During the holidays, 33 students along with Miss Srimali Fernando attended the 5th annual Sri Lanka Model United Nations Conference, held at Water’s Edge from 5th to 7th August. SLMUN is the largest school Model United Nations in South Asia and the 3rd largest in the world, with over 1200 delegates from schools across Sri Lanka, as well from India, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Our students have played a big part in the success of SLMUN with the school again providing more members, with ten, of the Executive Committee that organises the conference than any other school. Reema Mohamed, in particular, took charge of a lot of the overall planning in her key role of Under Secretary General for Public Relations and General Affairs. Junaid Jafar, Shevangi Sadesh Kumar and Sahan Tampoe were all Chairs of different committees and Avishka Mendis was again Assistant to the Secretariat.
Read MoreLast year, we introduced a new internship programme, aimed at both current and past students during their university holidays. As well as helping our current students gain the work experience they need to help their application stand out when they apply to university, the programme is also designed to help students make contacts with companies they may be interested in working for after they graduate. Internship opportunities were arranged with a wide range of companies covering almost all fields that our students are interested in pursuing.
Read MoreElizabeth Moir School’s 16th Founders’ Day Prize Giving began with a brilliant performance by the Junior Choir, including a lovely version of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’. In her speech, Mrs. Moir then encouraged the students to appreciate how privileged they are to have so many opportunities to achieve something in their lives and to ‘remember to be humble, kind, well-mannered’. She spoke of the pride she takes in the school’s Community Service programme and set the goal of making 2012-3 ‘the year when we really make a difference to people’s lives’. Nafeesa Hazma, the outgoing Captain of School, thanked the parents and teachers of the graduating Upper 6th for all their encouragement and support and urged all the students never to give up, stop trying or admit defeat, but to ‘keep going’. The Senior Choir then brought the evening to a close with a beautiful rendition of John Rutter’s ‘Look at the World’.
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