department and there are also 3 more primary schools on the island who now have candidate status. Currently we are developing our transdisciplinary programme of inquiry which guides our learning and teaching in school. Children are encouraged to explore a theme through units of inquiry e.g. our Year 3 class will be exploring a unit on Signs and Symbols as part of the Theme "How We Express Ourselves". Last year this class worked with a professional sign maker to design and make signs for around the school. We are very excited about learning and teaching in this way!

Hurricane Ike

This morning our thoughts are with the people of Cuba who have been hit by Hurricane Ike over the last 48 hours. You can read more and see pictures if you follow this linkhttp://www.cubaweather.org/index.php . The hurricane season is at its height and we watch and wait to see what other weather systems are forming and passing through the Caribbean. Our island, and our school was hit by Hurricane Ivan - a category 5 hurricane - in 2004. It can be a very worrying time for us all.