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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter November/December 2022. News
Newsletter November/December 2022.
Newsletter November/December 2022. We saw the white paradise bird again in our school garden. These birds come every year in November from Nepal to Sri Lanka to spend the winter here. The tail is at least 25 cm long. De paradijs vogel Every Monday afternoon there is a cooking class for the children. This month[…]
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Newsletter October 2022.
Newsletter October 2022. The International Children’s Day of October 1 fell on a weekend this year, so that on September 30, we celebrated it already. We were able to pay a lot of attention to the International Animal Day on October 4, because of the visit to the zoo last September was still fresh in[…]
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Newsletter September 2022
Newsletter September 2022 Our new dance teacher started on September 1. He is young, good looking and dancing beautifully, which is why all the girls love him. De nieuwe dansleraar met leerlingen September was the last month to get the Pfizer Booster shot. Almost all our staff members made good use of this. Due to[…]
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Newsletter July and August 2022.
Newsletter July and August 2022. July in particular was still a very difficult month with long power cuts and still no supply of gas, petrol and diesel. Also, not all medicines were for sale. In school life just went on with teaching, the after-school classes like cooking, crafts, dancing, graphic design etc. Pudding maken in[…]
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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter June 2022. News
Newsletter June 2022.
Newsletter June 2022. On June 1, we said goodbye to the 4 students who had taken their O-Level (HAVO) exam. Their parents were also present. We had made a presentation to put all 4 students in the spotlight with a story and nice photos. Two parents gave a speech, including Sithmi’s father, who did this[…]
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Annual Report 2021
Annual Report 2021 On January 2, we started the new school year with only the staff members present because of the corona pandemic. We provided lunch for 3 monks from “our temple” as the opening of the new school year. All school buildings had to be disinfected again according to the corona rules and an[…]
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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter May 2022. News
Newsletter May 2022.
Newsletter May 2022. At the beginning of May, 2 deaf past pupils (Dinuka and Yamuni) from our school got married. We were invited with a few staff members for this special day, which was celebrated in a Beach Hotel. The tables we sat at, caught the eye, because only sign language was used. Several deaf[…]
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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter April 2022. News
Newsletter April 2022.
Newsletter April 2022. The first day of April started with a curfew in the Colombo District after protesters attacked and damaged the president’s home and that of the mayor of Moratuwa. From that day on, there were daily riots across the country to topple the government. Often peaceful, but also violent. The people demonstrated against[…]
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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter March 2022. News
Newsletter March 2022.
Newsletter March 2022. In the first week of March we celebrated the birthday of our Founder/Principal Tineke de Silva. It was a day full of surprises. The deaf students had secretly been busy for weeks making beautiful works of art, which were presented after all the rituals and the cutting of the cake. The bouncy[…]
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Posted by Mudithe de Silva No Comments on Newsletter February 2022. News
Newsletter February 2022.
Newsletter February 2022. On February 2, we celebrated the 38th anniversary of the Dr. Reijntjes School for the Deaf. We watched old school movies, had a tea treat and an ice cream dessert after lunch. One of the students (Ekmi) had painted the school building on linen and she offered it to the Principal (Tineke[…]
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