Galle Children's Mini Fest
Saturday 21st February 2015

Get set for the next Galle Children's Festival which will be held on Saturday 21st February 2015 from 11am to 4pm at Dharmapala Children's Park!

This free public event follows the success of the large-scale Galle Children's Festivals held in 2011, 2012 as well as GCFs in October 2013, January 2014, May 2014 and October 2014! 

Held at Dharmapala Children's Park in Galle, this event will offer hundreds of primary and secondary students from schools in the southern province a day of interactive and innovative workshops and come and try activities.

Each child will participate in a variety of exciting workshops aimed at inspiring their creativity .



Activities locked in so far for the February event include:

ART SPACES
Print Making with Nirosha
Origami with JICA
Pottery Painting with Nadia
Fabric Painting with Nirosha
Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) with JICA
Visual Arts with British Council
Weaving with Serendipity Trust
Illustration with Serendipity Trust
Face Painting with KOICA

MOVE SPACES
Street Theatre by Black Box
Jazz and Hip Hip Dance by Deanna School of Dance
Kids' Yoga with Anita
Eastern Dance with Mrs. Bandara
Jump Rope with JICA
Parachute Games with Serendipity Trust

NOISY SPACES
Healing Power of Music; Recorders with The Music Project
NANTA Korean Drumming with KOICA
Percussion, Voice and Strings with Summer Keys

STORY TELLING TREE
Sybil Wettasinghe's Classic, 'The Umbrella Thief with Sulochana Dissanayake, Power of Play
The Gruffalo with British Council
The Written Word with British Council
The Spoken Word with British Council
Kakadu Jack, Interactive Story Telling with Serendipity Trust

If you would like to run a workshop at future Galle Children's Festivals, show your support as a volunteer, register your school or sponsor future events please contact us!

Our thanks also to the Ministry of Education (Southern Province), the Department of Education (Southern Province) and the Galle Municipal Council for supporting Serendipity Trust’s program of events for children in Sri Lanka.

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gALLE cHILDREN'S FESTIVAL PROGRAM
21ST February 2015

Sports Field

11am       Parachute Games
                (Serendipity Trust)
                Ages: 4+ years

12pm       Jump Rope
                (JICA)
                Ages: 5+ years

1pm         ‘Come and Try’ Football
                 (TAFA)
                Ages: Under 10s

2pm         Jump Rope
                   (JICA)
                Ages: 5+ years

3pm         ‘Come and Try’ Football
                (TAFA)
                Ages: 10+

Arts and Craft

11am       Scrabble
                Serendipity Trust

12pm       Magic Child
                (Magic Child)
                Ages: ?+ years

1pm         Shodo / Japanese Calligraphy
                (JICA)
                Ages: 5+

2pm         Fabric Painting
                (Nirosha Ambagahawatta)
                Ages: 4+ years

3pm        Origami
                (JICA)
                Ages: 8+

 
Story Telling Tree

11am       The Umbrella Thief
                (Sulochana Dissanayake, Power of Play)
                All Ages Welcome

12pm       Kakadu Jack
                (Mary Yuille, Serendipity Trust)
                All Ages Welcome

1pm        The Gruffalo
                (British Council)
                All Ages Welcome

2pm         The Spoken Word
                (British Council)
                All Ages Welcome

3pm         The Written Word
                (British Council)
                All Ages Welcome

Music

11am       Recorders
                (The Music Project)
                Ages: 10+ years

12pm       Recorders
                (The Music Project)
                Ages: 10+ years

1pm         NANTA Drumming
                (KOICA)
                 Ages: 5+ years

2pm         Recorders
                (The Music Project)
                Ages: 10+ years

3pm         NANTA Drumming
                (KOICA)
                Ages: 5+ years

 



 

‘Drop-In’ Arts - Space #1

Anytime between 11am and 1pm

                Print Making
                (Nirosha Ambagahawatta)
                All Ages Welcome

Anytime between 2pm and 4pm

                Arts and Craft
                (British Council)
                All Ages Welcome

‘Drop-In’ Arts - Space #2

Anytime between 11am and 1pm

                Pottery Painting
                (Nadia)
                All Ages Welcome

Anytime between 2pm and 4pm

                Arts and Craft
                (Magic Child)
                All Ages Welcome
 

Dance and Movement

11am       Jazz and Hip Hop
                (Deanna School of Dancing)
                Ages: 10+ years

12pm       Kids’ Yoga
                (Anita Amendra)
                Ages: 6+ years

1pm         Eastern Dance
                (Mrs. Bandara)
                Ages: 5+ years

2pm         Kids’ Yoga
                (Anita Amendra)
                Ages: 6+ years

3pm         Eastern Dance
                (Mrs. Bandara)
                Ages: 5+ years

Face Painting

11am to 1pm          Face Painting
                (KOICA)
                All Ages

2pm to 4pm            Face Painting
                (KOICA)
                All Ages


Music & Theatre

11am       Percussion
                (Summer Keys)
                Ages: 5+ years

12pm       Theatre through Fun
                (Embilipitya Black Box)
                Ages: 5+ years

1pm        Percussion
                (Summer Keys)
                Ages: 5+ years

2pm            Theatre through Fun
                   (Embilipitya Black Box)
                    Ages: 5+ years

3pm            Recorders
                    (The Music Project)
                    Ages: 10+ years