Songs, dance, culture on display at school’s end of session activities

IT was a day of songs, dance, cultural displays and choreography when pupils of Victory School, Oke-Ado, Ibadan, celebrated their end of session activities.

After the rigorous 2016/2017 academic session, it was just important for the management, staff, parents and pupils of the school to unwind.

It was also an opportunity to celebrate pupils who were proceeding to secondary schools, after starting their educational development at Victory for six years.

Speaking during the end of session activities, the proprietress of the school, Mrs Olapeju Kolawole, thanked God for the opportunity to have ended the session on a positive note.

Mrs Kolawole also expressed gratitude to parents and staff members of the school for their contributions to the development of the school, saying the new academic session would afford them the opportunity to continue doing what is right.

She also counseled the pupils to also study hard during the holiday period, while warning parents to monitor their children, especially the girls, saying pedophiles are now everywhere in our communities.

“We are hearing the news about how young girls are defiled daily, so parents should be extra cautious. This is a period when parents send their children on holiday, but I would suggest that they should not allow the children go to where they cannot be monitored.

“I also want our parents to monitor what the children watch on television and on social media; our children are technology-savvy and as such, they can operate any technological gadget, but while there are good contents on social media, there are also those that can cause them distraction, so we need to monitor them well,” Mrs Kolawole said.

In his remarks on the occasion, Pastor Femi Ogbontiba commended the school management for its focus for the future, saying Victory School would mould future leaders in the country.

“However, everybody needs to play his or her part, the management, staff members, parents, and even the pupils.

“I know the future is bright for this school, which had been in existence for the past 61 years; I know the new management will even take it further,” Pastor Ogbontiba said.

After the remarks was the time for the pupils, parents and staff members to enjoy themselves, as everybody got up when the school’s cultural troop got on stage.

The pupils sang different cultural songs from Yoruba, to Benin, Fulani, and it was hard for parents to remain on their seats.

Following the cultural performances came the choreography, and the pupils gave a good performance.

The displays showed that the school takes extra-curricular activities serious as it does to academic activities, and this, probably, is what distinguished the school from other schools in the state.