GCF Mini Festival - October 2013
The Galle Children’s Festival is an ongoing program of events, festivals and participation opportunities, coordinated by the Serendipity Trust (Guarantee) Ltd, for children in Sri Lanka.
On Saturday 5th of October 2013 a Mini Festival was held in partnership with Dikkumbura Sri Siddhartha MV and local education authorities.
This event aimed to bring children from neighboring schools together to enjoy a range of workshops run by local and international artists and practitioners and organisations.
This event was made possible thanks to a donation by Dikkumbura Sri Siddhartha MV’s partner school in the UK, King’s College School, Cambridge. 361 students participated in this event with each child having the chance to learn something new during interactive and dynamic workshops. Each student participated in 3 workshops and were also very proud to perform their new talents.
This Galle Children’s 'Mini' Festival offered 18 different workshops (3 sessions of each workshop) for 6 schools.
Creative Writing
Lal Medawattegedara (British Council)
Students worked with published author Lal Medewattegedara from the British Council to learn various methods for enhancing their creative writing abilities in English.
Craft workshops
V Rajaratnam (British Council)
Students learnt paper rolling techniques and made gift cards and wrote messages in English to celebrate World Children’s Day
Design & Print your Own Fabric
Nirosha Ambagawatta
The workshop offers the opportunity to activate the inherent creative ability in every child. The activity aimed to explore, create and evoke fun with colors and fabric while the working process is considered more important than the finish product.
Japanese Calligraphy (Shodo)
Mr.Hibino, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Participants learnt the art of Japanese calligraphy from a JICA volunteer
Art Competition
Shiroma Benaragama (British Council)
Students worked with Shiroma from the British Council Library to create amazing illustrations.
Story Telling Sessions
Shashila (British Council)
Students participated in an interactive Story Telling Session with Shiroma from the British Council’s Library. They each then made their own bookmark to take home.
Origami
Miss. Atsuko & Miss.Makiko
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Students learnt the ancient traditional art of paper folding with the JICA volunteers
Under the Sea
Jo Kaminska Foundation
Students learnt the importance of protecting our oceans by not littering and recycling their waste products. This informative session was followed by a fun art activity.
Let's read with Nifraz
Nifraz Rifaz
Nifraz promotes a strong reading culture amongst school children as a lifelong habit. In this session Nifraz read a chapter from a Sinhala and English story with the children. They then made bookmarks.
Handwork with Shahani
Shahani Amjah
Children were taught to design a creative piece of work using paper while singing. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage students to enjoy whatever they do and make things fun and enjoyable.
Pottery Painting
MJF Foundation
Students created their own colourful designs on terracotta vases which they could then take home as gifts for their family and friends.
Lets Sing Songs with Signing
Manoj Rasanka, Children’s Hope
Volunteers from Children’s Hope gave students the unique opportunity to learn some of their favourite songs using only their hands. They also learnt many greetings to enable them to communicate with people with hearing impairments.
Make Jewelry out of Paper
Umeshi, Children’s Hope
Saving the environment was the main theme of this workshop. Students learnt how to recycle old magazines and newspapers to create colourful beads which can be turned in to necklaces and earings.
Steps with Rhythm
ECSAT
All children had the chance to learn some new drama skills and dance steps to different types of rhythms. This workshop promoted the integration of children of all abilities.
Illustrate a Children’s Storybook
Sebastian Hobbs, Serendipity Trust (Guarantee) Ltd
Sebastian shared a variety of colourful children’s books before encouraging students to create their own illustration of a village perahera.
Animals in the Ocean
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Ocean’.
Animals in the Jungle
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Jungle’.
Animals in the Snow
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Snow’.
Check out the photo gallery on our facebook page!
On Saturday 5th of October 2013 a Mini Festival was held in partnership with Dikkumbura Sri Siddhartha MV and local education authorities.
This event aimed to bring children from neighboring schools together to enjoy a range of workshops run by local and international artists and practitioners and organisations.
This event was made possible thanks to a donation by Dikkumbura Sri Siddhartha MV’s partner school in the UK, King’s College School, Cambridge. 361 students participated in this event with each child having the chance to learn something new during interactive and dynamic workshops. Each student participated in 3 workshops and were also very proud to perform their new talents.
This Galle Children’s 'Mini' Festival offered 18 different workshops (3 sessions of each workshop) for 6 schools.
Creative Writing
Lal Medawattegedara (British Council)
Students worked with published author Lal Medewattegedara from the British Council to learn various methods for enhancing their creative writing abilities in English.
Craft workshops
V Rajaratnam (British Council)
Students learnt paper rolling techniques and made gift cards and wrote messages in English to celebrate World Children’s Day
Design & Print your Own Fabric
Nirosha Ambagawatta
The workshop offers the opportunity to activate the inherent creative ability in every child. The activity aimed to explore, create and evoke fun with colors and fabric while the working process is considered more important than the finish product.
Japanese Calligraphy (Shodo)
Mr.Hibino, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Participants learnt the art of Japanese calligraphy from a JICA volunteer
Art Competition
Shiroma Benaragama (British Council)
Students worked with Shiroma from the British Council Library to create amazing illustrations.
Story Telling Sessions
Shashila (British Council)
Students participated in an interactive Story Telling Session with Shiroma from the British Council’s Library. They each then made their own bookmark to take home.
Origami
Miss. Atsuko & Miss.Makiko
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Students learnt the ancient traditional art of paper folding with the JICA volunteers
Under the Sea
Jo Kaminska Foundation
Students learnt the importance of protecting our oceans by not littering and recycling their waste products. This informative session was followed by a fun art activity.
Let's read with Nifraz
Nifraz Rifaz
Nifraz promotes a strong reading culture amongst school children as a lifelong habit. In this session Nifraz read a chapter from a Sinhala and English story with the children. They then made bookmarks.
Handwork with Shahani
Shahani Amjah
Children were taught to design a creative piece of work using paper while singing. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage students to enjoy whatever they do and make things fun and enjoyable.
Pottery Painting
MJF Foundation
Students created their own colourful designs on terracotta vases which they could then take home as gifts for their family and friends.
Lets Sing Songs with Signing
Manoj Rasanka, Children’s Hope
Volunteers from Children’s Hope gave students the unique opportunity to learn some of their favourite songs using only their hands. They also learnt many greetings to enable them to communicate with people with hearing impairments.
Make Jewelry out of Paper
Umeshi, Children’s Hope
Saving the environment was the main theme of this workshop. Students learnt how to recycle old magazines and newspapers to create colourful beads which can be turned in to necklaces and earings.
Steps with Rhythm
ECSAT
All children had the chance to learn some new drama skills and dance steps to different types of rhythms. This workshop promoted the integration of children of all abilities.
Illustrate a Children’s Storybook
Sebastian Hobbs, Serendipity Trust (Guarantee) Ltd
Sebastian shared a variety of colourful children’s books before encouraging students to create their own illustration of a village perahera.
Animals in the Ocean
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Ocean’.
Animals in the Jungle
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Jungle’.
Animals in the Snow
(British Council)
Students participated in a variety of activities aimed at increasing their confidence in spoken English covering the theme of ‘Animals in the Snow’.
Check out the photo gallery on our facebook page!
