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150, Aminu Kano Crescent,

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Dear Parents, responsibilities. Please take the time to visit our

We are so happy to receive all our scholars back, fully invigorated school website to find out about the many
and excited to learn, after the educational activities that make Tender Years
autumn break. The spring term Preparatory School such a special and vibrant
is going quite well with place.
different extra-curricular,
booster and extension classes Have a wonderful and exciting term at TYS!
for our challenged, gifted and
talented scholars; to Ms. Donna Wallace.
complement our rigorous Director of Education.
teaching and learning that is
going on in and out of the Suddenly it was Christmas at the end of a very
classrooms at TYS. busy term. It was great to watch our End of
Year Production titled “The Lion King.” The
Education is a joint venture
between school and home and we work with our young scholars to
help them learn about the world around them through the
prescribed curriculum and the daily social interactions that they are
a part of. We very much appreciate the support that parents give
their children at home as they strive to reach these academic and
social learning goals. We are committed to providing our scholars
with a safe and caring environment at school and, as such, we
model, teach, discuss, and expect appropriate conduct to achieve
this.
We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to
ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. We children are so confident to perform in a big
recognise that to be successful in school, our children need support space to a large number of parents and guests.
from both home and school. We know a strong partnership with Such confidence is a result of vigorous and
relentless rehearsals, and encouragement from
you will make a significant difference in your child’s education. As
the members of staff. No wonder the
partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and performances just get better and better each
want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our year.

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 We deeply regret that some of our parents did
not receive the email sent out on the new
school resumption date. On this note, the
management has set up a WhatsApp group for
the parents of TYS with a view to enhancing
communication with our esteemed parents.

Kindly note that this WhatsApp group will be

Last term, less than 80% of our parents attended the last Open Day.
Thank you for making time to consult with your child's teachers
to celebrate their achievements; as well as working as a team with
the school in the areas where they need to improve. However, we
would like to see an improved attendance of parents at our
subsequent Open Days, as we place a lot of importance on parental
involvement in our scholars' academic life, to ameliorate their
performance.
used exclusively for Announcements and
Reminders from school management to TYS
parents. We implore our parents to engage our
other usual channels such as the school lines,
e-mail and personal visits to communicate
with the school.
Our appreciation goes to the vast majority of
our parents who have been mindful to provide
their children with healthy food when packing
their snacks for them. We would like to
remind parents that certain foods should not
be included regularly in packed lunches or
snacks (sweets, cakes, chocolates, Pringles,
fizzy drinks, oily fried chips). There is still a
minority of scholars who are being sent to
school regularly with sweets and cakes in their
lunch boxes.

So far, many activities have taken place in the assembly this term.
The children made presentations on the life and achievements of
Martin Luther King Jnr, and it
was simply inspiring! Our
Multiplication Drive is yielding
results, and our scholars are This is not healthy and we would ask parents
showing tremendous to support our Junk Food Challenge by
improvement on their Mental promoting healthy living and healthy eating
Maths skills. habits in our scholars. Keep the Junk Food
We continue our culture of Challenge on!
rewarding scholars that excel at
learning the multiplication tables We would also like to remind you that birthday
during assembly. Our scholars celebrations should be booked at least a week
are learning songs from diverse ahead at the front desks. A birthday party
local and international ethnic register will be available at our front desks for
groups. Please ask them to sing this purpose. This is to help us plan properly
one or two to you for your without disrupting the day's schedule of
pleasure. activities.

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 Please be advised of the following
HEALTH UPDATE important dates for the rest of Spring!!!

Coronavirus - What is it? Events Date

World Cancer Day Feb. 4, - whole school
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in Maths Bee – Word
mammals and birds. In humans, the viruses cause respiratory Feb. 10 – 11, Upper Pry
Problems
infections which are typically mild, including the common cold Maths Bee – Word
but rarer forms like SARS and MERS can be lethal. Feb. 12 – 13, Lower Pry
Problems
World Radio Day –
How to Prevent the Virus? Feb. 13 – Whole School
Excursion
Valentine’s Day Feb. 14, whole school

Mid Term Break Feb. 17 – 21 – Holiday

Science Excursion Feb. 26 – 27, Events

Book Fair March 4-6, whole school

International Women Day March 6 – whole school

March 17 – whole
St. Patrick’s Day
school
World Down Syndrome Day March 20 – SEN Dept.

Open Day March 20 – All Teachers

End of Term Assessment March 23 – 27 – Exams

Autism Awareness Day Mar 30 – Apr 3,

Inter-house Sports Day Sat. April 4

NB:

Dates may change at short notice

BREAKING NEWS
TYS HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
History was repeated again, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020
as Tender Years took the first position at the British Oasis
Spelling Bee 2020 courtesy of Vanini Aggarwal who emerged
the best speller in the “individual category”. The school took
second position in the “schools’ category”

Congratulations to our English Department and the year 6

team that represented TYS.
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