Many people may tend to believe that religion should be one of those topics best left alone. Not so. The members of the Interfaith Society cannot help but disagree. The club provides the students with an opportunity to discover themselves by studying their own religions, as well as learning about other religions. Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Muslims join forces to understand each others’ beliefs and philosophies. The club remains united with its members sharing the same objectives and goals. At a time when religious and racial violence threatens to push our country back to the days of civil war, the club represents hope. Hope for a nation sans any violence. Hope for a country where its people will come together as Sri Lankans, united as one harmonious nation, respecting each other despite their different religions, races and cultures. This is what the interfaith Society of AIS (the first of its kind) hopes to achieve.

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Open to children of all ages, the Board Games Club meets once a week and gives its members the opportunity to learn and/or improve their skills. Inter-house and Inter-school tournaments are organized, as well as regular competitions on club days. Fun and educational at the same time, this is bound to be an intellectually stimulating club.

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What do you call a youth group that boasts top-notch service projects, members you really enjoy spending time with, and opportunities to develop leadership skills? It’s the AIS Community Service Club… and SERIOUS FUN! This exciting club is open to students aged 9 – 13 years (approx) who would like to do their bit to ‘make this a better world’. Past projects have included hosting an activity afternoon and high-tea for young orphans; a visit to an elders home; distribution of food-hampers to the minor-staff of AIS; a cash donation to the Council for the Blind; donation of clothes to a SOS Village; collection of books for the AIS Junior Library, to name but a few.

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Dancing of all Oriental styles is taught to both boys and girls from the middle and senior sections of AIS. A high level of dedication and commitment is required for students to reach the standard of skill expected. The troupe gets the opportunity to perform at many school as well as public events and competitions. Attractive costumes and accessories, elegant hair styles and make-up, enchanting music and special effects, adds to the allure and charm of this fusion dancing, fast becoming very popular at AIS.

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A very enjoyable and vibrant club for those who can ‘move’, this is divided into a senior and junior group which meet regularly on a weekly basis, but more often than that when a performance is due. AIS currently holds the inter-international schools championship trophy, and it is easy to predict that this charismatic group of talented dancers will continue to achieve great heights. All students with previous experience in jazz- ballet, or proven ability, should audition.

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All students, both male and female, who have good singing voices and are musically inclined, must not miss the opportunity to audition for the AIS choir. Performing at an excellent standard, the choir trains weekly and gets the opportunity to expose their talent at numerous school and public functions.

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Chosen from Primary I to Primary 5, this musically talented group meets weekly and have a whole load of fun whilst training their vocal chords. They then went on to perform at ‘Christmas with AIS’, School Assemblies, the Junior Graduation ceremony, and even at a Senior Citizens Group meeting. They now have a wide repertoire of songs from around the world, and are fast gaining credibility as a serious and talented choir.

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Functioning as an extension of the Department of English, this active Association puts together the AIS Year Book at the end of each academic year. Other annual events include the Inter-house Spelling Bee, General Knowledge Quiz, Drama competition, Creative-writing competition and Oratory competition. Regular club activities include drama, improvisation, public speaking, quizzes, puppetry, face-painting and games such as Taboo, Charades, and Dog and the Bone. Any Senior students interested in the above are encouraged to join.

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This club provides entertainment, challenges and creative outlets for the young and very enthusiastic members of Primary 4 and 5. Exercises in creativity and speed response include oratory and poetry competitions, as well as impromptu speech. General knowledge quiz practice prepares members for the ‘Brain Box Quiz’, while Charades provides basic acting training required for the dramatic efforts of the School. Various word-games such as Scrabble, Taboo and Pictionary are sometimes played to improve the members’ English as well as to test their wit. Students are also shown full length feature films of literary value, or are sometimes shown just 20 minutes of a film, ending of course at a fitting crisis point, and asked to come up with suitable conclusions of continuation of the plot.

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All O’ Level and A’ Level students taking up Science subjects are automatically members of the Union and are encouraged to participate in all activities. The aim of the Science Union is to promote the learning of Science. To make it more interesting and meaningful, activities such as seminars, quiz programmes and field-trips are organized. Students have the opportunity to engage in small-scale projects on problems and issues of global interest such as environment, pollution, conservation, community health, etc. The high-point of the year’s activities is probably the science fair and exhibition organized in two stages for the Senior as well as the Junior sections of AIS. Competitively arranged, the exhibits are of an impressively high standard.

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Membership is open to all O’Level and A’Level students taking up Business Studies, Economics and related subjects. The aim of the union is to promote the understanding of matters relating to economic activities, management of organizations, and of related issues. This helps the student to develop a strong interest in further studies in these fields, as well as to enhance their personal skills such as leadership qualities, organizational abilities, decision making skills, time management, presentation skills and confidence in taking up any new challenge. To achieve these aims the Union organizes various activities during the year such as field trips, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, discussions, quiz programmes and the publication of the club’s annual magazine. The very popular ‘Commerce Day’ is held towards the end of the academic year.

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The Computer Club was formed this year with the main aim of promoting the lost art of programming (since programming is no longer in the British IT curriculum). The club will provide ample opportunity for the keen programmer to develop their skills. The students will also be provided an opportunity to maintain their own web page in the school web site, organize and take part in IT seminars and quiz programmes. Small program-teams will be set up for the A’ Level students to develop automated solutions for the library, athletics meet, etc which will achieve the duel goal of being their coursework as well as a service to the school.

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