REGENT NEWS Volume 12 Issue 33 Friday 10th June 2016

Dear Parents,

The Regent School Fun Day 2016

Another eventful day in Abuja and it all happened at

The Regent School!

Following a great deal of preparation on the Friday

before the event with tents tables slides, bouncy

castles etc being placed in situ for the next day, those

still here at school until past 9pm were praying for a

rainless night and day. The Saturday morning

gathering of PTA members, stall vendors, security

and staff breathed a sigh of relief that it was indeed

dry but slightly overcast. There was a sense of

optimism that the 2016 Fun Day would be dry

without any rain!

By around 10.00am The Regent School was ready to

receive the large crowds already waiting to get in.

Indeed, it was fabulous to see the crowds continue to

drift in right up to 4.45pm. Whether the target of

over three thousand people was reached or not does

not take away from the fact that so many people,

friends of Regent and guests came in their hundreds

to support the day and had lots of fun.

The colourful spectacle on the field was amazing and

the children (and even some big children the Mums,

Dads and adults) jumped, splashed and bounced on

the many different inflatable activities. The ‘Haunted

House’ once again proved to be a success as it

attracted many children and adults!

All the other rides were

busy throughout the

day. There were some

new ones such as the

giant water slide, the

paddle boats, a tall

climbing wall and the

popular bungee jump. Favourites such as the electric

train and the tunnels amused the children.

The Farm House,

Puppet and the Magic

Shows attracted many

people to the Hall not

only see the

entertainment but to

seek a short rest bite

from the heat outside.

The Year Group games also proved to be a real hit

with the children and especially Valerie who won the

266 lollipops but

guessing the right

number in the box!

Thank you to all the

teachers and some

parents generously who

‘volunteered’ to man

their rides and events in

the course of the day.

The more mature members of the population on the

day took the opportunity for retail therapy! A big

thank you to all the outside vendors for supporting

the day and giving many an easy shopping

alternative.

Once again the Second Hand and Tombola Stalls

attracted huge crowd looking for a bargain!. Again,

thank you to parents who helped on these stalls.

The PTA Food area was full of tempting goods and

seeing the crowds hovering around them certainly

proved that it was a huge hit. The PTA was so

grateful to parents who brought food in for the day.

Another thank you. Thank you to Mrs A’s Food Stall

and to Drumstix’s for their excellent offerings on the

day.

The Raffle drew a large excited crowd at towards the

end of the day.

All prize winners should please redeem their

prizes at the Reception Office latest by Friday

17th June. All unredeemed prizes will be forfeited.

The winners went away with some fantastic prizes of

airline tickets, fridges, cookers, meals and vouchers to

name a few. A huge thank you needs to go to the PTA

for the hours of preparation that was done

A huge thank you to the following generous people

who donated prizes for the raffle:

Mrs Jonas

Dr Emeka Ujam

Mrs Nwuche

Mr Remi John (Carz4hire)

Mrs Mutu

Mrs Chife

Mrs Bobbo

Mrs Hauwa Aliyu

UBA

Diamond Bank

Barrister Etiaba

Mrs Fatima Abdulhamid

Mrs Zainab Abba

Mrs David Mark

Mrs Beatrice Kemedi

Dr Onyi Orji

Ethiopian Airlines

Vina LTD

Protea Maitama

Cakes & Pastries Emporium

Mrs A

Superflights

Skin 101

Hon Khadija Bukar

Mrs Kolawole

Ethiopian Airlines

Grand Towers Hotel

Mrs. Ajoge

Johnny Rockets

Al – Basha restaurant

Frozen Scoop

Arc Mrs Kolawole

Mrs Linda Semaan (Kayma’s Bakery)

E4MA

‘Fun Day’ for 20 children from Gishiri Primary

School

Twenty children

and two teachers

from the Gishiri

Primary School

visited The

Regent Primary

School last

Saturday on Fun

Day at the

invitation of our PTA. This was the second time that

they have visited our school and they came prepared

in their PE kits. The Giant Water Slide and the

Bungee rides proved to be their favourites. It was

great to see them all having such fun.

