Holy Family Girls School, Wennappuwa

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Holy Family Girls' School
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Holy Family Girls School
Location

Sri Lanka
Information
Former nameWennappuwa Girls’ Elementary English School
MottoLiving in Gratitude with Simplicity and Fidelity
Established1930
Staff90
GenderGirls
Number of pupils2300
Website www.holyfamilywennappuwa.slt.lk

Wennappuwa Holy Family Girls' School is a girls' school in Wennappuwa in the North Western Province in Sri Lanka, which was established in 1930 under the Holy Family sisters of Bordeaux. [1] It was an English Medium school until taken over by the government in 1960.

Contents

The school motto is Living in Gratitude with Simplicity and Fidelity.

History

Holy Family girls’ School was established in 1930 as Wennappuwa Girls’ Elementary English School. At the beginning there were classes from standard I-IV, with 60 students. The Kindergarten was started in 1930. Being a private school, the students paid for the education they received, and the teachers were paid by the bishop of the diocese.

The school was taken over by the Sri Lankan government on 23 September 1974.

Principals

Present day

The school has 2300 students and 90 staff. The principal is the Rev. Sr. Shirani.

There are Science, Commerce, Arts, English and Media associations. The teachers in charge of the Girls’ Guide Unit conduct their meetings both in Sinhala and English language.

Events

Science Day

Science Day is celebrated in school annually. Members of the Science Union together with teachers of the science section, organize class level competitions within the school. "Do you know" contests, competitions on creations and exhibitions are held every year The winners receive prizes and certificates at the annual Science Day. The annual publication of "Vidumuthu" provides an opportunity for the students of the Science section to publish material.

Commerce Day

Commerce Day is celebrated annually. The Commerce Section plan the day in co-operation with the Commerce students of the school. The annual publication "Siddantha" is published by the Commerce Section. Competitions for speeches, essays and "Do you know" contests are held for both senior and junior students in accordance with the Commerce Day. The winners are certificated and forwarded for the Zonal Level Competitions.

Arts Day

The Arts section of the school plan Arts Day. The Arts magazine is "Vikasitha".

English Day

The English teaching unit of the school celebrates English Day under the patronage of the principal of the school. The specialty of the annual English Day is that almost all the students of the school taking part in competitions class level events.

Competitions like speeches, oratory, dictation, essay writing, recitation, scrabble, creative writing and copy writing. The winners receive certificates and the selection for the divisional level competition is done at the same time.

Children’s Day and Teachers’ Day

The celebration of the Children’s Day and Teachers’ Day takes place annually. The school prefect union, under the supervision of the Rev. Sr. principal, organizes the days with the co-operation of the teachers in charge of the prefects’ union.

Academic performances

A student came top among all girls in the country in GCE AL 2014 Mathematics stream.

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References

  1. "Holy Family Girls School, Wennappuwa". Lanka Schools. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.