Greensprings School promotes healthy living with Community Connect initiative

Determined to promote the culture of healthy living among community around it, Greensprings School, the first thinking school in Nigeria has kick-off an initiative called “Community Connect.

The initiative provides an opportunity for the members of the school’s community to engage with one another in a more relaxed environment, through exercise, dance, sports, board games, hands-on vocational skills and other fun activities.

The initiative became apparent with the increase in cases of mental health, high-stress levels and flickering blood pressure among Lagosians.

Feyisara Ojugo, Head of School at Greensprings Lekki campus says the Community Connect will be a monthly programme in Lekki campus and the focus will be on something unique for every month, adding that the plan is to extend this initiative to other campuses of Greensprings School in the near future.

Ojugo speaking at the maiden edition of Community Connect which focused was on dance-aerobics, expressed her satisfaction about the dance-aerobic session. “I am convinced that both the parents and children thoroughly enjoyed the session, because they actively participated throughout the session, without getting tired”, she said.

The session was attended by parents of Greensprings School students, invited guests, families and friends of the school, as well as students. The session kicked off at 7:30 am and lasted for about one hour, with a variety of dance routines and vigorous body movements.

Participants were highly engaged throughout the dance-aerobic session as they were guided by experienced instructors, who carefully blended choreography with trendy music, making it extremely enjoyable for everyone. The session was wrapped up with light refreshments and wellness check by the medical team from Total Health Trust.

According to Ojugo, “We believe that subsequent editions will be more exciting as we’ll be adding some more activities to the dance-aerobics, such as; getting daddies to play football and basketball with their sons; discussing the needs of a girl child with mummies, learning how to ride a bicycle, Man O’ War obstacle games and tennis clinics etc.

“The Greensprings Community Connect initiative is open to parents within the school’s community. External parents are also welcome to join the community connect initiative”, Ojugo said.