Bookings Essential!

AUGUST 2015

Call 0912248086 or email info@serendipitytrust.com

Workshops: 300/- per session
Playgroup: 200/- per session
Workshops held at Serendipity Trust, 32 Cripps Road, Galle

The Serendipity Trust is a not-for-profit

organisation working with local community
members and groups to offer creative
participation opportunities for children in Sri
Lanka. Over 30% of Schools Out tickets are
donated to children in need.

Week 1 - Schools Out Holiday Workshop Program

Date & Time
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Monday 3 August
9.30am to 11.30am

18 months to 4
years

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5-9 years

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5-9 years

Monday 3 August
2pm to 4pm
Tuesday 4 August
9.30am to 11.30am

Workshop Name
Story Telling & Crafts
with Bec and Janaki

Kids Yoga & Art

with Anita, Rainbow Kids Yoga

Cookery with Kids

with Anushka

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7 to 13 years

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18 months to 4
years

Play Group

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5 to 9 years

Resist Art

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7 to 13 years

Tuesday 4 August
2pm to 4pm
Tuesday 4 August
2.30pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 5 August
9.30am to 11.30am
Wednesday 5 August
2pm to 4pm
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Selfies
with CJ

with Annabella, Roseanna & Marcel

Ribbon Doll Crafts

with Sulakshi

18 months to 4
years

Make Your Own Play Dough

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8 to 13 years

Woolen Mats

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5 to 9 years

Thursday 6 August
9.30am to 11.30am
Thursday 6 August
9.30am to 11.30am
Thursday 6 August
2pm to 4pm
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Friday 7 August
9.30am to 11.30am
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Friday 7 August
2pm to 4pm
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Age Group

Friday 7 August
2.30pm to 4.30pm

with Bec & Janaki

with Sulakshi

Origami
with Ravi

7 to 13 years

Paint Like The Greats

with Annabella, Roseanna & Marcel

5 to 9 years

Jungle Boogie Mask Making

with Nafla

18 months to 4
years

Play Group

Description
Come along with Mum or Dad and enjoy fun and interactive Story Telling sessions. Children will have fun
retelling the stories with puppets, singing action songs and then creating crafts linked to the stories.
Join Anita, a qualified Kids Yoga Instructor in this fun and energetic session! Explore yoga with stories,
games, music and art. Learn yoga postures, improve English language skills and have fun at the same time!
Become a Master Chef for the day and cook up a storm in the Serendipity Kitchen. Anushka will encourage
children to experiment with flavors and ingredients to create special Pasta and Noodle dishes. The best
part of this workshop?... tasting everything at the end!
CJ will lead children through a variety of fun and creative art techniques such as silhouettes, collage,
colour blending and the use of perspective to create unique and colourful self-portraits.
Our Playgroup environment provides graduated activities that suit the developmental stages of children
from confident walkers through to 4 years. Sessions offer arts, crafts, singing, sensory and imaginative
play with full access to our educational toys and childrens library.
Color resist with crayons, water colours and other materials, is a classic art activity. In this fun workshop
children will explore a variety of resist methods to create unique pieces of art and gift cards.
Make your own special doll with Sulakshi! Each child will take home their own doll which they will make
using colourful ribbons and other craft materials.
Children will mix, measure, sift, kneed and roll their own Play Dough in this fun sensory workshop! Not
only will children learn how to make their own play dough, they will also enjoy turning the dough in to
many beautiful creations to take home.
Join Sulakshi in this fun and creative session! You will use colourful wool to make your own table mats or
drink coasters to decorate your home.
Learn the ancient Japanese art of paper folding and some even some useful Japanese phrases in this fun
and creative workshop presented by Ravi.
In this imaginative workshop, visiting young artists from the UK and Germany will make learning about art
fun! Discover new ways of making art by being introduced to great artists and their methods, materials
and ideas that made up their masterpieces. Create your own masterpiece inspired by the Greats!
Down in the jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking
and flapping while meeting different jungle creatures. Join a fun and interactive Story Telling Session
before making your very own Jungle Animal Mask!
Our Playgroup environment provides graduated activities that suit the developmental stages of children
from confident walkers through to 4 years. Sessions offer arts, crafts, singing, sensory and imaginative
play with full access to our educational toys and childrens library.

