During the holidays, 30 students attended the 6th annual Sri Lanka Model United Nations Conference, held at Water’s Edge. SLMUN is the largest school Model United Nations in South Asia and the 3rd largest in the world, with over 1200 delegates. Our students have played a big part in the success of SLMUN since it started. This year ten of our students were members of the Executive Committee that organises the conference, which was again more than any other school. This included Insaf Bakeer Markar, Hishma Hafeez, Ornella Hisham, Ashhari Jayawardena and Vinu Samarasekera, who were all Chairs of different committees.
Read MoreElizabeth Moir School’s 17th Founders’ Day Prize Giving was held at the new Peter De Abnew auditorium at Musaeus College. Entertainment was provided by a highly entertaining performance from the Junior School’s Infant Choir and a beautiful medley by the Senior School Chamber Choir. In her speech, Mrs. Moir focused on the role of parents in the school community. She encouraged the students to recognise the huge sacrifices that their parents make for them and their education, and to show their gratitude for this support more often.
Read MoreNuha Bazeer and Ashhari Jayawardena continue to take the world of Inter-School Debating by storm. Earlier in the year, Ashhari came 1st and Nuha 2nd in a media and public speaking competition held in October, Ashhari was 1st runner up and Nuha 2nd in the English Speaking Union event, and Nuha was selected as Best Speaker in the prestigious Sri Lanka Schools Debating Competition.
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