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.
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.
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 |