3rd TERM NEWSLETTER 2018/2019

Welcome back to school!!

Dear esteemed parents,

I am very pleased to welcome you to the third and final term of the 2018/2019 academic session. Though the holiday was too short, everything has been put in place for the successful kick off the term; the teachers are so excited and enthusiastic to give their best as this is the concluding part of the session in which students would be tested for promotion into the next class. It is also the term we get to consolidate all policies and strategies put in place since the beginning of the academic year. We are full of hope and expectations having set of relevant learning activities towards ensuring that our scholars achieve excellence in academics and character.

We expect our students to remain focus and full of determination to succeed. It is our prayer that all students would do very well and be promoted to the next class.

External Examinations

We sincerely apologise for the short notice concerning the NECO (BECE) Examination. We made efforts to get information on the Exam on time but it yielded no results.

We were informed about the examinations two days to the commencement of the exam. The official time table was given on the day of the exams. We pray that this will never repeat itself again. The exam has since commenced and we are full of hopes that our students will do well.

The WAEC/SSCE is also in progress the students have demonstrated confidence and enthusiasm after each paper, we pray that they will all pass with flying colours.

Theme for the term

The theme of this term is ‘Panaf my school’. This theme focuses more on enlightening students on the history and values of our school as a means of enhancing national consciousness.

We will teach them the norms and values of this great school focusing mainly in exam malpractice, moral, cleanliness of their body and the environment. Also teachings on various heroes, monuments and cultures from the event parts of the country will be incorporated as sub-themes.

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Inter House Sports: Having concluded the heats last term, the finals will take place on the first week of June.

Graduation/Speech and Prize Giving Day: This is the term we bid our final year students good bye and bid our primary five pupils welcome to Junior Secondary one. We also on this day award outstanding performance amongst students is SS3 only and staff, watch cut for the teacher of the year award. (Principal award).

Extra Curricular Activities Clubs:

We shall maintain the same clubs ran in the previous term, we expect every student to belong to one club and movement from one club to another is not allowed. If there is a need to change one’s club, it may be entertained at the beginning of a new session.

In addition, other extra curricular activities that would be observed are:

  • 21st May, 2019 World Day for Cultural Diversity: The focus will be on the sub-theme for the term emphasis on different culture in the society.
  • 27th May, 2019 National Children’s Day: Students will be selected to visit some orphanage homes.
  • 31st May, 2019 World Tobacco Day: awareness would be created
  • 5th June, 2019. Jets club excursion to Peugeot automobile company.
  • 7th June, 2019: NAFDAC NCSC club will visit the NAFDAC office in Kaduna.
  • 14th June, 2019 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: – Students would be encouraged to plant at least one plant at home and some selected students will demonstrate that in the school.
  • 14th June, 2019 Inter Class quiz organized by social science department.
  • 21st June, 2019: Inter school competition organized by vocational department.
  • 26th June, 2019: International Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. Awareness will be created.
  • 5th July, 2019 Literary/Debating Club: Will go on excursion to the state house of assembly.
  • 5th July, 2019: Inter class quiz competition organized by the science department.

Targets

Below are some of our targets for the term and we pray we will achieve them all.

  1. We want to achieve a 100% success in WAEC SSCE and BECE JSCE Examinations. Be the overall best school.
  2. We want to achieve a total average of al least 70% in each class.
  3. Every student should score at least 50% in all subjects.
  4. All our students should be conscious of the school environment and make it clean always.
  5. Total eradication of Maths phobia
  6. Help students working below expectation through our mentorship programme.
  7. Increase student’s enrolment through massive awareness

Fees:

I implore those who are yet to make payment of school fees for last term

to do so and we except 70% – 100%. Payment of fee for this term. I encourage parents to give school fees payment a higher priority amongst other commitment as we cannot run the school smoothly without your prompt payment. May God continue to enrich you wallets.

School Bus

We plead with parents to get their children ready as early as possible for pick up so as not to cause delay and lateness. The school was able to purchase additional buses for easy conveyance of children; however, there are some roads and streets that are not convenient for the buses to ply, we encourage you to take and collect the children at the various spots designated by the school for pick up.

Uniforms

We still insist on students wearing the appropriate and complete school uniform. The blazers must be worn on Mondays then other days they may decide not to wear it but the school shirt must always be tucked in and the tie properly knotted. Slimmed or penciled/fitted trousers/shirts, skirts are not allowed and will be confiscated if found in the possession of any students.

Boys should keep their hairs very low and those already growing bears should remove them completely. Girls are to plait or keep their hair very low. No attachment or wool is allowed. We encourage all students to maintain a very good hygiene as we all know that cleanliness is next to godliness.

Correspondence

All further correspondence with parents will be via email face book page and the school website (www.Panaf.sch.ng) finally, you will find the academic calendar for this term attached with this letter.

Thank you for your support as we look forward to another successful term.

Best regards.

 

Yakubu Gaiya

PRINCIPAL.

 

 

 

 

 

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END OF TERM BULLETIN

Amiable Parents /Guardians

We are most grateful to God Almighty for graciously bringing us to the end of this first term successfully in spite of the many challenges that we faced. To him alone be all the glory. Our gratitude also goes to all of you for your prayers, support and love for us in this great Institution. May God Almighty continue to bless you and your entire family immensely. Our school closed on 7th December, 2018 for the Christmas break and we shall resume on the 7th January 2019 for the second term that shall last u to 12th April, 2018.

