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Regent News Volume 15 , Issue 09 Friday 2nd November 2018

Fun Day - Saturday 1st December 2018 It promises to be an exciting day with lots of fun. Proceeds will go towards a worthy cause. This year we will be supporting the FCT School for the Blind. # Loads of fun # Food # Games # Rides # Haunted House # Santa’s Grotto # Charity

Inter - House Cycling Competition tomorrow at the Guards Brigade Polo Grounds

Time - 10:00am

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The Regent Secondary School Bonfire Night

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From the Headmaster’s Desk

Quote for the week

‘Better three hours too soon than

a minute too late’.

William Shakespeare

Dear Parents, It is increasingly concerning to see the growing numbers of children that are still in school long after the closing time for lessons or clubs. Children are regularly not collected until well over an hour after these closing times.

There is a Late Pickup Fine system in place in both TRSS and TRPS and we will be strictly enforcing this.

More disturbing is the fact that no contact is taken with school to inform us of the fact that children will be picked up late; nannies, drivers and other carers arriving to pick up the children react in a manner that would lead us to assume that there is no concern whatsoever about the burden that is being placed on the school and the staff involved in caring for the children.

Wednesday saw local unrest lead to the closure of the school for safety and transportation reasons that would impact on Parents, Carers, Staff and the Children. As such, emails and other messages were sent out as swiftly as possible in the very early hours of Wednesday. Because of situations like this, and indeed for more routine situations, it is essential that everybody ensure they regularly check our forms of communication, and this includes our weekly interesting Newsletter that is sent every Friday by email to all Parents. It includes a lot of information and gives an insight in to all that is happening, in what is a very busy and vibrant school.

We are happy to welcome two new members of staff to The Regent Primary School.

Mr George Ekoro a highly qualified ICT Technician and Computer Engineer and Nurse Comfort Udoh, who we are lucky to have join us as the new School Nurse. Both new staff are committed to giving their best to the children of TRPS, are

most welcome and we look forward to working with them for some time to come.

Kenneth Sugden Headmaster

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News from the Sports Department

You are all warmly invited to the 1st Regent Primary School Inter—House Cycling

Competition.

The children are expected to be at the Guards Brigade Polo Grounds by 9:30, am as the

race will start at 10:00 am prompt and end at 12:00 noon.

Parents are encouraged to come and be part of the programme, as it is first of its kind in

Abuja and its environs.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Mr Joseph Evbotokhai

PE Teacher

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Painful Exit

On behalf of The Regent Primary School Abuja, we are sad to announce the

passing on to glory of Mr Paul Koyan Yashim after a brief illness.

Paul was one of our pioneer staff. He was a committed and hardworking

member of the Maintenance Department.

He is survived by a wife and 6 six children.

He has since been buried in his hometown Kagoro, Kaura Local Government

Area Kaduna State.

He will be greatly missed and we wish his family the fortitude to bear this

irreparable loss.

Sincerely,

Proprietress

Paul Koyan Yashim

3rd December 1968 —18th October 2018

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News from the Early Years Department

Welcome back!

We’ve had a fabulous first half of the term getting to know your children and seeing them

settle in well. It is great to have the children back after the half term break. We hope you

all had a peaceful and relaxing break and are ready to begin another exciting half term. It

is very pleasing to see that the children are excited to be back as they happily and eagerly

engage in different activities.

We look forward to a busy but exciting half term.

Ms Funmi Adesanya

Deputy Head of Early Years Department

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News from the Lower Primary Department

November already, where does the time go?

Welcome back, we hope you have all had a good break and recharged your batteries for the latter half of

the Autumn Term. The children have loved sharing their half term holiday news with the staff and each

other and have settled back into school life and routines very well.

Thank you to the parent’s that were able to make it to Parent Teacher Conferences, we appreciate your

time and effort in meeting with your child/children’s teachers. We are all working for the same result…a

positive and successful school year for your child.

This half term will be as busy as always, with our focus on the topic Communication.

