Busybees & Westmills Yearbook 2017

ABOUT US

OUR VISION

To teach, to reach, to inform, to
transform, to inspire; every
student,everyday.

OUR MISSION

To enrich the lives of pupils so they develop
moral excellence, self - control and godliness
with a passion and curiosity for learning.
To equip pupils to play a positive role in the
global society
To provide British education at an affordable
price.

WE ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH

A positive learning environment for all

A challenging curriculum

A secure and supportive system of student
welfare

Working together with parents to raise
aspirations

Rigorous academic programme with
cutting - edge technology.

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with the goal in mind

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CONTENTS

The Vice Chairman 4 Year Seven 86

Head of School's Remark 6 WestMills Costume Day 88

Chief Editor's Desk 8 Gillette Day 91

Editorial team 9 Year Eight 94

Teaching staff 10 Year Nine 100

Specialist staff 13 Year Ten 106

Administrative/support staff 14 Year Eleven 108

The Principal 15 Year Twelve 114

Busybees Prefects 19 Expanding our Horizons 120

Daycare 20 WestMills Graduation 124

Toddlers 24 Activities & Events 133

Nursery One 26 APSAF 134

Nursery Two 30 Art & Design @ WMS 143

Reception 34 Interviews 158

Nursery colour day 38 Inter-House Sports 162

Year One Topaz 42 AISEN Badminton

Year One Sapphire 46 Competition 170

Year Two Sapphire 48 2016 Graduation/

Year Two Topaz 52 Prize Giving Day 172

Year Three Topaz 56 Christmas Concert 175

Year Three Sapphire 58 Children's Day Bazaar 182

Year Four 61 Science Fair 184

Year Five 66 Orphanage Visit 188

Year Six 70 Our Supportive Parents 190

Arts at Busybees 76 Our Dedicated Staff 191

Busybees Costume Day 80 Awards & Recognitions 192

WestMills School 82 Scholarships & Admissions 194

WestMills Prefects 2017 84 Boarding House 196

AISEN Prefects Training 85 Autographs 197

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From the VICE CHAIRMAN

This year has been a tremendously
successful one for our school
community. Academically your
children continued to excel at the highest
levels, both locally and abroad.

One of our students, Deborah Eseoghene
Akugbe, scored 291 points for the JAMB
exams - 41 points above the cut off required
for admission into any of the top universities
in Nigeria.

Ese also gained admission into the African
Leadership University in their Rwanda
campus,where she has been awarded a partial scholarship.

Another student, Similoluwa Aluko, was also awarded a part scholarship to study
engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, one of the world’s
most difficult universities to gain entrance into.

A third student, Feyishayo Aluko was awarded a scholarship to attend The Brown
University Summer Programme in the United States.

In addition to the above, the school came first in Nigeria in the 2017 British
Council’s‘YourWorld’ Competition.

Our boarding house admitted more students from both within and outside Lagos.
We continue to lay strict emphasis on character moulding and instilling discipline
into the children. Our very high ratio of adults to children in the boarding house
has permitted an unusual degree of focus on each child, paying attention to each
child’s varied and individual needs.

The school has continued to invest heavily in resources required for continous
and sustained development. We remain grateful to the PTA for equipping our
classrooms with state of the art projectors with their accompanying electronic
white board interfaces. These have significantly improved our teaching delivery
capabilities and makes the learning activities easier and more fun for the students.
Security has also been significantly beefed up in all areas of school activities and
will remain a subject of continous vigilance and review.

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We remain committed to seeking and retaining the best available teaching and
support staff. Indeed we recognize that our staff are indeed the most important
and precious asset that your children benefit the most from, and we are truly
very appreciative of the dedicated work and invaluable sacrifices they contribute
towards the overall success of each childs’ development.
To all our parents,we thank you for entrusting your children to us.
Enjoy reading this year book and celebrate with us.
Have a wonderful holiday.
We also thank our Most Senior Chairman, God Almighty (The Chairman of all
Chairmen), for giving us another extremely successful year.
To Him be all the glory, always.