School Fees

We thank all of you for making efforts to pay your ward’s school fees. Based on recent experiences, management has decided that at least all students must come 75% of school fees paid on day one before admittance. All fees should be paid to the bank please. All bank tellers to be given to our account staff on day one of resumption.

2018 NNPC Quiz

Our school participated in the 2018 NNPC science quiz and our SS3 student Chijioke Mbeabukwa came first in the local Government State and North West region respectively but placed 18th position at the National finals. We thank God for this excellence performance at our first attempt. We pray to do better next year by God’s grace. He was awarded an ipad, a plaque and a scholarship worth #100,000 for each semester of his University education in any country.

2019 SSCE

We have embarked on a very intensive programme to prepare our SS3 students for their forthcoming Jamb/WAEC and NECO exams. There will be intensive lessons/tutoring and testing using WAEC/NECO/JAMB past questions. We thank all parents for their corporation so far.

SS3 Extension

Our SS3 students will be having two weeks extension before Christmas (10th – 21st December, 2018) and three weeks extensions during Easter break (12th – 3rd May, 2019). We shall appreciate your continuous cooperation in order to help us prepare these young ones to come out with good grades in the order to help us prepare these young ones to come out with good grades in these exams once and for all.

Seminars/ workshops

Our management and staff members have continued to attend trainings within and outside the school and Kaduna town in order to improve their capacities and efficiencies. At the beginning of this term, Prof. A.A Nkom and our staff, Mr. Edris Idakwo conducted a three day workshop on effective class teaching, class control and lesson planning. We shall be conducting more in-house trainings for all our staff in the term to come.

 

Extra-Curricular/Club Activities

There were extracurricular/club activities observed this term. This includes Cultural day to mark our 58th independence Anniversary, science Quiz, debate etc.

2019 Nigerian Spelling Competition

In the 2018 Nigerian spelling competition, three of our junior students qualified to represent our state in the North-West Regional final. The competition took place in our school on 15th November, 2018 with schools from all over the state in attendance. We pray that these students will win at both the National and International levels.

Kennedy Luggard (USA) Youth Exchange Programme (Yes Programme)

The selection test for the exchange programme was conducted in November, 2017 and two of our students, Prosperity Kenneth Obinna and Victor Ogumba scored 96% and 88% respectively topping the whole 19 Northern States and FCT. In the interview, Victor Ogumba scored 272 points to beat the previous record holder of 240 points. They both passed the interview but Victor submitted his international passport late and thus could not make it to the USA in August this year. Prosperity Kenneth Obinna made it to the USA on 16th August 2018, is now living with foster parents and attending Grade 12 at a High School as our Ambassador in California. Reports reaching us that he is doing wonderfully.

In continuation of the programme, the school presented six students and three qualified for the selection interview. We pray these three students will pass the interview and be in the USA for one year (SS2) from September, 2019- July 2020 as our ambassador.

Parent Teachers partnership

We in panaf view parents as an integral part of Education process and value your input and suggestions. As the relationships between the school and home grows, so does students achievements. As partners in progress, we would love you to actively participate in our activities/programmes e.g. Cultural day, Teacher Day, Open Day, Visiting Day, Christmas Carol etc.

Discipline/Character Education

Whether in the hallway, classroom, playground, waiting room, restroom, hostel, dining hall, school bus, etc, each student is aware of the expected behaviour and every staff member enforces these universal behavioural expectations. We are working on a school wide behaviour system that uses re-enforcement to support these expectations. The framework for our behaviour systems are 6 pillars of character. Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, care and citizenship. These pillars of character exemplify what we expect from our students as they grow to become adults. We rely on your strong support to ensure all these are upheld as disobedience will not go unpunished.

We hold all our students to a standard. We believe they are all capable of learning at high levels. Our teachers work diligently to plan engaging lessons that are differentiated to meet the needs of all our students. Our mentoring programme has been very effective thus our disciplinary committee has been sleeping most of the past two years. We look forward to working with you in this regard in this upcoming school year.

 

Holidays Assignments

The holiday assignments have been given to students to keep them busy during the holiday. The aim is to re-enforce what was learnt in school and also evaluate the understanding and assimilation of concepts taught. We encourage all parents to see to it that assignments are done and submitted as at when due. Please note that it is better that the assignment is attempted and problems returned, than having a lesson teacher do the work for the student.

Emerging trees/PANAF ICDL collaboration

International Computer Driving License (ICDL) is a global certification programme in Essential Information Technology skills, especially for current JSS111 students of panaf Secondary school. The course facilities learning beyond formal education, and provides more options for how and what students learn online using multi-media tools. It is made up of Seven Modules, namely: Commuter Essential, Online Essentials, word processing, spreadsheet, database and online collaboration. The cost will be discounted based on the number of enrolment. More elaboration will be done during 2018 Career week.

Appreciation

We most sincerely thank God Almighty for enabling us to cover our syllabi in spite of the one week curfew. The timetable had to be adjusted and also organized extra lessons to enable us cover the syllabus. It was very tasking and stressful but God saw us through safely, peacefully and successfully. We once more thank you for understanding with us. We wish you a happy and prosperous Christmas and New Year celebrations.

 

Ephraim Kazzah Madugu                                                                              Mrs. Mary Ekanem

Principal                                                                                                               Headmistress.

 

 

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