ABC launches website to mark anniversary
The ABC School of Early Learning celebrated twenty years of providing quality Early Childhood Education to children aged 2 to 5 years recently. On reaching this milestone, the ABC group of schools launched their website at the school premises at Chitra Lane, Colombo-5 . The website was launched by a distinguished past parent Sidath Wettimuny whose son Sanjay was one of the first students of ABC, and is now a qualified junior first officer flying for Sri Lankan Airlines. Sidath and Sharmini Wettimuny graced the occasion and many other past parents attended the event as well.
Today, ABC is known to be a popular and greatly respected institution in the sphere of Early Childhood Education. “We are a strong educational establishment, with close upon 200 children at both schools”, said Director ABC group of schools, Ayoma Fernando.
In September 2006 in order to cope with the steady demand for superior education from ABC, the ABC Preschool was established. Due to the strong commitment and dedication of the staff, as well as the school’s quality teaching methods, the ABC Preschool has seventy children enrolled as of today. Both the ABC School of Early Learning and ABC Pre-school, work hand in hand in offering the young ones a curriculum which is dedicated to developing a young child holistically.
The ABC School of Early Learning is also one of the pioneer schools in Sri Lanka in providing “Inclusive Education”, setting up a special needs unit to help little ones who have specific learning disabilities and to overcome such limitations by studying and play- ing together with the other children. “We are indeed thankful to our qualified, devoted, enthusiastic and caring special needs staff, who shower these special children with love and much support. We have a qualified Language and Speech Therapist who conducts therapy sessions at the school. We are also the model school for BSC undergraduates from the University of Kelaniya who belong to the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences who receive their educational placements with us”, said Director, ABC group of schools, Suranganie Munaweera.
The ABC group of schools also provides free and invaluable practical training for trainee teachers who are studying for their Pre-school Diploma at the Department of Vocational Studies at Ladies College and Mother’s Touch Academy.
The ABC School of Early Learning is a hub of energetic activity in the afternoons. For the past 12 years the schools has been providing extra curricular activities such as Art & Craft, Kinder Music, Elocution and Karate. They also provide support classes in Sinhala, English and Tamil Languages. The well equipped Day Care is also fully operational in the afternoons and evenings. “It is heartening to see the students who have left ABC still maintaining close bonds with us by attending these classes”, said Munaweera.
“We at ABC believe in creating a home away from home for our children. Though 20 years old, ABC still remains tall and strong in the field of Early Childhood Education, and we will continue in our journey to achieve greater heights in the years to come”, said Director ABC group of schools, Rupini Tyagarajah.