Emmanuel lkpeama.
Colour plays a very crucial role in our day to day activities and in our lives generally and in a bid to encourage the appreciation and diversity of colours, the e Management and Staff of Power and Glory international School, Ejigbo Lagos held it first Colour/Fruit day with the theme “Creative World of Colours”.
The event which is the first of its kind is aimed at exposing learners to the utilitarian nature of colours; the aesthetics, the symbolic nature and the application of colour to our everyday life.
Speaking at the event, the colour day committee chairperson,Mrs Adesanya explained that the event is designed to foster a genuine appreciation of the beauty and diversity that colours bring.
According to her,colours are known to impart humans’ emotions, feelings, decisions, amongst other things and colours are capable of changing the moods, by bringing about reduction or increase in tension, activate excitement, passion, energy, enthusiasm, amongst other things.
Adesanya went further to say,”Colours make the world beautiful.They define the atmosphere, they tell what an environment looks like or should look like, they promote differentiation, uniqueness, easy identification and also help in branding and designing.”she submitted.
She advised everyone to embrace the diversity of colours and bask in the smiles they bring to our faces, noting that the children decided to add fruits so as to make it unique.
Earlier the Proprietor of the school,Mr Ezekiel Onilude in his welcome address stated that the activities of the day were centred around the creativity behind colour choice, the hidden meanings of colour and the encrypted message that each colour carries and symbolises.
Mr Ezekiel opined that,to some, colours have even deeper meanings than meet the eyes and to some colours could mean calmness, abundance, peace and spirituality while urging the parents and the children to use the event to know the importance of colours and fruits in their various life.
The Colour/Fruit Day had children research and present information on the importance of colour,the origin and nutritional values of various fruits, from pawpaw, watermelon,mango, strawberry, orange, cherry among others.
Highlight of the event were dance, singing, comedy, spoken words, picking of balls, and drinking competition by the children and parents.
