The 2019 World Scholar’s Cup Lusaka Regional Round was once again hosted by Rhodes Park School, and took place from the 16th to 17th February, under the theme ‘A World on the Margins.’ A total of ten schools took part in the event.
Woodford School Lusaka was well represented at this prestigious annual event. Our delegation comprising 34 learners divided into a total of 13 teams, along with 2 teachers.
On the 16th of February, all the activities of the day took place done at Rhodes Park School. Our Scholars attended the colourful opening ceremony, which saw, and was addressed by the host schools’ Teacher, Mrs. F Siabwanta.
Our first activity of the day was the Team Debates which saw our Scholars performing very well. They had to go through three rounds of debates, and most of our teams won at least two rounds. After lunch, our scholars were subjected to two writing tests: Collaborative Writing and the Scholars Challenge. The learners really worked hard and were most of the time seen doing research groups.
The first was a busy one as activities only ended around 18 20 Hours as most learners were picked up just the day’s program ended.
On the second day, the activities of the event moved to Government Complex. All the learners arrived before 07 00 Hours at the venue and had a bit of time to relax before the day’s activities commenced.
The day started on a fun note as their first task was the Alpaca Balance Challenge. Woodford School Lusaka was represented by Maurina Banda who did well, only being knocked out in the last round.
The second activity of the day was the Scholar’s Bowl where scholars were tested in various multimedia challenges. Our pupils performed extremely well as they were able to get most of the questions correct.
They took a break where they went through the Alpaca adoption process. This is the most exciting part for the scholars as they get to receive their alpacas.
After the last round of the Scholar’s Bowl, the learners proceeded to have their lunch which was well served.
Immediately after lunch we had the Debate Showcase. This where learner who did very well in the previous day’s debates are selected to represent the schools and debate in public. In the Junior Category, only 4 schools were picked, with Woodford school Lusaka being among them, with our Frank Tayali representing us so well to much applause in the hall.
The Talent Show crowned the event’s activities, and several of our pupils showed their artistic side.
After the Scholar’s Show, came the final activity, and most anticipated of the event and this was the Awards Ceremony.
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
The Woodford School Lusaka team performance this year was a great improvement to how they fared in 2018, when they got only 33 medals.
This year, we managed to scoop 68 medals of which, 18 were gold and 50 were silver. All the learners that participated received at least one medal. On top of that, our Scholars performed very well in the Debates and the Scholar’s Challenge. We just need more hard work on collaborative writing.
Out of the thirteen teams that took part in the Lusaka Regional Round, ten teams qualified for the Global Round. The teams which did not qualify still stand a chance of going to the global round upon our request as these were two member teams and they were disadvantaged because of a missing member.
Work is now underway by School Management to make arrangements for travel to one of two Global Rounds later this year that have been chosen. The budget for that travel will be announced soon.