REGENT NEWS Volume 12 Issue 25 Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Dear Parents,

Headmaster’s Headlines for

Term 2 / January Term 2016 at The Regent

Where did the January Term go? Having said that, it is not until you look back and review the term that

you realise just what has been achieved and what fantastic opportunities have been presented to the pupils

at the school. The Regent continues to provide academic success and a breath of opportunity inside and

outside the classroom as well as ensuring the pupils maintain the highest personal qualities and standards.

On the academic front, the children have worked hard and every individual child will have the opportunity

to see what progress they have made as they read their reports with you in the course of the holiday.

Indeed, the academic programme continues to be enriched by a large variety of different activities

throughout the term. The Year 6 Crazy Weekend to our Secondary School, the Nigerian Studies month,

many class outings, the Science Fair, an informal inter-house swimming gala, two Sports Days, a packed

World Book Week, a new House Singing Festival, Class Assemblies, Football matches and an Early Years

Open Morning to name but a few, all help the pupils to experience a much wider curriculum.

As in any school there are ups and downs with results in individual years, but should one study The

Regent’s results over time, one will see that we consistently outstrip expectations. We add value. The

Regent pupils achieve more than their starting intellectual ability scores might lead one to expect. When we

consider pupils for entry here, we view the whole person, the full range of talents, their strengths and

weaknesses. We do not merely evaluate the academic profile; the palette from which we work is far richer

than that. Do we have the best teachers possible? Well, we do have a superb team, but that is not it. I

believe our success is built upon the opportunities that we offer our young people, who start with

individual strengths and limitations and who are then encouraged to participate in things that they have not

previously encountered. The boys and girls inspire each other ‘to chance their arm’, to experiment and to

take risks. “A roaring lion kills no game.” and “knowledge is like a garden. If it is not cultivated, it

cannot be harvested.” These African proverbs certainly do not apply to our pupils!

The Regent is commitment to a very busy all-round education as an essential ingredient for success - mind,

body and soul. All this however, could not happen without the total dedication of The Regent staff whether

it be the drivers, domestic and ground staff, administration and the academic team. My personal thanks go

to them all for their committed work.

I also thank you, the parents for your continued loyalty and support of the school and I take this

opportunity to wish all The Regent families a wonderful Easter holiday.

M. D. Dickson

Headmaster

3A Book Trail Celebrations in Book Week

Children in 3A had a lot of fun doing the Book Trail

activity on Book Day with some of their mums.

All the children were put into three teams with the

mums who came and there was a lot of excitement as

our mums raced all over the Lower Primary building

looking for answers to the book trail questions on our

Words Display.

Thanks to Mrs Rukundo and Mrs Abubakar for

rewarding the children with sweets, biscuits and

story books!

A warm farewell to our Head Boy

A fond farewell to Chisom Chikelu, our Head Boy

who leaves us to attend a renowned school in the

UK called “The Dragon School!. Thanks for

everything and good luck! Our appreciation and

thanks also go to the family for their loyalty and

commitment to The Regent. The family were one of

the first to sign up some sixteen years ago. It has

been a pleasure having the five ‘baby Chikelus’

with us at The

Regent.

Early Years BLUE LEAF Certificates

The children in Early Years have been working so

hard in their classes.

These children have earned themselves a BLUE

LEAF certificate from Mr Dickson last week.

Congratulations to them all!!

Play Group (Left - Right)

May Odgers - PGA

Adrita Som - PGR

Mgbaduga Munachiso - PGS

Nursery (Left – Right)

Ibrahim Tijani - NS

Zicora Nwandu -

NA

Receptions ( Left –

Right)

Kendra Hounkpati - RR

Muhammed Bello - RS

Nzam Chife - RA

PTA Visit Gishiri and the Fulani Village

‘Some members

of the PTA and

their children

visited the “Hope

for Survival”

Orphanage and

the Fulani

Village in

Gishiri.

