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From the
Principal’s Desk

an English Gallery, which had a very strong

Gothic influence and Dr Frankenstein’s cham-
ber complete with his monster lying on the
bench where he was assembled.

Robert Franklin
Principal On Tuesday pupils were invited to come
dressed as a character from a book. There
Dear Parents, were some very imaginative costumes on

show and some pupils and teachers had ob-
t has been a very different week to usual viously put a lot of thought into their sartori-
this week in the Secondary School as we al wear. Also on Tuesday, the starter in every
Ihave enjoyed a very varied and fun English English lesson was Drop Everything and Read.
Week. Throughout the week there was a huge em-
phasis on the importance of reading.
The week started on Monday with a “Rock, Pa-
per, Scissors” competition, designed to build It has become a tradition during English week
friendships and increase communication and that each form group decorate their class-
use of language around the school. It certainly room door as a book cover. This year was no

caught the imagination of the pupils. The way exception and for the first time, this competi-
the competition worked was that each pupil tion will count towards the Regent Challenge.
was given a ribbon in the colour of their house The winning form groups received points for
when they arrived at school. Pupils would their Houses. I would like to thank our Judg-
challenge somebody else to a game of “Rock, es, Mr Stockden, Head of The Regent Primary
Paper, Scissors”, which if they lost, they would School, Mrs Dyer, Head of Abuja Prep and Mr
forfeit a ribbon and if they won, they would Daly, the Head of Abuja World Academy.

collect a ribbon. Once a pupil had no ribbons
left, they were out of the game. There was an On Thursday, the Book Fair took place in the
eventual winner who had collected more rib- library and pupils could use vouchers to buy
bons than anyone else. books from a variety of book sellers and on
Friday the School Assembly consisted of short
In the English lessons on Monday, the fun con- drama presentations as an acknowledge-
tinued as members of the English Department ment that plays are also an important part of
offered different language games such as English Literature. All in all, it was a very event-
Scrabble for the pupils to play. There was also ful and exciting week!

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