Maya's Ark Academy

Happy birthday Divine 🎁🥳🎈🎊🎉💃🎂.

Bibibine oooooo( In the voices of Itoro and Edidiong Fred Jonah).🥰💕😍
This madam here is amongst those children in Maya's Ark Academy that can boldly tell you - "That is not how we used to do it here in Maya's Ark 😝😆🤣. They know the rules and are ready to remind me just in case I forget any aspect of the policy 💪👍.

May you continue to experience divine favour, wisdom, peace and advancement as you grow 🙏.

God's plan for you will come to fruition 🙏
Grow and excel 💪🎊🎉.
Hip,hip, hip......Hurray..

It's our own very Miss Clara's birthday and we can't keep quiet about it ooooo💃🎊🥳💐🌻🌹🥰💪👍.
Happy birthday to the Captain of the Year 6 Crew of Maya's Ark Academy.

May the good Lord continue to bless, protect and keep you for us🙏
May you find favour in all aspects of your life🙏
May this new age bring you your heart desires 🙏
Hip hip hip hip to Miss Kwala 🎉🎉🎉🎂💗🥰🌻💐🥳🎁

Happy Children 's Day to you our dear children, we love and cherish you all 🥰💕🤗

Happy Sallah to our Muslim Families 🥰🤗

Happy birthday Kaira 🎁🎉💝🎈

I just love celebrating my babies because in no time at all, they will become big babes 🤣🥰😜

Happy birthday to you dear Kaira🎂🎈🤩💃.
May God continue to bless you as you grow 🙏
You will grow and shine 🙏
You will stand tall and make us proud 🙏.
May your path be constantly illuminated by divine light 🙏

Happy birthday and lots of love to you 🥰🥰🎂🎈from your Maya's Ark Academy Family

Happy birthday dear Success 🥰🎉🎂💃.

The Nursery 2 Class celebrates with Success 🥰.
As you celebrate this new age ,may the good Lord favour you with wisdom and knowledge.🙏
May you continue to exceed human expectations 🙏
May you grow in perfect health 🙏

Hip , hip , hip, hip .... Hurray...

Happy birthday Oburuoma 1 of Reception Class 🎂💃🥰🎉

You see this madam ehhhh!
She is amongst the group of children that remind you of what the policy says and what it doesn't say 😁.

Happy birthday Oburuoma and may the good Lord continue to brighten your path as you grow 🙏
You will always stand tall among your peers and make us happy 🙏.

Maya's Ark Academy is proud of you 💪💪👍👍
Hip, hip, hip hip,hip ......

For a parent to send a bottle of Martinellis to me to cool down the pressure of this first half of the term means our work is truly appreciated and we are highly motivated to do more.💪💪

Please don't get me wrong 🙏.

I am not saying parents should start sending me drinks before someone will send me Remy Martin one afternoon to cool down 🤣🤣.

All I am saying is:

* Make sure they are properly dressed (wearing the right uniform for each day and not yellow T-shirt,blue jeans trousers and white canvas 🙆‍♀️)
* Try to see that their clothes are ironed as this gives them a sense of confidence (even in the days of box iron, some of us still looked prim and proper. Today, we have electricity, please use it - enough of these rumple clothes in school)
* Endeavour to give them real food - rice, yam, beans, spaghetti etc and not this indomie 3 times out of 5 days or the group that is sending egg roll and coke ( I understand that some days are quite overwhelming but God is our strength 🙏)
* See that their hair, nails, teeth, ears are clean👍
* Check to see that their homework is properly done and their record is up to date.💪
* Listen to their concerns, fears, worries and address them ( you could call class teachers or me for clarification but not at night for something that can wait until morning 🙅‍♀️)
* Celebrate their victories and success stories.
* Encourage them in their strengths and weaknesses.
* Pray for them and teach them to pray
* Whenever they fall or fail, tell them to try again and if possible,draw stories from the past to butress your point.
* Admonish them when they go wrong and praise them when they are right. ( Create a balance)
* Be a role model
* Bring them early to school so they participate from the onset of each day.
* Don't let them miss school for trivial reasons.
* Ensure they are healthy and strong ( give them enough clean drinking water, let them sleep early, do age appropriate chores, regulate their screen time, check the quantity of sugary things they consume, give them fruits, vegetables and other necessary vitamins)
* Protect their physical, mental and spiritual well-being 🙏

ABOVE ALL, PAY THEIR SCHOOL FEES ON TIME SO THERE IS NO BREAK IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.

Thank you for appreciating our work 💪.

Together, we will bring up children that will be greater than us 🙏💪.

Best regards,
Dr Faith Otti, FCCT.
Head of School MAA

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY 👌.

This is a well known proverb which played out in our school.

Chantel Ukah ( a Year 5 pupil) told me her teacher made a mistake in counting her marks after Spelling Bee.

I generally thought the teacher had underscored her but by the time I gave her audience to get the full story, I got to know that she scored 17 marks and her teacher mistakenly wrote 18.

This honest act of hers earned her a certificate because this is third term and we are gearing up to add up scores for first, second and third term to determine the winners in the various classes.

Sometimes, the determining factor between 1st and 2nd positions is 1 mark so she could have quietly stayed calm but Chantel refused to take a mark that wasn't hers 👍💪🍾🎊👏

She was praised at the assembly and we used the occasion to teach honesty as the best policy even when it seems to *hurt* Pupils were encouraged to always stand for the truth💪👍.

Thank you Chantel Ukah for this display of honesty and may God bless you as you grow up in truth and integrity 🙏

In a world where a lot of virtues are considered *old fashioned* and replaced by vices that are considered *smart*, may God help us to raise upright children 🙏.

Dr Faith Otti, FCCT.
Head of School,MAA.