Chisom Chikelu - A worthy ambassador visits

Chisom Chikelu our immediate

past Head Boy visited during

our Fun Day from The Dragon

School UK where he is

representing The Regent

School well. Below is a letter

from The Dargon School UK.

Blue Leaves Certificates Recipients

Well done to the following children in Early Year

for earning the Blue Leaf Awards this week:

Reception R - Stephan Inyang

Bilkis Musa

Reception S - Goodluck Obua

Laila Abdulhammed Ujah

Reception A - Sani Muhammed

Maryam Shour

Playgroup R - Alessandro Ujah

Adrita Somerset

Playgroup A - Jamie Clyde

Eliora Onwuegbuzie

Playgroup S - Joannis Broughton

Chikezirim Nnebedum

Nursery R - Daniel Asuru

Hauwau Muhammad

Nursery A - Aisha Kabiru

Asmaa Mohammed

Nursery S - Safyan Hassan

Fatima Mahey Rasheed

Chef Child for the week

This week Chef of

the Week in

Reception R is

Andrew Oragunye in

company of his

Mum. We learnt the

recipe for chips and

chicken and how

make this delicacy.

Thank you Mrs

Maryanne Oragunye

for teaching Andrew

and the whole class

how to prepare it. We

thoroughly enjoyed

it.

Inauguration ceremony of our ICT Tablet

launch in the classrooms on Monday 13th June at

9:30am

You are all cordially invited to the inauguration

opening ceremony of our ICT Tablet launch in the

classrooms on Monday 13th June at 9:30am prompt.

The Regent School has maximised the potential of

tablet technology to facilitate pupil learning. This

was in line with the school’s strategy to incorporate

new teaching styles which utilises information and

communication technology to enhance learning in a

new and dynamic way. The school has always

aimed at furthering its acknowledged academic

excellence by being the leader in the

implementation of cutting edge technology for

teaching and learning, whilst ensuring that the

learning process remains enjoyable and fulfilling for

every child.

The event will have the Honourable Minister of

Science and Technology in attendance as the special

guest of honour.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Brain Academy - “Believe in your potential even

if you haven’t seen the results" - Gaby Natale

As a part of their career coaching, The Brain

Academy Agents in the Lower Primary had a

meeting with The Regent School Abuja’s

Administration Manager, Mrs Odinaka Anionwu.

She shared her career ambitions with the agents. A

trained lawyer with a wealth of experience in the

business and administration sector, Mrs Odinaka

inspired the agents by discussing different career

options and highlighting what it entails to join the

business world. Many of the agents desired to open

their own business when they grow up. They were

very excited to hear the first-hand experience and

thanked her and her team for all the hard work in

making sure The Regent School continues to be a

thriving school.

FATHER'S DAY - SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2016

Year 2S will have their Father's Day Assembly on

Tuesday 14th June 2016 at 8.15am. Father's of

children in 2S are invited and encouraged to come

along and celebrate with their children. We

understand that fathers have exceptionally busy

schedules and therefore we are providing notice so

that busy schedules, business meetings or travel will

not be affected.

So what date is Father's Day this year? Father's Day

will fall on Sunday June 19 2016 in the UK, as well

as a host of other countries around the world.

Year 6 Trips

This week has been busy and exciting for the children

in Year 6 as they went for trips to some interesting

establishments in Abuja. The first trip was to NEXT

Cash and Carry where they were given a tour of the

various departments within the store by the Manager

and visited their bakery where the much loved NEXT

Family Loaf is produced.

The trip would not have been complete without some

shopping! It was good to see the children put their

Maths skills to test to ensure that they bought what

they could afford and work out their change.

