Jacqueline Sealy presenting prizes to Shaunte Boxill, recipient of the Highest Marks in Maths.
Herbert Millar presenting the prizes to Valedictorian, Jovan Linton. He is also the top boy in this year’s Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination.
Herbert Millar presenting the prizes to Jeremiah Walcott who was the Most Improved Boy in 4 Diamond.
The Blackman and Gollop Primary School will be placing greater focus in the area of sports in the upcoming academic year.
Principal, Petrona Holder, made this disclosure while giving her Report at the school’s graduation ceremony on Friday. She told the gathering at The Ivan Harewood Centre of plans to roll out a new sports policy.
“Commencing in term one 2017, the Blackman and Gollop Primary School will be seeking to implement its newest sports policy. This plan will be placing high priority on physical activity as a key component in developing not only the physical health of the pupils but as a motivating tool to encourage their academic performance. This policy will be linked to the school’s “Positive Behaviour Management Programme”, so as to develop values of fairness, respect, responsibility, cooperation and leadership.”
She added, “The sports policy will be spearheaded by our physical education teachers and the last Wednesday of every month is a healthy lifestyle day. The plan will focus on internal and inter-school sports. Through this plan a more effective use of the points system will be implemented. In addition, there will be offerings of competitions against students from other schools in football, netball, road tennis and cricket.”
Holder further stated that the “programme was attempted in a small way through football in the year under review and we are hoping that with the support of parents and business sponsors that more schools can participate in the coming year.”
Turning her attention to the school’s performance during the 2017 Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, she commended the students and teachers on a job well done. She highlighted Mathematics as the subject where an extra effort will be needed to see greater improvements.
Holder used the occasion to encourage the 50 graduates to set goals of producing quality work while at their new schools. Speaking to the parents, she urged them to know what their child or ward is doing in school – to always know their homework and what is going on in their social activities.