French Club

Our vision

• To promote enthusiasm among students for the language and culture of France by appreciating its rich literature, history, music, and lifestyle.

The office Bearers for the year 2021

President          – Anarkalee Ponnamperuma

Vice President – Chenuki Tennakoon

Secretary           – Sanara De Silva

Treasurer         – Pooja Devadason

Teachers-in-charge

Ms. Shashi Liyanage

Ms. Dinushika Ranasinghe

History of our club

• The French Club of Bishop’s College was founded in 2004 as Shashi Liyanage as our founding teacher in charge.
• The initial years of the club solely practiced annual seminars for the students reading for their GCE ordinary and advanced level
• Our club’s first ever social event “Journée Française” (French Day) was hosted in the year 2007 by the club members under Celina Cramer’s
• The following years’ committee made it a ritual to hold this event as it was the steppingstone to the bloom as a culturally active
• In the past years, our club published successful works such as and ‘Panorama’ (French Magazines highlighting the rich culture and variety of France).
• The Club successfully hosted ‘Ballade Gastronomique’ a French Food Festival in the year 2016 which made a great impression on our club’s
• The former club members have achieved colors winning competitions at the Alliance Français de Kotte representing our school’s great
• Honorable mentions should be given to presidents; Lakshi Attapaththu, Amaya Suriyapperuma, U.A. Udara (2012), Ranmini Bandara (2013), Dilini Perera (2015), Nilisha Subasinghe (2016), Thushini Edirisinghe (2017) and Teachers-in-charge;

Zainab Barry and Ms. Shiromi Tennakoon for elevating our Club to the next step by their driven passion for France and her marvels.