Emergency Meeting Of Parents With The Principal

An emergency meeting of parents of the students in SSS 3 and the principal was held on Friday 12th February, 2010 in the school premises.

At the meeting the principal briefed the parents about the new instruction by the state government concerning the registration of their children for the year 2009/10African Examination Council (W.A.E.C.) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination that will commence in the month of April.

The government,the principal reported, is now frowning against the students that are not serious about their education.And for this reason the government has made it mandatory for every student to always be present in school and have as much as 70% presence in school before he or she would be registered for the final exam in Lagos State.

The parents were also told about their children's lack of seriousness towards their studies and the principal therefore warned that as long as they continued like this there is no assurance that they would be able to make good and appreciable grades in the exams.

The parents expressed their gratitude to the principal for the information and promised to give their children and wards the necessary advice towards making a success of the opportunity provided by the government.


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Students Teachers Are Sent To Us From University of Lagos

Three new Student Teachers were sent to the school from the Faculty of Education,University of Lagos, Akoka.

The Student Teachers, one female and two males are to stay in the school for some weeks to gain practical teaching experiences in a normal school setting.

Mr. Olamide Ogunbase is teaching Economics while Mr. Emmanuel Brownson and Miss Chioma Enwereuzor are teaching Commerce and Physics respectively.

These are the individual and group pictures of the student teachers for the 2012/2013 session.

Mr. Olamide Ogunbase - Economics Teacher

Mr. Emmanuel Brownson - Commerce Teacher

Miss Chioma Enwereuzor - Physics Teacher

The Student Teachers in a group photograph

The Student Teachers with their colleague that is posted to Falomo Junior High School.

When Miss Insurance 2012-2013 Paid Us A Visit

Miss Onyeka Adigwe, MISS INSURANCE 2012-2013, Visited the school
on a courtesy call as part of her school visits programme for the commemoration of the 2012-2013 Insurance Awareness among the youths.

Miss Adigwe brought with her officials of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who were collaborating with her on her pet project for the period of her reign .

Miss Adigwe informed the school that her pet project's theme was:

FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION AND 
THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE

As part of the programmes there would be an essay competition on the topic:
        
            BENEFITS OF INSURANCE TO THE NIGERIAN CHILD


The grand finale would feature Music, Dance ,Talent Showcase and Life Talks on Health, Education and Insurance.

Here are some of the pictures taken on the day.

                           Miss Onyeka Adigwe - Miss Insurance 2012-2013                                          

                   An Official of NDLEA explaining things to the audience

                              A Cross section of the members of the audience

                  The Principal, Mrs.C.A.Adeboye and Miss Insurance,Onyeka Adigwe

Tips to Creating Good Study Habits for Examinations

1. Don't panic on exam day. On the night before the exam, and in the morning, read through your notes a few times, then put them away.

2. Don't panic if you have not studied well. Just think over the question and you might remember something the teacher taught you. After all, you are studying things that men/ women have discovered before without previous knowledge.

3. Keep a glossary of any words belonging in an educated vocabulary and pertaining to your subject matter which you may be able to incorporate in formulating your exam responses.

4. Make your own reviewer. Write your keywords in every topic and use different colors of ink for easy recognition. When you create your reviewer, use all the resources you have available. Make sure to personalize it so you can enjoy it!

5. Eat a healthy breakfast that day, so you feel energized, but don't eat so much that you feel full. Something to consider is a study that says males do better on tests if they are slightly hungry, and females do better on tests if they are slightly full. Again, don't overdo it.

6. You gain less by studying for exams at the last minute. One way to think about it is to start studying for the next exam as soon as you get the material, don't wait until a week before the test to start.

7. Try and have all your study notes complete at least 2 weeks before the exam. This allows you plenty of time to work through past papers for revision and go over and re-read anything you're a bit hazy on.

8. In the lead up to exams, try and get your hands on some exam papers for previous years. Doing these before the real exam will give you an idea as to what you'll be up against and will highlight anything you still need to revise.

9. If you suffer from exam stress then take a calming antidote, perhaps an herbal tea. Just don't overdose because it'll make you drowsy.

10. Don't stress out, it makes your mind work slower.

11. Allow yourself a few minutes to settle into a zone of intense concentration when approaching your reading or writing academic assignments.

12. Realize that you may need to internalize information actively to keep focused. This may be accomplished by following the text with a pencil and whispering the text to yourself to ensure that you are progressing during your study segments of time.

13. Reproduce the academic material from memory to monitor retention levels at regular intervals as a sort of self-testing mechanism.

14. Find as many associations or ways to connect the new information which your brain is acquiring with the information which is already securely entrenched in your brain to foster cohesion in your arsenal of knowledge.

15. Adopt passionately creative methods of memorizing related information using numbers, acronyms, mnemonic poems, wild stories and outlandish mental pictures to truly bring the material alive in a virtually unforgettable way.

16. Have a balance in life; exams are simply a quick and lazy way to assess people. Don't panic, just study.

17. Develop a positive attitude towards exams. If you are well prepared you'll walk into the exam room thinking "WOW! I can't wait to prove myself to these examiners; I'm going to Ace this test, just to show them." 

18. Ever heard this? "Good luck with your exam!" This is false hope, you shouldn't need a pint of luck to help you succeed, and if you DO need good luck, then you obviously haven't prepared enough.

19. While some can be, most exams aren't really this big. Exams are really just large quizzes with a time limit. No big deal.