The visit to The Central Bank of Nigeria was just as

exciting. During the tour of the currency museum, it

was lovely to see their fascinated faces at the elaborate

display of all the currencies in the world. Our tour

guide also had to answer questions on the value of the

Nigerian Naira – way to go, young economists!

Our sports loving children enjoyed spending time at

The Abuja Stadium. As you must have guessed, it

was an activity based trip. The children had the rare

privilege of running some races in the Main Bowl on

the international tracks!

Other facilities they toured were the Main Bowl,

swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts - where

they saw some matches being played.

So far the children had seen end - products during

the week, so today they visited an indigenous tissue

roll company – Banrut Rolls - tucked quietly away

in the industrial layout to see the production of the

tissue paper into different purposes. Again, the

children were awe

-stricken, but at

the sizes and

efficiency of the

machines

responsible for

rolling and

packaging various

tissue products.

It will come as no surprise at all when one of our

pupils eventually makes a career choice because of

the seeds sown in their hearts during these trips.

Certificate Awardees for week 7

200 Certificate Awardees

Alex Shercliff 1A

Ozioma Jessica Uchenwa 3S

Annaglory Limi 4R

Ademide Ajibade 5A

Carissa Moses - Saromi 5A

175 Certificate Awardees

Maryjaden Nnam - Obi 1A

Oluwapelumi Oshomoji 1S

Mustapha Muhammad 2S

Sameera Ibeun 2S

Jordan Ofori 3A

Chetachi Ujam 3R

Chife Anam 3S

Sa'adatu Mahey Rasheed 3S

Elisabeth Jonas 4A

Jude Ode 4A

Durotimi Ajayi 4A

Ashwin Anil M. 4A

Malika Saidu Ibrahim 4R

Feron Oseiza 5A

Ifunanya Ujam 6A

150 Certificate Awardees

Eva Nwofor 1A

Rahanatu Saidu 1R

Chijindum Joshua 2A

Samantha Kattah 2S

Kadisha Nzekwe 3A

Elita Mwandobo 3R

Isabelle Nnam - Obi 3R

Musa Rabiu 3R

Muhammad Abubakar 3S

Najeeb Muhammad Saidu 3S

Fati Bukar Abba Ibrahim 3S

Sheikh-ali Muslih 3S

Aisha Abba Dantata 4A

Maimuna Saidu Usman 4A

Valerie Kemedi 4A

Aisha Muktar Muhammed 4R

Abdulhamid Abdulmumin 4R

Melissa Medard 4S

Riddhima Pathak 5S

Amaris Iiamah Henry 6A

125 Certificate Awardees

Kasie Owunna 1A

Emmanuel Udo 1A

Idris Bello Almakura 1A

Kelvin Hu 1S

Fatima Khan 2R

Jason Ajaponna 2S

Fareed Gebi 3A

Omobonuola Isaac Adeola 3R

Sani Bisan Yakubu Sani 3S

Vrishabh Kannan 4R

Ikhena Ojior 4R

Moussa Balhas 4S

Samuel Oluwaniyi 4S

Nabilah A. Owodunni 5R

Kayode Khalidson 5S

Hamidah Kolawole 6A

Michael Amazu 6R

100 Certificate Awardees

Abdullah Umar Bature 1S

Mohammed El Cheikh - Ali 2R

Armaghan Atta 2R

Morakinyo Akinola 4S

Carys Bradford 4S

Abdallah Yahaya 4S

Leonie Uwemedimo 4S

Oluomachukwu Kanu 4S

Muhammed Kabir Na 'Allah 5S

Al - Amin Idris Mamman 6A

Cindy Koni Sani 6A

75 Certificate Awardees

Peace Ugochukwu-odor 2R

Siddhartha Mathema 4A

Khadija Ibrahim Habu 4S

Farhana Ahmed 4S

50 Certificate Awardees

Ifechukwu Nnebo 1R

Damola Ogunmuyiwa 1R

Michael Dickson

Headmaster