Series 2, Blog #37 – Trials, Triumphs and Unyielding Spirits
Dear readers, As I pen another Avinya Scoop, we approach the end of another set of courses. This week, I want to dedicate the blog to my amazing Avinya team and appreciate everyone’s remarkable, hard work. As we wrap up this chapter, everyone’s resolute will to never give up has made all the difference. This […]
Series 2, Blog #36 – Sailing Through June: Reflections on Resilience and Transformation
Dear readers, “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” – Maud Hart Lovelace Ah, the month of June has almost passed us by. Half of 2024 has sailed away into the sunset! June is special for many reasons, and not just because it’s […]
Series 2, Blog #35 – Navigating the Waves of Learning at Avinya
Hello all, It’s Dee quipping in this week. It’s been a calm but also chaotic couple of weeks at Avinya. Following the success of the Dansala, it’s been a rainy and windy few days. Despite the weather, our student worker bees have been attending classes with enthusiasm. In today’s edition of the Avinya Scoop, I’d […]
Series 2, Blog #34 – Tech Pioneers and Vesak Dansal!
Hello avid readers! It’s Geeth here! Oh, it feels so good to be writing another piece that will be added to the awesome set of Avinya blog chains. My blog starts with six unique characters who came to Avinya in 2023 searching for a change in their lives. And indeed they found it! Six extraordinary […]
Series 2, Blog #33 – Strengthening Community Bonds, Mastering Pronunciation and Embracing Brainwriting
Hi everyone, Welcome to Avinya Scoop! This week Isuru will be your guide as he takes you through the buzz of our upcoming community project and all the other events taking place at Avinya. Greetings from Avinya Academy! As the journey continues, I, Isuru, am excited to share with you the latest happenings from our […]
Series 2, Blog #32 – Avurudu Festivities, One Too Many Cakes and Brainstorming with Risotto
Hi everyone, Welcome back to another installment of the Avinya Scoop! This week features our educator Roshani as she takes us through Avinya, post Avurudu holiday. Hi, it’s Roshani here and let me walk you through our Avinya journey for the past two weeks. The highlight of these two weeks was the Avinya Avurudu Celebration. […]
Series 2, Blog #31 – Kavili Filled Celebrations and Vocational Updates
Hey everyone! It’s been a long and “kavili” filled week for all of us here at Avinya, as students and Educators alike have been celebrating the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with our families at home. Nevertheless, it seems it is time for yet another update on what has been going on at the Academy […]
Series 2, Blog #30 – Spirited Classrooms and Impactful Sessions
Hi everyone, Welcome to two weeks worth of learning adventures at Avinya! From this week onwards, our lovely Educators will be updating the Avinya Scoop and today we’re featuring Anuki, Educator and part-time secret blog writer as we’ve recently discovered! This term Rosh and I are handling the Empower short term course. It’s definitely a […]
Series 2, Blog #29 – Picture Stories and Changes Ahead
Dear readers, Welcome back! We’ve missed you during our short break (and we hope it’s been the same for you! :D), but we’re thrilled to be back with our Avinya Scoop, with some new changes to the blog as well as our courses. Right now we’ve revamped our blog to be a little shorter in […]
Series 2, Blog #28 – Unbreakable Family Bonds and Stepping Back to Move Forward
Hello dear readers, Welcome to another installment of the Avinya Scoop and a rather important one at that! After a long hiatus, the reigning queen of blog writing herself will be taking over this week to update our readers about some important changes in play for Avinya as well as to pay all our tributes […]