20. During the exam, avoid blanks. Try as hard as you can to make an intelligent guess. Take the closest answer but remember not to take too much of your time in answering one item. Go back and review your answers after you finish the exam, if you still have time.

21. Don't waste valuable opportunities to better yourself by being lazy!

22. Always have a positive attitude. Prepare for the worst and expect the best!

23. Be relentlessly confident in yourself and your abilities!

24. Research shows our focus can last about 45 minutes, so take a 20 minute power nap or relax your mind by listening to classical music.

25. Mind your diet and don't drink alcohol.

26. Avoid visiting any social-networking sites! It can be done after the exam.

 Acknowledgement: This article was taken from www.Wikihow.com

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The Best 12 Ways Any Serious Student Could Succeed

The video goes a long way to give you the best guide to studying and succeeding as a grade A student.It is very interesting because the presenter is a teacher himself and what you hear and see here will go a long way to convince you that your attitude as a student is the same as those that are displayed by students from elsewhere in the world.

There is no difference in our human makeup but the environments may be different.

Our attitude are usually the same.And that is the reason why you would come across someone you have never met in your life and suddenly you realise that you find it ease to relate to such a person without being together ever before .

Listen to the facts as explained in the video and learn a BIG LESSON.

Five Ways to Develop a Partnership with Your Principal

This is an article written by Ben Johnson for www.edutopia.org

 

Rarely will a new principal leave things at a school just as they are. Sometimes those changes do need to happen, but the teacher perspective might be the principal is coming in and trying to fix things that aren't broken. Instead of saying, "Throw the bum out!" I have some suggestions to help teachers get off on the right foot with a new principal. (As a principal new to a campus and recently experiencing this.)

Number One: Have a Face-to-Face Meeting

Whether you like it or not, your principal can be your greatest ally in helping you inspire high-performance learning in your classroom. He cannot do this if he does not know what your goals are for student learning. The first weeks of school are going to be hectic for him, so to make it easier for the principal to get to know you, make an appointment with the school secretary and sit down and have a conversation with your principal. If the principal is wise, he will listen and appreciate the insight into the school and the students that you provide, and he will learn how to better support your efforts in the classroom. Perhaps, most importantly, he will see your passion for helping the students be successful and will see you as the highly capable professional that you are. I am grateful for the many teachers that took the time to do that with me. I will eventually get around to chatting with each teacher about their goals. Not only having a face to put with a name, but also knowing a teacher's goals is invaluable in helping me be an effective support to my teachers.

Number Two: Make Your Resource Needs Known

The new principal knows that you need the appropriate materials and tools with which to create effective learning environments and inspire learning in your classrooms. But if she does not know what tools or materials you are lacking, she cannot help you. I had a teacher send out a request for a toner cartridge, something that if missing can put a large crimp in lesson plans and learning activities. In rousting about in a closet, I happened to find a stash of toner cartridges, and since I had been informed of the simple need, I was able to quickly get it to the teacher. Another teacher requested personal white boards for his math students. In that same closet, I happened to notice a set gathering dust, so I delivered them to him. After all, and I am sure the teachers would agree with me, I would much rather have teachers making good use of tools and materials than having them sit in a closet.

Number Three: Write It Down

It can be frustrating for a teacher to not get what was requested after talking to the new principal in the hallway. A new principal is bombarded with information from all sides and may feel that his attention and time is fractured into a thousand pieces the first few weeks of school. One of the best things that some of my teachers did for me was to not only talk with me about their needs, but they also wrote out their needs on a piece of paper. It sounds simple, but if I have a written record of our conversation, literal or electronic, there is a much greater chance that I will actually make time to act on my teacher's requests.

Number Four: Invite Her into Your Classroom

One of the best ways for a principal to get to know you is to see you in action in your classroom. Especially the first few weeks of school, a new principal is hesitant (ok, I felt hesitant) to intrude in your classrooms. What helped me to take the plunge was that several teachers enthusiastically invited me into their classrooms to see the wonderful things they are doing to inspire learning. Classroom visits, observations, or walk-throughs should never be adversarial experiences, and if you put a welcome mat out for the principal, this relieves a lot of pressure for both of you! You might not think that it would make much of a difference since the principal can come and go as she pleases, but having that invitation helped me to feel more at ease knowing that the teachers wanted me in their classrooms.

Number Five: Offer Encouragement

Your new principal will make mistakes, take missteps and in general flub things up the first few weeks. He will be very aware of this and will get feedback telling him this from all sides: parents, students, central office, and especially the staff. In the course of trying to please as many stakeholders as possible, a simple note of gratitude, a pat on the back or a word of encouragement can be a huge stress reliever and provide the new principal with the extra energy to "keep moving forward" as my son's favorite character in the film, Meet the Robinsons would say. In my case, it was a tasty piece of cake placed on my desk that brightened my day and gave me hope that I was making progress.
Since I am new to my campus as principal, I am anxious to develop partnerships with the teachers in my school. As any new principal would, I want to be able to help them be successful in helping students learn. Making it easier for a principal to develop that connection will help you and the principal find the success you both need.

What other ways have you found effective in breaking the ice and forming a partnership with a new principal?

1st Continuous Assessment Test Held

The first Continuous Assessment Test for the new session has just been held.

The tests which took the better part of two days were held on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th October, 2012 with almost every student taking part.

It would be recalled that the original dates for the test were supposed to be Thursday 25th and Friday 26th.It was however, postponed because of the Eid-il-Kabir public holiday that were scheduled for the two days by the federal government of Nigeria.

We are hoping the students would perform well.