Leap Year by Mineh P4

"Leap year was coming", said Lizzy to mum. I kow, Lola! mum called, there was no reply. Guess what happened. Her mum ran into her daughter room. She was no where to be found. They went to her friends house at last she was playing with her friend. Her mother was very happy, she said. Lola, why did you forget. Oh dear, I forgot it was leap year, mum said. Now help us pack our picknic snacks and food. Oh mum I'm sorry I forgot it was leap year mum. let's go now. They had a lot of fun. The endWhy did you forget Lola? by Mineh P4 (BANKYS SCHL, NIGERIA)

Breaktime in my school by Michael O P1A

It is always a very exciting period that comes after the first three lessons. 

We play different kinds of games like skipping and swinging. 

Some children are also seen running and jumping in the playground, playing football and handball. 

The teachers usually guide us as we play, to make sure we are not hurt. 

When the break-over bell goes all the pupils stop playing and go back to their classes.Break time in my school

Jibril I P5

Tito, John, Sam, Maryland and Audu like to boast about international dates and events.
One day, their teacher asked them in class, "what is the similarity between Olympics games and Football World cup? He promised to give a beatiful d=school bag to whoever get it correcet. They all tried but none got it right. The teacher gave a hint that it has something to do with 29th February. Sam shouted, Öh dear, I forgot it was a leap year that comes once every 4 years like the Olympic games and the football world cup competition.Leap Year (Jibril P5 from Bankys Schl, Nigeria)

Oge P4

There was a boy called Emeka in Ofueke village in Enugu State. He was a naughty boy as a result of his mother’s pampering. He is the only child of the mother; his father doesn’t support the mother’s pampering. He doesn’t like going to school.

He is a problem in the school; he doesn’t pay attention in the class. He visited the Auntie’s house and broke a glass cup. He shows remorse for breaking the cup. The Auntie forgives him for the breakup, because it wasn’t his fault. Later the Auntie asks him to stay with her for some time. The Auntie teach him lesson in Mathematics and English.

It wasn't my fault by Sunmisola O P4

There lived a girl named Princess Gideon; she had two brothers and three friends named Tonia, Bobby and Tanya. Every holiday Princess would visit each of them in each week. They lived in the same estate. On one holiday, there teacher took them to the park. “It was fun going to the park” said Tonia. While others were playing football, Princess and Bobby were playing paper boat race. Bobby mistakenly shoots a stone to Princess’s boat and princess’s boat sank. Princess became angry and Bobby replied “it wasn’t my fault”, it was a mistake. Princess forgave him and they prayed and left.

                                                                                                

Toluwani P4

OH DEAR! I FORGOT IT WAS LEAP YEAR

Tori Vega always forget things easily. She would forget to feed her dog, forget lunch, forget it was Saturday and wasn't meant to go to school, so you can guess she was a bit of nuisance. One day, her friend, Angela visited her and told her that her tenth birthday was coming up on the 29th of February and that she was having a party. She also told her that Tori was to be the guest, she also warned Tori not to forget her birthday, Tori promised not to forget her birthday.

She woke up forgetting it was Angela's birthday, though she wondered why people were making noise and exploding fireworks around 4pm in the evening. Angela came knocking at her door with tears in her eyes. Angela asked her for the reason of her absence during her party, Tori gave a long shriek saying “oh dear! I forgot it was leap year”. Tori lost a good and kind friend like Angela and missed the parade that they always had on leap years. After this incident Tori learnt to keep records and not forget.Toluwani P4 (Bankys Schl, Nig.)

Funmilayo D P5

Oh Dear! I forgot it was Leap Year

It was 27^th February in Bankys, a girl named Ayo was to celebrate her birthday on 28^th February, it would be on Tuesday which is her best day in a week, she was so excited.

 After her birthday, she thought it was 1^st of March. At the assembly, the Head Teacher asked, “What is today’s date?” Ayo raised up her hand, the Head Teacher choose her to answer the question. She said “1^st March”. Everybody laughed and the Head Teacher corrected her, then she said, “oh dear! I forgot it was leap year”.

                                                                                                 Funmilayo D. P5 (Bankys Schl, Nig.) 

Leap Year Promise P3B

Oh Dear! I forgot it was Leap Year

I woke up early in the morning not knowing it was a leap year. I went to school and I wrote the date as 1st of March, 2012. My friend Divine told me, “Promise, don’t you know this is a leap year, and this February has 29 days?” I said to myself, oh dear! I forgot it was a leap year!

                                                                                                                                                By Promise John (Pry 3)Promise J. P3B (Bankys Schl Nig.)

It wasn't my fault by Mineh Ovadje P4

“It Wasn’t My Fault”

Here was I,

Where I was,

In the punishment room,

They beat me with a broom,

At last, that I see

What it is all about?

They were going to set me free,

But I didn’t care.

At that stage,

I was in a cage,

Then I said,

I said, it wasn’t my fault,

But I was not remorse.