Week 2 - Schools Out Holiday Workshop Program

Date & Time
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Monday 10 August
9.30am to 11.30am
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Monday 10 August
9.30am to 11.30am
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Monday 10 August
2pm to 4pm

Age Group
18 months to 4
years

Workshop Name

9 to 13 years

Print Making: Sun Printing

Sensory Paint and Play

with Mika Tennekoon

5 to 9 years

Print Making: Block Prints & Stamps

with Mika Tennekoon

Description
Have you ever painted with a balloon? Or a car? Or a potato masher? In this fun workshop
children will squirt, squelch, smudge, roll and squeeze paints to create colourful creations to
take home. This session will take playtime to the next level with sensational sensory play.
Sun Printing is based on the cyanotype process, which has been used by artists since its
development in the 19th century. In this fun hands-on workshop children will make prints of
physical objects on to paper and fabric. Objects that eclipse the suns light will show up in white,
with the rest of the paper turning a vibrant Prussian Blue.
Learn from talented print maker Mika Tennekoon in this fun and creative session. Children will
make their own block prints and stamps before applying unique geometric patterns to paper
and card. Mika Tennekoon is a well-known artist who works with multiple mediums such as
photography, digital sketches, print making, graphic design and illustration.
Sun Printing is based on the cyanotype process, which has been used by artists since its
development in the 19th century. In this fun hands-on workshop children will make prints of
physical objects on to paper and fabric. Objects that eclipse the suns light will show up in white,
with the rest of the paper turning a vibrant Prussian Blue.
Learn from talented print maker Mika Tennekoon in this fun and creative session. Children will
make their own block prints and stamps before applying unique geometric patterns to paper
and card. Mika Tennekoon is a well-known artist who works with multiple mediums such as
photography, digital sketches, print making, graphic design and illustration.
Our Playgroup environment provides graduated activities that suit the developmental stages of
children from confident walkers through to 4 years. Sessions offer arts, crafts, singing, sensory
and imaginative play with full access to our educational toys and childrens library.

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5 to 9 years

Print Making: Sun Printing

with Mika Tennekoon

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9 to 13 years

Print Making: Block Prints & Stamps

with Mika Tennekoon

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18 months to 4
years

Play Group

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5 to 9 years

Nature Crafts
with Nadia

Your kids will love bringing the outdoors inside in this fun natural crafts workshops featuring
supplies found in nature. This session will include an adventure through the Serendipity garden
to gather beautiful leaves and flowers which will be transformed in to unique pieces of art.

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5 to 9 years

Felt Creations
with Ravi

Use colourful felt, fabrics, buttons and ribbons to create your own cute bookmarks, badges and
more!

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2 to 5 years

Curious little hands love to help in the kitchen! Come and join the creative cooking fun in the
Serendipity Kitchen where children, with a little help from Mum or Dad, will create their own
mini pizzas and chocolate bliss balls.

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8 to 13 years

Cookery:
Pizzas & Chocolate Bliss Balls
with Janaki & Bec
Paper Marbling
with Bec & Hayley

Tuesday 11 August
9.30am to 11.30am

Tuesday 11 August
2pm to 4pm

Tuesday 11 August
2.30pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 12 August
9.30am to 11.30am
Wednesday 12 August
2pm to 4pm
Thursday 13 August
9.30am to 11.30am

Thursday 13 August
2pm to 4pm

The art of paper marbling manipulates floating ink on water. This ancient art form has historic
roots in Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe. Children will experiment, choosing colorful
inks, wooden brushes, combs and fans to design pictures of their own.

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8 to 13 years

Mehendhi Crafts
with Hayley

For over five thousand years, henna has served as a symbol of good luck & health. In this
workshop Hayley will work with children to share special Mehendi application techniques before
creating their own unique abstract designs on terracotta vases to display in their homes.

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18 months to 4
years

Play Group
Pool Party! Prepare to get wet!

Our Playgroup environment provides graduated activities that suit the developmental stages of
children from confident walkers through to 4 years. Sessions offer arts, crafts, singing, sensory
and imaginative play with full access to our educational toys and childrens library.

Friday 14 August
2pm to 4pm
Friday 14 August
2.30pm to 4.30pm