2R have been investigating why and how communication devices have changed over time. They began by

looking at a range of pictures, comparing them and grouping them based on form of communication.

Small groups then discussed a specific object and put the images in chronological order; comparing and

contrasting the design, size and materials. As a class they read information about four inventors who are

credited with creating communication devices. The investigation concluded with the groups putting on a

short skit to their fellow class members showing the ‘Eureka moment’, capturing what it would have

been like at the time to create something so important.

Mrs Bilkis Ahmed—Tolani Head of Lower Primary Department

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More news from the Lower Primary Department

Quotes on Communication

“You can have brilliant ideas but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you

anywhere”

Lee Iacocca

“We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share.”

Rania Al Abdullah

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News from the Science Department

Did you know that yeast is a living organism?

The year 6A children were in the lab to find out interesting facts about yeast by investigating this question: “We know that all living organisms need water, air and food, but what environmental temperature does yeast prefer?” They ensured fair testing by measuring the same quantity of sugar, water and dry yeast and ensured the temperature of the water varied from cold to hot. The mixture of sugar and dry yeast was attached to a balloon to the top of each bottle, then both bottles were set aside to observe. As the yeast fed on the sugar, it produced carbon dioxide. With no place to go but up, this gas slowly filled the balloon. Here are some interesting facts: In 1857, Louis Pasteur discovered that yeast is a living organism, whose activity causes

fermentation. Yeast is tiny: Just one gram holds about 25 billion cells. Yeast feeds on sugar. As yeast feeds on the sugar, it produces carbon dioxide.

Kingsley Omidiora Lab Scientist

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News from the Upper Primary Department

During our assembly, the children in Year 5A had

fun acting out the functions of the parts of a plant

and how flowering plants grow and are pollinated.

Some children took turns to act as pollinators

pollinating the flowering plants. Our assembly was

also channelled at answering our children’s

questions. They also used their knowledge of

homophones, homonyms and figurative language

learnt in their English lessons to make a poem about

the process of pollination and the audience was

thrilled by the recitation. There was an interactive

session where the children and adults were given a

chance to answer questions about animals from

different continents around the world. It was

educating as well as entertaining for the children

and our guests.

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Upper Primary Department SMART Stars of the week

25 SMART Points Recipients in Upper Primary

50 SMART Points Recipient in Upper Primary

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News from the Press Club

This week from the press crew, David Uduku interviewed Mrs Bilkis Ahmed-Tolani, our very first Nigerian HOD. At

the end of last session, to the surprise and joy of all of us, Mrs Tolani became the first Nigerian HOD after an in-

tense round of selection processes, a feat to say the least.

Khadeejah Kere Ahmed has also taken a look at the weather and decided to write a poem that shares her thoughts

about the weather and its effects on her. Please do enjoy.

Weather

Weather

Sometimes I like the weather

Sometimes cold

Sometimes hot

Sometimes just right

Sometimes you have to wear a sweater

Sometimes you don’t

Sometimes I hate wearing shorts

But always, I like wearing cold shoulder tops.

By Khadeejah Kere-Ahmed 4S

Interview by David Uduku

David: How long have you taught at The Regent School?

Mrs Bili :16 years.

David: What qualities stood you out for your new position as the new HOD

for LP

Mrs Bili: I am hard working, motivated and fair to people. I listen to both

teachers and students whenever they have problems.

David: What motivated you to take up the job?

Mrs Bili: I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted something outside just teaching children. I also wanted to help

teachers (including myself) get better at what they already do.

David: How do you feel being the first Nigerian HOD in the Regent School?

Mrs Bili: I feel happy, although it gets very exhausting sometimes, but so far my team has been very supportive.

David: Do you find any part of your job challenging?

Mrs Bili: So far, I have not found anything challenging. I still do what I usually do as a teacher and like I said Lower

Primary teachers have been very supportive of me.

David: Which part of the job do you enjoy most?

Mrs Bili: Teaching. This is the best part of my job. Interacting with the children is also very interesting because

more children now come to me to solve their problems.

Thank you. Watch out for our next post in 2 weeks’ time.