I was very angry,

I cried sadly,

It wasn’t my fault, I cried

It wasn’t my fault why it was broken,

I was sulky for a while

Then in shouted aloud, it wasn’t my fault

They released me

Because, I was right

                                                                                                By Mineh Ovadje (Pry 4)

Holiday Project- submissions

There was a girl named Jenny she always like doing bad things.Anytime she does bad things,she would say it wasn't my fault.One day she burnt down a rich mans' house.The man took her to the police station and they put her in jail for sixty years.When her sixty years was due,she was out of prison and by dat time,she was very,very old.Everybody became afraid of her and she was so ashamed of herself because she burnt down someone's house.The next day,she became ill and died. By Emekagbor Ejiro P4

5 Sentence Challenge is given as mid-term break projects for Primary 1-2. 100 Word Challenge prompt for week 20 which goes thus ...it wasn't my fault... project for Primary 3-6. The prompt for week 21 is ...Oh dear! I forgot it was leap year... All pupils can attempt that as well by writing their story or poem of 100 words plus the prompt. Make effort! You can do it!!!

Once again, ths is an attempt to post Joy's piece on the prompt; 'the ground slowly parted'. I hope it shows well this time. I had to type myself this time. There was a boy named Adeze, he was rude and disobedient to his elders. He lived with his mother in a small cottage. One day Adeze went to the farm with his friends without his mother's knowledge. His mother looked for him around. Then he came back in the night and slept. The next day the mother asked him o go to the arm to get fresh yam. IN his way there he met an old woman carrying a bunch of firewood on her head. The old woman said, "my sin, please help me to carry this firewood to my house. It's not that far from here". He answered her rudely and left without helping her. On getting to the farm, he as about to cut the yam, a strong wind blew then the ground parted slowly. The old woman appeared and drew him out of the ground and the woman said, "do good to others and others will do good to you. Then he went home to his mother and told her what happened and promised that he would be obedient to his mom and kind to his elders. By Joy Okoro

This is Joy's old story reloaded:

THERE WAS A BOY NAMED ADEZE .HE WAS RUDE AND DISOBEDIENT TO HIS ELDERS.HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER IN A SMALL COTTAGE.     ONE DAY ADEZE WENT TO THE FARM WITH HIS FRIENDS WITHOUT HIS MOTHERS KNOWLEDGE.HIS MOTHER LOOKED FOR HIM AROUND.   THEN HE CAME BACK IN THE NIGHT AND SLEPT. THE NEXT DAY THE MOTHER ASKED HIM TO GO TO THE FARM TO GET FRESH YAM. ON HIS WAY THERE HE MET AN OLD WOMAN CARRING A BUNCH OF FIRE WOOD ON HER HEAD. THE OLD WOMAN SAID MY SON PLEASE HELP ME TO CARRY THIS FIRE WOOD TO MY HOUSE .IT’S NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE. HE ANSWERED HER RUDELY AND LEFT WITHOUT HELPING       HER.ON GETTING TO THE FARM,AS HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT THE YAM, A STRONG WIND  BLEW .THEN THE GROUND PARTED  SLOWLY .THE  OLD WOMAN APPEARED AND DREW HIM OUT OF THE GROUND AND THE WOMAN SAID DO GOOD  TO OTHERS    AND OTHERS WILL DO      GOOD TO YOU THEN  HE WENT HOME TO HIS MOTHER   AND TOLD HER  WHAT HAPPENED AND PROMISED THAT HE WOULD BE OBEDIENT TO HIS MOM AND KIND TO HIS ELDERS                                                                                                                                                                 


BY JOY OKORO                                                                               

This is an old post by Stephen Babalola. Read and enjoy:


25th of February is my mother's birthday and she will be celebrating it in Paris with her family and friends. She has bought a beautiful silver dress and a shoe to match.
She was excited and jumped when Dad announced that we will be traveling to Paris. I am giving a tiny jewelry box as her birthday present

Dear Bankys Stars, the new prompt for week 21 is...
...oh dear! I forgot it was Leap Year!...
You are required to write a story, poem or any composition of your choice by adding 100 words to these words to make 108 all together. Make your story really interesting and ensure it's your own work.
The best 10 gets awards in the school next week.
Start brainstorming & writing! Cheers!

Hello all, I gave a mid-term project of last week's prompt to the pupils:

For Primary 1&2.

- It is for them to write 5 sentences which can be any length but must be correct sentences each on these three words; Jumping, Running and Skipping

- Post your composition to this blog with the supervision of your parents/adult

- Make sure your entry is not done for you

- If you don't have access to use internet under supervision, you can type and submit on Monday 27th

For Primary 3 - P6

Write a story or poem of 100 words including the following:

...it wasn't my fault...

I look forward to nice write-ups. All the best!

