The Kind Girl

A story by Udo Sunday Emmanuella, a JSS 1 student of The Entrep Academy School.

Once upon a time, in a village called Uju, there lived a farmer and his wife Mr and Mrs Okon. They had no child of their own for many years. One day on his way to the farm, Mr Okon, met an old woman who gave him a golden box and some instructions. He took the box home with so much faith, and followed the instructions of the old woman.

Three months later, his wife Mrs Okon, got pregnant and gave birth to a lovely baby girl, who was adored by everyone in the village. Her name was Sira. Sira grew up to be a humble respectful and hardworking young girl.

On her way to the farm one day, Sira met a man who by chance was travelling across the village and was robbed of his money, cloth and water. Sira saw him and out of compassion for the stranger, got some food and water and went home to get a cloth for him. He thanked her and went away. That was the beginning of Sira’s kindness.

Sira grew up with the habit of kindness and was shocked by a surprise visit from the first man she ever helped who was now in search of a wife. He visited with some gifts which she taught she didn’t deserved. It was then that the man told her of his intension to marry her.

So for a start, with her parents’ consent, Sira followed the man whose name was John to his home to meet with his parents, who fixed a date for the discussion of the planned marriage. Both parents met and set a date for the traditional marriage. After the marriage, Sira and John lived as husband and wife and Sira gave birth to a set of twins and they lived happily after.

Moral Lesson: There is a reward for being good

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT BY NELSON AYODELE

 

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The 21st century educators are those ones who move with time in the academic system, and strive to find modern ways of teaching and impacting knowledge. Below is a summary of some of the ways a teacher could effectively improve on his or her teaching in the classroom.

IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

1. Most times when a subject appears to be too concentrated, it takes a longer time for a teacher to be able to drive home his point to the students put under his care to impact on, this is where identifying the similarities and differences comes in, in  teaching any given subject. Being able to break a subject down and taking the parts in turn goes a long way to making it simple for students to understand what a teacher is passing across.

2. SUMMARISING AND NOTE TAKING

Until a student understands and is able to put in his or her own words what has been taught, it cannot be said that a teacher has succeeded in transferring knowledge. This is because most times, students do not go back to their notes, but if they are able to form their notes using their own words, what is taught sticks because it is from their understanding of the subject. This doesn’t mean however that a teacher should not prepare his or her own notes.

3. REINFORCING EFFORT AND PROVIDING RECOGNITION

Every student needs to be motivated to work, and as result not just the students that do well should be appreciated, but even the ones that are believed to be backward. Introducing a kind of incentive for good performance, as well as driving other students by awarding them gifts, even when academically, they may not deserve it, would go a great length to helping a teacher achieve a positive result with his work.

4. HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE.

Apart from keeping a child busy outside school with homework, a teacher should also ...


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THE GREAT WHALPHIN

 

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A story written by  Odu C. Raymond JSS 2 student from The Entrep Academy School

Once upon a time, there lived two dolphin parents, they had a baby dolphin which was addressed as Dumbo. Dumbo was different from other dolphins, because he was half dolphin and half whale. At a point in time, a particular blue whale was attacking their territory and the sea community nicknamed it the ‘Monster’. So with nowhere else to go to, Dumbo followed his destiny without knowing where it was leading him. So many incidents happened during Dumbo’s life time.

One particular day, Dumbo wandered about in a part of his territory that had less water creatures, because he wanted to be alone. As Dumbo was moving, he nearly passed the territory boundary, when a blue whale, the particular one which was terrorizing other sea creatures, came up and was observing him without his knowledge. He examined Dumbo and was convinced that Dumbo was a whale, so he tried to push him over, but Dumbo had half the swimming power of both dolphins and whales, so he swam very well and went back to his territory. 

This event made the blue whale to attack the dolphins more to the extent that Dumbo was made to live in the central area of the sea where he was more oppressed One day Dumbo decided to face his destiny, so, he decided to take a long journey to land, despite all the dangerous whales and long distance. He did everything that he could have done to prepare himself, before going away trickily without his parents’ knowledge. 