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FROM THE
HEAD OF SCHOOL

As the school year draws to an
end, so also the time to say
goodbye becomes imminent
again. It is a bitter-sweet time for me.
Why “bitter-sweet?” you might ask.
Some of the graduating students this
year joined us in nursery or primary
school and have become personally
close to me. I have watched them grow
into the young adults they are today.

The pain of separation gnaws at my
heart knowing that one chapter has
ended and a new one begins. In the
same token, there is sweetness because it is a time of fulfillment, a time we
have prepared long and hard for,a time to release these young adults into the
glorious future they were destined for.

To the graduating class, we have painstakingly and lovingly put together a
keepsake in this yearbook for you.We hope to have captured memories of
your time here to help you remember you were here.

I hope as you peruse this edition of the yearbook, you will be reminded of all
the wonderful times you had in this school; the tears, the laughter, the fun
times, the times of hard work, life long friendships you have made here and
you will be gingered into aiming higher.

I pray that God will elevate you, help you attain lofty heights and achieve all
your dreams.I pray that you would be able to say " I was here,I lived,I loved,I
was here. l did, I've done everything I wanted and It was more than I thought
it would be." I pray you will leave your mark so the world would be a better
place for your being in it.

One final parting word is "There will be miracles if you believe! "

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from THE
CHIEF EDITOR’S DESK

Reminiscences

It has been another exhilarating rollercoaster of
activities this year at West Mills and BusyBees
School. As the yearbook editor-in-chief,it has been
my job and my absolute honour to make sure that
whether our students are giving performances worthy
of seasoned thespians, dominating debate
competitions,excelling at sports and academics or just
having good fun, the yearbook is always there to
capture all of our special moments and
accomplishments. As difficult a job as it is, the end
product makes the experience far more rewarding than it is challenging.

Here we have a yearbook that captures, in every single page, the values that set us
apart: a commitment to innovation, a passion for excellence and a keen sense of
community.

I have been extremely fortunate to be able to work with such an incredible editorial
team this year. Mrs Obidipe’s constant encouragement, Similoluwa’s selflessness and
the immense contribution of every member is deeply appreciated.I am honoured that
MrsAluko has put so much trust in our ability to bring the estimably high standards she
has set for the yearbook to materialisation—we can only hope that we have not fallen
short of her expectations. I am also grateful to Mrs Etim, MrTommy and Mr Hillary for
their frequent prompting,timeless advice and invaluable input.

I am very grateful to every student and member of staff who submitted entries and
agreed for them to be published. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of creating this
yearbook was deciding which among the deluge of high quality articles, poems,
narratives and artworks makes it into the yearbook.I would also like to specially thank
Dame Rebecca Aikhomu, Dr.Tahir, Mr Oliver Terante and Mr Ogunwemimo Oladipo
for graciously granting interviews to our students.This has allowed us to add a fresh
dimension to our yearbook while also creating a learning opportunity for our
students.

Finally, I hope that this yearbook will be a worthy a symbol of all our remarkable
accomplishments during the past year and serve as a source of nostalgic reminiscences
that we all,as members of theWest Mills/BusyBees family can be proud of.
Enjoy!