It was wonderful speaking with Mrs Skinner today. The pupils were so excited. The teachers' joy knew no bound. Thank you Mr. & Mrs Skinner. We enjoyed every part of our time with you on Skype today. I will post pictures tomorrow morning. Thanks so much

The Ground Slowly Parted by Joy (P4)

THE GROUND SLOWLY PARTED…

      THERE WAS A BOY NAMED ADEZE .HE WAS RUDE AND DISOBEDIENT TO HIS ELDERS.HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER IN A SMALL COTTAGE.     ONE DAY ADEZE WENT TO THE FARM WITH HIS FRIENDS WITHOUT HIS MOTHERS KNOWLEDGE.HIS MOTHER LOOKED FOR HIM AROUND.   THEN HE CAME BACK IN THE NIGHT AND SLEPT. THE NEXT DAY THE MOTHER ASKED HIM TO GO TO THE FARM TO GET FRESH YAM. ON HIS WAY THERE HE MET AN OLD WOMAN CARRING A BUNCH OF FIRE WOOD ON HER HEAD. THE OLD WOMAN SAID MY SON PLEASE HELP ME TO CARRY THIS FIRE WOOD TO MY HOUSE .IT’S NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE. HE ANSWERED HER RUDELY AND LEFT WITHOUT HELPING       HER.ON GETTING TO THE FARM,AS HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT THE YAM, A STRONG WIND  BLEW .THEN THE GROUND PARTED  SLOWLY .THE  OLD WOMAN APPEARED AND DREW HIM OUT OF THE GROUND AND THE WOMAN SAID DO GOOD  TO OTHERS    AND OTHERS WILL DO      GOOD TO YOU THEN  HE WENT HOME TO HIS MOTHER   AND TOLD HER  WHAT HAPPENED AND PROMISED THAT HE WOULD BE OBEDIENT TO HIS MOM AND KIND TO HIS ELDERS                                                                                                                                                                 


BY JOY OKORO                                                                                

Spelling Bee Competition

About 10 schools are expected to participate in the maiden edition of School's Competition (Spelling Bee)organized by Bankys Private School. We look forward to an enriching & highly educative programme on 23rd March

PARIS PARTED GROUND

Paris parted ground by Toluwani P4. Bankys Schl Abuja, NigPARIS   WAS  A   VERY   BEAUTIFUL    PLACE,    EVERONE WANTED TO LIVE THERE. BUT THEY TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT GO TO A PARTICULAR PLACE, BECAUSE THE GROUND IS PARTED. THEY CALLED IT WISE GROUND, BECAUSE IF YOU GO NEAR THE GROUND, IT WILL OPEN UP AND SWALLOW  YOU. EMILY DISOBEYED HER PARENTS INSTRUCTION NOT TO GO NEAR THE WISE GROUND, SHE WAS CURIOUS AND WANTED TO   SEE HOW THE GROUND PARTED, SHE WENT NEAR IT AND THE GROUND SWALLOWED HER UP. HER PARENTS BEGAN TO LOOK FOR HER, IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT A YOUNG GIRL NAMED EMILY WAS MISSING. THEN HER PARENTS REMEMBERED THAT SHE TOLD THEM THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HER FRIEND ALICE HOUSE. THEN   HER   PARENT    WENT   TO   ALIC`E  HOUSE, TO ASK IF THEY HAD SEEN EMILY, ALICE SAID YES, SHE CAME TO  HER HOUSE TO INFORM HER THAT SHE WAS GOING TO THE WISE GROUND, I WARNED HER BUT SHE WOULD NOT LISTEN, SHE LEFT MY HOUSE AND WENT TO THE WISE GROUND, THE GROUND HAS SWALLOWED YOUR DAUGHTER, ALICE SAID.

Kelvin's Adventure by Kelly 3A(Bankys PS, Abj Nig)

100wc.net

One day, a boy named Kelvin was told by his mother that they will go to a castle. He had never gone to a castle before so he was excited. When they arrived at the castle, they greeted the king and queen .The king told them not to go to a particular room, but Kelvin forgot. He went inside the room and pushed a red button and the ground slowly parted. He was afraid and told his mother she did not believe him so he took her to the room. When they got there, the ground had closed. Kelvin didn’t know his mother was stepping at the place that the ground would part.  He mistakenly pushed the red button, his mother feel inside the ground. Ooh would he see his mother again…a                                    

Bankyschl: School Resumption

Bankyschl: School Resumption

http://www.thebankyschool.com

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I got this from 100WC.net so that you can have clear idea of what to do Welcome everyone to the latest addition to the Word Challenges! This is a challenge for those who may struggle with getting 100 words written. It may well suit our younger writers say in Key Stage 1 .It may also appeal to older writers who find the whole exercise of getting words into print very daunting.  If they can write 100 words then please direct them to that challenge but if they would feel happier with fewer words – read on!! The rules are:- Children write 5 complete sentences. That means full stops and capital letters. They can be any length but must be correct sentences These are posted on your class blog (if you do not have a class blog but would like to take part please leave a message in the comments)  The URL of the post should be linked below together with the writer’s christian name, year group and school Children should be encouraged to go and read some of the other entries. That is how we get our ideas! Entries can be from individuals. pairs, small groups or even classes. The link will be open for TWO weeks (until 15th February)

The Four Pigs by Abigail