School Life

School Life at Elizabeth Moir School
Assembly

Assembly

Assembly is an integral part of school life, an ideal occasion for the entire school to learn, laugh and be together. The aim is both to entertain and to educate, with most performances having an important academic or moral theme. Assembly is the arena for most students to take their first steps on stage. Every child in the Junior School, from Early Learners upwards, takes part in Assembly at least twice a year, so all rapidly feel at home performing in front of a crowd. At the end of the year, they all participate in ‘Simply The Best’, where some of the best Assembly items of the year are performed on a big public stage. Many people are astounded by the confidence our students show on stage from such a young age – but, by then, many are already stage veterans. The students are a wonderfully supportive audience, ever willing to applaud any child brave enough to have a go and give their all.


Life Studies

Life Studies

Every week at the Senior School, a guest speaker comes to speak as part of our Life Studies programme. We greatly value our relationships with the wider community in Colombo and our students have had the opportunity to listen to ambassadors, the heads of UN agencies and NGOs, leading business people, authors, sporting stars and many others. They have been inspired, amazed, shocked and moved by what they have heard and received a unique insight into the way the world works. Whether they want to be heart surgeons or fashion designers, they have also been able to meet a leading figure in their field and find out how to make their dream job a reality. Recent speakers have included Sri Lankan cricket legends Mahela Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya, Nobel Prize-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka, prominent Colombo MP, Dr. Harsha De Silva, founder of PickMe, Jiffry Zulfer, and NASA astronomer, Dr. Henry Throop.

Theme Days

Theme Days

Junior School events such as UN Day and STEMTastic really do epitomise the unique atmosphere and sense of fun at the school. On UN Day, the school is full of sarongs, saris, kimonos, kilts, shalwar kameez and lederhosen as students dress in their national costumes. The students learn the importance of global harmony and are spoilt for choice when sampling food from all over the world!

The Junior School staff rarely need an excuse for a party and the end of each term always sees students (and teachers!) on stage singing and dancing. Great excitement awaits the annual visit of Santa Claus before Christmas with presents for all the children in school – often having abandoned his reindeer for transport better suited to the tropics, such as a bicycle or even a tuk-tuk!

A particular highlight are the annual Avurudu festivities that include traditional New Year food, costumes and games such as kotta porey (pillow fights) and bunnis kema (eating buns with no hands), as well as students from both schools coming together to dance to baila songs.

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