Students of Headstart School, Isolo-Lagos, showcased their creativity, innovation, and diverse talents during the school’s much-anticipated ‘Creativity Week 5.0’, an event designed to encourage self-expression and practical learning beyond the classroom.
The week-long programme themed: “Colours of Creativity” featured a variety of artistic display the students as they were allowed to play with colours in their artistic works.
At the end of the colourful and engaging event, outstanding participants emerged as winners, earning recognition for their originality, skill, and impressive artistic displays
Drie Sdenu emerged the winner for the Primary Four category, while Erireoluwa Olayiwole and Tricia Iwobi emerged first and second runners-up, respectively.
For the Primary Three, Sophia Uduebo was declared the winner, Praise Aderounmu emerged the first runner-up, and Osinachi Isika got the second runner-up position.
For the primary three, Sophia Uduebo was declared the winner, Praise Aderounmu emerged as the first runner-up, and Osinachi Isika got the second runner-up position.
Primary two had Chidoziwe Udeh’s work as the best; Aamir Falola and Rex Ugochukwu emerged as first and second runner-up, respectively.
In Nursery two, Chibugo Ezeh emerged the best, Adaolisa Udeh got the second position, while Adanne Udeh emerged third best. While in Nursery Ayomiposi Sokoye emerged the winner, followed by Jonathan Ukwuru and Ohunoluwapinu Awokola, respectively.
The judges, comprising Solomon Nweke and Bola Vaughan, did not consider contestants from Primary Five worthy of prizes, as they were given consolation prizes.
According to Vaughan, one of the judges, the criteria for awarding points include the ability to translate imagination and ideas into realities.
Besides, she emphasised that participants must be able to defend their works and not displaying of colours.
Pyllis Iwobi, the head-teacher at Headstart School, in her address, explained that the purpose of the creativity week is to allow the children’s imagination to run wild.
“Most times when we teach, it’s like we are restricting them, but allowing them to be themselves, think for themselves, knowing that they can do it, that’s the essence of it,” she said.
Iwobi emphasised the need for parents to encourage their children to participate in extracurricular activities because, according to it is a gateway to excelling in this contemporary era.
“Beyond academics, extracurricular activities are needed for a child to excel, because academics is not just what we need in this present dispensation. The world is going into AI, artificial intelligence, and the academics will not take them far if they don’t have hands-on skills,” she noted.
She emphasised that exposing children to soft-skills and vocational know-how is crucial to developing a total child as school was doing.
Buttressing her points, she said that she heard that some children were talking about building architectural houses for the future, where children will be free, where they will move around.
“Not this restricted type of housing that we have. I’ve also viewed some children who have to play with colours, believing that beautifying the environment is the ultimate thing.
“That the environment shouldn’t be pale, the environment should be filled with colours. Colours dictate the emotions of people, their mindsets and what they believe in,” she said.
Solomon Amu, the arts teacher at Headstart School, and the visionary of the programme, said he came up with the idea about five years ago when he saw children, the way they were showcasing their creativity.
“So, I said, we need to inspire them more concerning it, and I sold the idea to the management of the school because I believe it’s something that will inspire and boost the children’s creativity.
“Besides, creative arts will improve the lives of these children in future because there is an element of arts in everything we do as humans,” he said.
Speaking on the success story in the last five years, he said, “There have been lots of improvements, such as the number of entries and the creativity qualities
“We had more than 100 children who enrolled, and there is clear evidence that parents are picking interest in the event,” he noted.
