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"Ayubowan" Which means Greetings, long life, happiness and welcome in our native Sinhala language.  Our school is very happy to join the Island family of nations in Sandwatch.  

We joined Sandwatch" because we feel all of us are touched by one great link, the waters of the mighty oceans  that bring us together.  We all have common problems and together our people can have a better to-morrow.   The world is in an unhappy situation today because adults have taken too much for granted. Its difficult to change bad habits and attitudes of adults, but the freshness and the innocence of the child beacons us all, to rectify our faults and give them and through them, a better vision for all our people.
Sri Lanka is a beautiful Island in the Indian Ocean. It has a recorded history of more than 3000 years and a literacy rate abover 90%. We are an Island enriched by interactions with the Arabs and even colonial domination by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British empires. To-day Sri Lanka (Ceylon, Ceilan, Ceylan, Serendib) stands free amongst nations and we look to our Island brothers and sisters to work together for a better tomorrow..
Ayubowan!

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My school has nearly 900 students both girls and boys from year 6-13 which is up to University entrance, Grade 13. My Geography students do fairly in-depth studies in Geography and are very keen to communicate as pen-friends and also exchange material. We have a computer laboratory with 15 computers and just a few days back (Late September 2006), got Internet connectivity through a leased line, but with restricted" Sri Lanka schoolnet access". I have a broadband internet connection in my home, so I can download and also send data without additional expense to my students. I use a Mac ibook G-4 laptop which I find useful to transfer material and also for classroom teaching. My students seek friendship round the world, exchange of correspondence via email or normal mail. Any of the epals languages like Spanish, French..is ok as we can translate. The main focus is to get the Children of the world talking to each other. While we like to learn about other cultures we want to make the world know about SRI LANKA. Greetings from Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.