Leadership skills are fostered by appointments as Student Leaders throughout the school. At the Junior School, a new Class Prefect is appointed each week so all children have a chance, and this significantly enhances the students’ confidence. There are also House Captains, Prefects and Head Prefects selected from the senior years of both schools, as well as Junior School Sports Captains and Club Presidents and Sports Captains at the Senior School.
Our Senior School has an ongoing and dedicated programme to improve our students’ leadership skills. Each year, students from Form 3 and above have the opportunity to attend Leadership Camps, designed to build their leadership and teamwork skills by challenging them in unfamiliar situations. Students go to Kitulgala and take part in a range of extreme sports and outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting, abseiling and canyoning, organised by qualified professional staff.
Senior Students are encourage to do internships during their holidays and these include placements at Beijing University, The United Nations in New York, Game Parks in South Africa and Rwanda, a hospital in Colombo for kidney transplant operations, Flying School in Ratmalana and offices of architects, lawyers and IT firms in Colombo.
Giving students responsibility encourages them to act responsibly. Leadership skills are fostered by appointments as Student Leaders throughout the school. At the Junior School, a new Class Prefect is appointed each week so all children have a chance, and this significantly enhances the students’ confidence. There are also House Captains, Prefects and Head Prefects selected from the senior years of both schools, as well as Junior School Sports Captains and Club Presidents and Sports Captains at the Senior School.
Our Senior School has an ongoing and dedicated programme to improve our students’ leadership skills. Each year, students from Form 3 and above have the opportunity to attend Leadership Camps, designed to build their leadership and teamwork skills by challenging them in unfamiliar situations. Students go to Kitulgala and take part in a range of extreme sports and outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting, abseiling and canyoning, organised by qualified professional staff. A typical comment by a student after a trip was: ‘I learnt how to speak out, how to work as part of a team, and how to respect and listen to others’.