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EDITORIAL
T EA M

Babajide Ilebiyi Adenike Obidipe

Mrs. Uche Igbokwe Mr. Ojegbile Babatunde Miss Onyinyechi Igweh

Mr. Richard Egbu Ifeoma Sharon Onyeogo Miss.Adeola Salami

STUDENT MEMBERS

Michelle Issa Similoluwa Aluko

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TEACHING STAFF

Mrs. Nkem Ogbeinyama Mrs. Adenike Obidipe Mrs. Kemi Chuks

Miss.Adeola Salami Mrs. Uche Nweke Mrs. Florence Issa

Mrs. Queen Uduoba Miss Ifeoma Onyeogo Mrs. Uche Igbokwe

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TEACHING STAFF

Miss.Yinka Obanisola Mrs. Kemi Kuti Mrs. Blessing Gberevbie

Miss Chiamaka Ezenwa Mrs. Bukola Osagie Miss Onyinyechi Igweh

Mr. Ojegbile Babatunde Mr. Awe Taiwo Kayode Mr. Wisdom Onu

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TEACHING STAFF

Mrs. Mfonobong Etim Mr.Tomide Olanipekun Mr. Lucky Kawedo

Mr. Hillary Ashikabe Mr. Kayode Apo Mr. Solomon Imasuen

Mr. Omojefe Gberevbie Mr.Amos Omoruyi Mr.Amadife Kingsley

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TEACHING STAFF

Mrs. Dib Mr. Isiaka Salami Mr. Babajide Ilebiyi

SPECIALIST STAFF

Mr. Richard Egbu Mr. Allenjoe Ikheloa Mrs. Zainab Sule
Sports Facilitator, SEN
Boarding House

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Mr. Idowu Adesomoju Mr. Idoreyin Monday Udoh

Operations Manager Admin Staff

Mrs. Olaoluwa Makinde Mrs. Obadan Jumoke

Personal Assistant Accountant
to the Head of School

SUPPORT STAFF

Mr. Daniel Umoh Mr. John Okolocha Mr. Joseph
Driver Security Security

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

As we reach the end of another academic year, we
want to thank all our support staff, teachers,
parents and friends of the school for your support
during the year and to wish you well for summer.

It has been an excellent year and the students in all year
groups have been working really hard to achieve their
best.As always at Busy Bees and West Mills, it has been a
very busy year with a whole range of events and activities
taking place.

Our 11-14 year olds made us proud by putting in an
excellent performance and taking the first position in
competition tagged “YourWorld” organized by the British Council of Nigeria. The video the
production can be viewed at the following web address https://vimeo.com/202750197.
Furthermore, APSAF (Apapa Schools Arts Festival), an epoch-making event; the first of its
kind in Apapa environs and an initiative of our students inWest Mills, was mind blowing. The
event showcased the talent of our children in various areas like dance,drama and visual arts.It
was a time of celebration and we are really grateful to all the parents who came along to
support their children and make the day a huge success.

We added a new dimension to our sports day this year. Instead of the usual races, we added
more fun games which got everyone involved. Great competition with superb individual and
team performances ensured that the day was greatly enjoyed by all--both competitors and
those cheering them on from the sidelines.

Moving on to academics, our teachers have had a productive year of learning. BusyBees and
West Mills teachers are lifelong learners. We are determined to continue to improve by
making sure that we are learning the best strategies for preparing our children for the 21st
Century.To this end, our teachers have been involved in many courses within and outside the
school to improve the learning outcomes.You can be assured that your children will continue
to receive the best education possible. Our many thanks go to the PTA for providing each
class with an interactive white board and projector. This will indeed go a long way to make
learning fun for our children.

I would like to use this medium to congratulate our graduating students on their wonderful
achievements. This is just the beginning of an amazing new chapter for you all-Similoluwa
Aluko, Michelle Issa, Deborah Akugbe, Ali Jomma and SvevaValsesia.The knowledge and the
power to take this new chapter by storm has been deposited in you to write the words that
will be etched in your story forever. We have been preparing you, the support staff, the
teachers, your parents, care givers and your fellow students, to start this future with hearts
full of love, hope and faith. I am glad to note that the achievements of Year 12 students are an
inspiration to all students and staff.

We will sorely miss you all.

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HANDS-ON LEARNING

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Busybees Prefects

1 2
4
53
6

1.Toluwaleke Agunbiade: Head Boy 4. Nour Dib: Assistant Head Girl/
2. Olariyike Yusuf: Head Girl Neatness Prefect
3. Hassan Mdeilhi: Assistant Head Boy/
5. Joy Sule: Social Prefect
Health Prefect 6. Sarah Kaj: Sports prefect

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Unravelling the inner beauty
in every child...

