Purple House wins First Greenwich Schools’ biennial inter-house competition

Purple House has won the First Greenwich Schools sixth biennial inter-house sports competition, which held at Air Force Base, Shasha, Lagos. The competition featured Blue, Orange, Purple and Lemon Green houses.

At the end of the competition hosted by Dr. Kunle and Mrs. Folashade Ogunkolati, Purple House dominated the competition, which featured contests in taekwondo, boys and girls’ 15, 25 and 50 metres tiny tots’ races, 75, 100 and 200 metres races, relay races, fill in the bottle, lime and spoon race and sack race, among others.

Commenting on the competition, the proprietress of the school, Mrs. Ogunkolati described the 2025 edition as the best-ever with the introduction of taekwondo, which, according to her, was co-opted into the event to equip the children with self-defence skills.

“The biennial inter-house sports started about 12 years ago as an important aspect of the school’s curriculum to build the pupils’ career, having realised that extracurricular activities would help them to develop skills like discipline, focus, dedication, hard work, commitment and teamwork.

“Sports instill plenty of values in the children, allows them to be agile, fit, increase concentration in their academics and willingness to perform better in any field,” she said.

Ogunkolati added that participating in sports generally help the children to improve their physical health, gives them the mental energy to cope and study well, release serotonin and other chemicals in the brain and feel more rejuvenated every day.

The Father of the Day, Chief Customers Officer, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Onoigboria Odion, underscored the importance of government encouraging sports in nursery and primary schools to catch them young.

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