As he traveled on the surface of the water, he saved a drowning crew of marine workers, and with his great speed of swimming and whale strength, Dumbo flipped up five men on board a ship, with his powerful tail. Finally, the captain of the crew who had fallen a meter above sea level held his breath, as he was about to release it, Dumbo dived into the water and saved him. The crew remembered that they were the ones who mixed male and female gametes of dolphins and blue whales, and accidentally poured the blue whales gametes on the dolphins own, and had to quickly exit because of a shark attack. So the marine workers, moved Dumbo and his community of dolphins to a better and a more peaceful part of the sea, where they all lived. 

All other sea creatures who oppressed him, asked for his forgiveness and Dumbo forgave them all. News spread like wide fire and within a short time, a large multitude of people knew about Dumbo. Dumbo was awarded with a great title known as the “The Great Whalphin”. 

 MORAL LESSON: Discover your uniqueness. 

 QUESTIONS

1. What made Dumbo special? 

2. What is the name of the animal that was attacking the dolphins? 

3. Which set of people did Dumbo rescue? 

4. Why was Dumbo awarded a title? 

5. In your own words, explain what you think is the moral lesson in the story? 

Miss Ogechi

Miss Ogechi
She is a pretty lady
She is sensible and motivational
She is as pretty as a hibiscus flower

poem by Nwogu Daniella JSS 1
(Highcast International Acadmy)


photo credit: wikipedia

The Orange Fruit

The orange fruit is very juicy and sweet

I will like to plant it

It is very sweet

The orange fruit is as sweet as sugar

poem by Ernest Awute Rinnah 

(The Entrep Academy) primary five



photo credit: organic.org

Success Story

Mrs Philomena Afeonkhai

The Director of PHINOVIA DAY SCHOOL, Philomena Afeonkhai, is a simple down to earth woman, who hails from Edo State. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, in Microbiology from the great University of Benin, and a Masters Degree, in Environmental Management from the prestigious University of Lagos.

Her love for children, and resentment for child abuse of any kind made her leave her promising career in Cormart Nigeria Limited, where  She worked for five years, and Tripple Gee plc, where She worked as the  Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental Manager. After leaving Tripple Gee in 2013, she started the journey and finally set up a Creche/Daycare centre in 2015. In her words, she shows the fulfillment of progress in her school business.

As a solution to every woman, mother and family, who needed a proper hygiene conscious creche, to leave their babies and not be worried about infection, while they go about their daily work, "Phinovia Creche and Aftercare" as it was known then, was birthed. Phinovia Day School, so far, has given quality service to clients. However, in 2017 with parents loving our services more, the Nursery Section of PHINOVIA DAY SCHOOL was introduced.

The journey has not been easy, but the continuous drive for quality service, and seeing our little ones who joined Phinovia Day school at two months old, displaying a high sense of growth, in weight, a few inches taller and months wiser, more responsible and mature than  when they first joined, has been the  strength beneath our wings. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to see their personalities grow day by day!                                                                       

Philomena Afeonkhai who is also a member of the Nigeria Red Cross Society is quietly involved in voluntary work. She is a service minded, and a "quality" conscious lady. She is happily married to Henry Afeonkhai, and they are blessed with a son, Prosper and a daughter, Olohi.

A FREE ASSESSMENT TEST ON CREATIVE WRITING FOR YOUR SCHOOL

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Creative writing  goes  beyond writing. It is first about creativity, before exploring with words to produce a master piece.

To help young minds to be creative is to actually spur their creativity, which somehow is inherent in every man, because everybody is unique and can do things in their different ways.

To get started with the whole idea of creative writing is to "catch them young" and nurture the writing process until every potential writer is able to write independently.

Remember, Rome wasn't build in one day, make a move, let your pupils and students partake in the  free assessment test presently going on. let us together, raise the next generation of writers.