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The Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of Kith & Kin Educational Schools, Asiwaju Kaoli Olusanya, has emphasized the need for complete education for overall development of pupils. A practice he said has made the school to attach importance to physical activity while also ensuring effective learning process and social development.
He outlined the school policy at the 2025 Inter – House Games of the Kith & Kin Nursery and Primary Schools and Kith & Kin Montessori School, held at the school sport centre at Owode – Ibeshe on Tuesday.
At the end of the games, Yellow House also known has Daffodil House emerged the overall winner with 13 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze.
The father of the Day, Mr Wilson Akpan, donated the sum of N200, 000 to the winner on behalf of his foundation.
In the second position was the Green House (Emerald house) and third position is the Blue house (Lily house) while Orange house (Blossom house) came fourth.
The second and third positions received N150, 000 and N100, 000 respectively.
In the invited schools’ girls race Brocks Montessori dust other 10 nine schools to emerge first, while Chriswill School and GiGloGrace Children School came second and third respectively.
In the male category of the invited schools’ race, Brooks Montessori again confirmed its dominance. GiGloGrace Children School emerged second and Chriswill School third.
Asiwaju Kaoli Olusanya, the Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Kith & Kin Educational Schools, stating the importance of sporting activities, said that the school attaches importance to all areas of education which is why the school is engaging its pupils in developing their physical abilities.
He also said that the physical development of the pupils connects with the effective classroom learning and social skills interaction where they learnt respect, collaboration and partnership to make them better.
“Children want to play more than to be engaged in reading, Children want to have fun; children want to replay; they want to engage; they want to interact; they want to talk and they are inquisitive and that is why toddlers want to ask any form of questions.
“Children are natural researchers who ask questions: why is it not? Why is this one up? How do I poopoh? How do I sleep? If you ask him to eat, he will ask why should he eat the particular food? Please, try as much as possible to answer them. It is in the process of finding answers to questions that they learn.
|In the process of engaging in sport activities; in psychomotor activity, they learn more. That is how they learn and that is why we give balanced priority to domains of learning. It must be balanced.
“There is a common saying that “all work and no play make Jack a dull boy”.
“It will be boring if you have to come to class every day just to read and study Mathematics, English Language and the teacher asking you everyday that where is your homework.
“As you are attending to his homework, also attend to his social and emotional needs. These make him or her happy, relaxed, laugh and at times, take him or her out to fun spots. That is what we are doing,” he pleaded with parents”, the CLO said.
While appreciating parents for their support and cooperation, the CLO also assured them of the school’s impacting knowledge in their children and moulding them to be future leaders.
“We thank parents who are in partnership with us; who believe in what we are doing and who also give us feedbacks so that we can do it better.
“We are committed to what we are doing, deliberately, intentional to invest in our today for a better tomorrow of our children, because that is the way we can create a better Nigeria.
“The adult must invest in their today: resources, energy, and time, put them in their today, counsel, guide them aright, and talk to them. Let them see you as role models, that oh, I will like to be like that person and show them positive good role models,” he charged.
Asiwaju Kaoli also assured parents and guidance that the school will continue to listen to them, be accountable, and strive as much as possible to be a school that they will be proud to call their child’s school.
He said that Kith & Kin is comparable to leading schools anywhere in Lagos and the school will continue to excel in external examination performances.
While informing the parents that the products of the school are doing well in various higher institutions, Asiwaju Kaoli also added that there is no year that ex – students don’t graduate with First Class Honours.
He called on them for more cooperation and support.
Sporting events that pupils took part in were shot put, match past, race, filling the basket, sack race, relay race, blow and bursting the balloon, three leg race, dressing to school, filling the bottle, searching the unseen bottles, pick the balls, fashion parade, lie/egg & spoon race, bike race, and high jump.
