Sporting Activities helps Children

The Director of the Taqwa Private Schools, Lagos, Alhaja Mariam Alimi, has asked parents to allow their children to participate in sporting competition, saying it is good for their mental and physical development.

Alimi spoke at the sixth inter house sports of the school held at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on Thursday 12th of February 2015.

According to her, apart from building the children physically, such competition prepares them for challenges ahead.

She said, “Sports help to build mentally and physically and that is why I encourage parents to help build their children’s interest in sport. We also discover talents in our children through sports and this helps to build their future.”

The administrator, while stating this also urged the government and school owners to provide sporting facilities in schools.

She added, “Sports play an important role in the lives of the children and events like inter house sports showcase talents in the pupils.

We hope to have a private mini stadium soon.’ The institution’s Board of Governors Chairman, Sikiru Alimi, explained that parents should not force their children to choose a particular profession.

He added, “Encourage your children in exhibiting their talents in sports and other areas of life. Again, there is no need to force children into choosing a particular profession.

“We participated and won the Lagos State Table Tennis ‘Talent Hunt’ in 2014 and won the first edition of the Dansol High School Soccer Competition, so we are bent to showcase the school as a place where all round education is given.”

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Greensprings wins AISEN Key Stage Three Five-Aside tourney

GREENSPRINGS Schools at the weekend 29 January 2015 emerged winners of the Association of International School Educators of Nigeria (AISEN)

Key Stage Three Five-Aside Boys and Girls football tournament, which featured over 20 schools at Lekki Campus of the institution.

Among the schools at the event were
Greensprings School Anthony and Lekki
Campuses, 
Corona School Agbara,
Childrens’ International School,
Lekki, British International School, Victoria Island,
Childville School Ogudu,
Emerald School, Lagos,
Meadow Hall School, Lekki,
Temple School, Ikeja,
Avi Cenna School,
Ikeja, Rainbow College,
Supreme Educational
Foundation, Magodo,
Lead Forthgate School, Lekki,
Grace High School Gbagada,
Edgewood College Lekki, and British International School
Lekki.

Others were Lagos Preparatory School,
Ikoyi, Chrisland Schools Idimu and Ikeja,
Westmills British Secondary School Apapa, and White Dove School Lekki.

At the end of the tournament, Greensprings School Lekki won the boys’ event, beating Lekki British International School to the second position, while Supreme Educational Foundation, Magodo took the third position.

In the girls’ event, Greensprings School Lekki took the first position ahead of
Corona Secondary School, Agbara (second) and its sister school, Greensprings School, Anthony, which came third.

Among the dignitaries at the event were Mr. McFaul, who is the Director of Education, Greensprings School and also President, Association of International School Educators of Nigeria (AISEN) and Mr. Opesan, Head of School, Meadow Hall School.

Mr McFaul later presented the medals and trophies to the winning schools. One major achievement of this year’s competition is that medals and trophies were presented to the winning teams.

Topaz retains Atlantic Hall School Sports title

THE defending champion of the Atlantic Hall School, Poka, Epe, Lagos, Topaz House, has once again reclaimed the trophy by winning the 21st edition of the inter-house sports competition held at the weekend 23 January 2015 in the school.

With 25 gold, 16 silver and 20 bronze medals, Topaz House, beat Emerald House to the second position (18 gold, 32 silver and 27 bronze medals). Garnet House and Sapphire House took the third and fourth positions with 15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze, and 14 gold, 18 silver, 11 bronze medals respectively.

Despite a good start by the Emerald team, the athletes could maintain their lead, allowing Topaz to outshine them in the 200m, 100m, 4x100m, Long jump, and the march past events.
It was indeed an exciting moment for the
students, teachers and guardians who came out en masse to cheer up their teams.

At the end of the event, Odunsi Kiki and
Gbadamosi Rasheedat from Topaz House, clinched the Best Athletes (boys and girls), just as Queens College, Yaba, Trinity College, and Corona Secondary School, came first, second and third respectively in the girls invitational
relay.

Speaking after the prize presentation, the
principal of the school, Andrew Jedras,
commended the school teachers, parents and the participants for their efforts, while stressing the importance of sports in the educational curricula.

According to him, “for us here at Atlantic Hall, it has become imperative to instill into our wards different knowledge, and sports happens to be one of them. Sports helps the student tovfocus and think more, that is why we made it mandatory for everybody to participate in this competition.”