The Race is On...

North Side Primary is getting ready for its sports day on Tuesday 17th March. Here we are practicing the skills we will need to perform well on the day...

Family Quiz Fun

This evening our Home School Association meeting took the form of a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" quiz. Mr Mark Ray, from the Department of Education Services, demonstrated a simple, fun way of using the Mimio Interactive board. Parents and their children came up and used the interactive board to choose the correct answers to a series of questions on local facts. Well done to all who answered correctly! Mr Ray has been working with teachers in the school to upskill them in the use of this technology for learning. We are very grateful to him for his support!

100th Day of School

North Side Primary students celebrated the 100th day of school in style! They started the day with an assembly where they heard about people who have achieved great things for the Cayman Islands and also those who have achieved greatness around the world. A 100 people mural gave examples of students in school who have begun the journey to greatness as well as those who have already achieved greatness...the first NSPS swimming team; the Year 1 and 2 students who are studying art; great inventors - including Year 3 who are working on their own inventions as part of their latest IB unit; great architects - with examples of Year 4 work for their IB unit and so on. Within the classrooms, there were many cross-curricular activities going on with a 100 theme...placing numbers on a blank 100 square; counting 100 cents; making $100 from different values of notes; reading the first 100 words; reading stories about 100 like "100th Day Worries" and "Coming Ready or Not!"; bouncing 100 times on a spacehopper; throwing the ball 100 times; working out questions that match "the answer is100..."; how far is 100 steps? and so on. The day finished with a 100 balloon release. It was great fun!

A Parent's Night with a Difference

This evening's HSA meeting saw parents and their children working together on a Technology Challenge. The family groups were challenged to make a tree out of 4 sheets of papers - with only a pair of scissors as a tool...see how inventive, creative and ingenious they were! Good fun was had by all!

Fish Fry Fundraiser

Many thanks to all who supported our fundraising Fish Fry this evening (Fri 30th Jan 2009). Students, parents and staff worked together to make this event a resounding success! Particular thanks to Ms Wendy Quinland and Mr Nick Rivers who manned the fryers...they were fantastic!! Once we have had a chance to balance income against expenses we will let you know how much this event raised! We are trying to ensure that our students in Year 6 raise enough to confirm their trip to a herpetology camp in St Petersburg, Florida in April. We are aiming to raise in excess of $12,500...this event has taken us ever closer to our target. The effort continues...!

Dress Down in Pink for the Cancer Society

Today we dressed down - in pink - and took part in a Stride for Cancer walk. The Cayman Island Cancer Society have the support of schools, businesses and the community, island-wide, for their annual fund-raising effort. We all paid to take part and raised $90 for the cause. We began the morning with an assembly at which we talked about what cancer is and how scientists and doctors around the world depend on the support of charities, like this one, to fund their research. At North Side this month we have been considering the IB attitude "curiosity" and today we were able to see how the curiosity of these people, the questions they ask and the experiments they try may soon lead them to find a cure for this disease.

Hosanna Rock!

Here we are practicing very hard for our Christmas Show - Hosanna Rock. Year 6 were also singing 2 carols in Spanish - one of them was Feliz Navidad. Have a look at our videos here.