Sunbeams School
Sunbeams School is a private school located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was one of the second schools to establish Bangla as the medium of instruction in Bangladesh. It was founded by Shakirin Ehsan in 1978 and was purchased by the business magnate Niloufer Manzur in 1989. Until 1994 the school provided education through Grade 5, but Sunbeams is now running 'A' (Advanced) Level exams as well. The school's mascot is the Rising Sun.
Sunbeams school has two campuses, one is located in the residential area of Dhanmondi and conducts classes from Playgroup to Class 4. The other campus is located in Uttara and has classes from Playgroup to 'A' Levels.
Sunbeams has two branches:
- Junior section, in Dhanmondi Road 27 - Playgroup, Nursery, KG-1, KG-2, Class-1, Class-2, Class-3 and Class-4
- Uttara campus, in Sector 10, Uttara - Playgroup, Nursery, KG-1, KG-2, Class-1, Class-2, Class-3, Class-4, Class-5, Class-6, Class-7, Class-8, Class-9, Class-10, 'O' Levels and 'A' Levels.
The Uttara campus is the main campus, containing the Senior Section and administrative buildings. It is the larger of the two campuses, built in 2008, and consists of one building and one football field and both an indoor and outdoor basketball court. The Uttara campus has a canteen, an auditorium, a science laboratory and many other things which the junior (Dhanmondi) campus does not.
Sports
Sunbeams has two joint soccer fields which are ideal for tournament matches. There is one cricket pitch and an outdoor plus an indoor basketball court. There are also two tables for playing table tennis.There is also one indoor multipurpose court.
Science
The senior section has two laboratories one for chemistry and the other for physics.
Extra curriculum
Along with studies, the students can do many other things. There is a range of different curriculum such as arts and crafts, sports, chess, scrabble, vocal music, guitar, quiz, cooking, karate, drama, literature etc.