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:

• 21^st 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.
• 27^th May, 2019 National Children’s Day: Students will be selected to visit some orphanage homes.
• 31^st May, 2019 World Tobacco Day: awareness would be created
• 5^th June, 2019. Jets club excursion to Peugeot automobile company.
• 7^th June, 2019: NAFDAC NCSC club will visit the NAFDAC office in Kaduna.
• 14^th 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.
• 14^th June, 2019 Inter Class quiz organized by social science department.
• 21^st June, 2019: Inter school competition organized by vocational department.
• 26^th June, 2019: International Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. Awareness will be created.
• 5^th July, 2019 Literary/Debating Club: Will go on excursion to the state house of assembly.
• 5^th 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.