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The Day Care

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The Day Care

Fareedah Haruna Utengheabasi Nyong Zinachi Okwara

Erioluwa Philip Adejumo Danielle Nadine Opia Daniel Sunday

Ryan El Nemnom Wisdom Ochepo Mrs. Olabisi Olanipekun

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The Day Care

Mrs. Blessing Opara Miss Gift Udo Mrs. Bright Samuel

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Toddlers

Marianne Grayson Mojolaoluwa Olanipekun Oreoluwa Makinde

Chizara Oyedu Ireoluwa Shonowo Emmanuel Ogbeinyama

Mrs. Kemi Kuti Mrs. Cecelia George
Class Teacher Nursery Assistant

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Toddlers

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Nursery One

David Uduoba Towdah Osagie Samim Shuaibu

Chiezugom Anaekwe Akachukwu Opara Orezimena Kpokpogri

Naetochukwu Eze Mariam Abboud Victorcolin Rodriguez

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Nursery One

Fatimah Bala Myraa Kalra Ketura Ashikabe

Ifunanya George - Chima Mrs. Kemi Kuti Mrs. Cecilia George
Class Teacher Nursery Assistant

Cynthia Abudu Charity Akpan
Nursery Assistant Nursery Assistant

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Nursery One

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Nursery One

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Nursery Two

Hosanna Ashikabe Chizara Anaekwe Bernice Michael

Tumininu Sonoiki Malcolm Nwanguma Joyce Gberevbie

Metabel Stewart Ameer Ahmad Ibrahim Andrea Kousaa

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Nursery Two

Zoila Fingesi Maryam Yerima Mohammad Ali

Muhammed Ahmed Mrs. Queen Uduoba Mrs. Esther Akpabio

Toufeeq Class Teacher Nursery Assitant

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Nursery Two

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Nursery Two

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Reception

Tehillah Osagie Tantoluwa Dorothy Agunbiade Aishat Adewinmbi

Lilia Boustani Oseahumen Omoaka Ghiya Farhat

Tamilore Kuti Hala Boustani Bella Gbotosho

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Reception

Sara Saimoua Moyinoluwa Obidipe Obinna Aja

Joshua John Akoto Mohammed Boustani Jomiloju Olanipekun

Ahmed Haidar Michalis Iosifidis Tetseoma Akpeneye

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Reception

Mohammed Rafay Ahmed Mrs. Uche Igbokwe Mrs. Rose Epebinu

Class Teacher Nursery Assistant

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Reception

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Nursery Colour Day

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Nursery Colour Day

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Nursery Colour Day

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Nursery Colour Day

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Year One Topaz

Tatiana Raffoul Treasure Onini Zahraa Mdeihli

Janeth Gberevbie Hayam Ezzeddine Reya Kurdi

Rania Boustani Oluwatimilehin Ogunsanya Kandudilim Jibunoh

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Year One Topaz

Hassan Ahmad Hadi Boustani Mrs. Bukola Osagie

My parents Class Teacher

Fish

Parents by Zahraa

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Year One Topaz

My Animal

Polar Bears

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Year One Topaz

My Animal

Penguins

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Year One Sapphire

Amar Dib Isioma Micheal Hala Nabbouh

Hassan Mdeihli Jason Eze - Ugonna Khalifa Ali

Sami Hatoum Yinka Obanisola

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Year One Sapphire

The Krima My School

My Teacher A toy train

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Year Two Sapphire

Al - Hassan Maysaa Slim Emmanuel Okolocha
Yerima Muazu

Narjiss El - Husseini Jordan Aja Mba Mimololuwa
Hassan - Olaolu

Chimbuchukwu Teniola Daniel Obafunke Margaret
Shiloh Edozie Agunbiade Akinkugbe

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