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From The Principal’s Desk
Junior Boys and Senior Girls, while Volta
took Senior Boys and Junior Girls. It was a
clear reminder of how sport builds both
house spirit and individual skill.
On Thursday 5th November, we also held
our Talent Competition. The standard
this year was very strong, with students
from all year groups performing. It
was encouraging to see how much
Dear Regent Community, confidence, creativity and hard work sat
behind each act.
Debate, Competition, Talent and Student
Leadership All of this sits within our “Year
of Etiquette”. We continue to
his week has been a good snapshot
reinforce simple but important
of Regent life – students thinking hard,
habits: greeting staff properly,
T competing well and stepping up as
using a traditional Nigerian
leaders.
greeting where appropriate,
saying “Good morning”, and
Our Term 1 Inter-House Debate brought Benue,
showing respect in the hall, on
Volta, Congo and Senegal together in a very
competitive but respectful event. Juniors the corridors and at events.
tackled school-based topics like designing These small courtesies say a
their own curriculum and choosing lunch great deal about the kind of
tables; seniors moved into wider issues such young people we are trying to
as actions versus words and rehabilitation grow.
versus violence in dealing with crime. The
standard was high across both categories Taken together, these moments – in the
and, after some very close scores, Benue hall, in the sports arena and on the stage
House took the overall win. – show our students growing in voice,
character and confidence.
The postponed Table Tennis Competition
finally went ahead and was worth the wait.
Across Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Boys
and Junior Girls, matches were fast, noisy
Philip Reynolds
and good-natured. Senegal House won Principal
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