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Children's Programme
The 2007 Galle Literary Festival features a selection of fun-filled and informative workshops, debates & essay-writing competitions for young people aged from 3 to 16 years old.
All workshops are FREE and are held in English.
We are predominantly working with Sri Lankan schools in the Southern Province and our aim is to promote educational and learning opportunities for all children, exposing them to English literature. It is also our objective to promote integration and unity among children across the island.
Saturday, 13th January 2007
Creative Writing Workshop |
9.00am –10.30am |
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Sponsored by the British Council in support of Schools of the Southern Province.
Location: Uswathan Hasana College, Katugoda
Workshop leaders:
Lal Medawattagedera for children aged 12-13 yrs
Vivimarie van der Poorten for children aged 14-15 yrs |
Story Telling |
10.00am –11.00am |
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Children will be treated to an action packed hour of story telling by Barbara Sansoni, designer, artist & author of the best selling children’s book Missy Fu and Tikkira Banda and Press with the Toes in the Grass.
Location: Samakanda, Galle |
Creative Writing Workshop |
11.00am – 12.30pm |
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Sponsored by the British Council in support of Schools of the Southern Province.
Location: Uswathan Hasana College, Katugoda
Workshop leaders:
Lal Medawattagedera for children aged 12-13 yrs
Vivimarie van der Poorten for children aged 14-15 yrs |
Eco Workshop |
11.30am – 12.30pm |
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Children will learn how to make their own compost and will plant seeds and trees as they gain an understanding of the basic fundamentals of the environment.
Suitable for children aged 5 years plus.
Location: Samakanda, Galle |
Colour Workshop |
11.30am – 12.30pm |
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Colour co-ordination based on the colour wheel
The master of colour, Barbara Sansoni will give senior students an understanding of the colour wheel, and how to combine and contrast colours.
Suitable for students aged 16 years and over.
Location: Samakanda, Galle
Limited number of students |
Childrens Art Workshop |
12.30pm – 2.30pm |
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Let the creativeness flow…….children will be inspired with sculptor & potter Tissa de Alwis.
Location: Samakanda, Galle |
Story Telling |
2.45am – 3.45pm |
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Join the dynamic young Timothy Seneviratne, author of the best selling book The 3 friends and the BIG wave.
Location: Samakanda, Galle |
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Sunday, 14th January 2007
Be a Comic-Book Creator |
10.00am – 11.00am |
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Move over, Spiderman! Now you can design a hero or heroine and put together a story that you can take home. Children’s book author Nury Vittachi shows you how. |
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AdoptSriLanka Twins Creative Writing Competition
AdoptSriLanka Twins are proudly sponsoring a creative writing competition among Galle Zonal Schools in the English language.
The objectives of the competition are to:
- To encourage students to think and express themselves creatively
- To support English-language learning
- To create a paragraph, story, essay etc in English.
- To recognize and award student literary achievement.
- To collaborate with Galle Literary Festival in Jan 2007
The competition will be open to two age groups:
Intermediate level – Grade 7 & 8 Students (age 12 & 13)
Upper intermediate level – Grade 9 & 10 Students (age 14 & 15)
AdoptSriLanka Twins Debating Competition
AdoptSriLanka Twins will be holding debating competitions in every district of the Southern Province. This will be a year-long initiative commencing in line with the Galle Literary Festival 2007. Zonal-wide winners will be awarded and all participants will attend a debating workshop prior to the competition.
For more information on the Children’s Programme contact: info@galleliteraryfestival.com |
| The Festival programme is subject to change without notice. |
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