At the orphanage, the Admin Manger updated us on

the children’s welfare. They told us about five

children who passed JAMB but were unable to

attend university due to financial constraints. The

tuition fee for the students is N60,000 a year. The

PTA promised to discuss this with parents who

may be to offer any

possible assistance.

Mr. Griffith also took

the PTA to the Fulani

Village where we met

a Pastor and an Imam

who have teamed up

to establish a school

for the Fulani

children. The duo are trying to raise funds for

adequate classroom facilities. It was truly an

enlightening and worthwhile experience.

The PTA would like to thank Mr. Griffith for doing

such an excellent job’. PTA Mums

Mrs Somachi Kachikwu, Mrs Juliet Ezechie -

Okolo,

Mrs

Grace

Takwa

and Mrs

Nkonye

Duru

Final Assembly

Lower French certificates - below

Upper Primary French

certificates - below

Lower Primary Library ‘Book Worm’ certificates

Upper Primary Library ‘Book Worm’ certificates

Above—Class Music Certificates 3A and 5A

The Regent Secondary Sports Day Relay teams

Winners of the House Points competition

Top House Point earners in Lower Primary

Top House Point earners in Upper Primary

Certificate Awardees for week 10

175 Certificate Awardees

Anissa Moses - Saromi 1S

Aaliyah Ujah Abdulhameed 2S

Simsi Opashi 4R

Oluwasunmisola Remi - John 4R

Carissa Moses - Saromi 5A

150 Certificate Awardees

Oluwapelumi Oshomoji 1S

Michelle Wodi 2A

Farida Muktar Tambawel 2A

Chidalu Paul Nwafor 2A

Mahmud Mohammed Wakil 2S

Deborah Noble - Pepple 3A

Ozioma Jessica Uchenwa 3S

Bang Pam 4R

Abdulrazaq Gwadabe 6R

125 Certificate Awardees

Nyeisha Advani 1A

Awande Mangali 1R

Asmau Amadu Sule 2A

Chimamanda Ibe - Lamberts 2A

Adegbemiro Aro 2A

Imran Alfa 2S

Salma Shams 3A

Anthony Medard 3A

Abigail Rukundo Akeza 3A

Ameera Abubakar 3A

Jordan Ofori 3A

Sa'adatu Mahey Rasheed 3S

Hariz Shehu 3S

Doris Munachim 4S

Karima Mamman - Da 4S

Kumeode Lamai 6R

Amma Usman Jidda 6S

Chisom Chikelu 6S

Oluwatobiloba Akindeinde 6S

100 Certificate Awardees

Zainab Iman Kabir Na'allah 1A

Nimi Adefila 1A

Mmelichukwu Etiaba 1R

Abdul - Kadir Tijjani Abdul 1R

Saida Saidu 1S

Mihit Ghatikar 1S

Daron Ogon - Asu 1S

Michelle Myles Vedlago 2A

Nathaniel Obot 2R

Alicia Clyde 2R

Bashir Bello Aliyu 3A

Zahra Aluko 3A

Tayyib Yusuf 3S

Sheikh - Ali Muslih 3S

Fati Bukar Abba Ibrahim 3S

Halima Tijjani Abdul - Kadir 3S

Ikhena Ojior 4R

Aryaman Som 4R

Hamidah Kolawole 6A

Umar Kida 6A

Ummul Kulthum Turaki 6S

Amarachi Lucinda Attuh 6S

Amy Alao 6S

Chukwuma Chikwe 6S

Oluwabuyikunmi Remi - John 6S

75 Certificate Awardees

Alexander Akenzua 1R

Oluomachukwu Kanu 4S

Michael Okeke 6A

Henry Blaise Nwagbo 6A

Toby Umaru 6R

Daniel Chimereze Uko 6S

Neo Manaka 6S

Sombe Deshawn Onuigbo 6S

50 Certificate Awardees

Dayona Tolla 1R

Mubarak Tukur Mani 2R

Michael Dickson

Headmaster