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My father
My father’s name is Sohan Fazly Moulana. He is tall. He likes to eat rice and curry. He works in an office. He buys me toys.
I love my father.
Amna Moulana
(Grade 3)
Muslim Ladies College, Colombo 4
Ramazan Festival
The Eid Festival is a time of joy for all Muslims. We celebrate after one month of fasting. We wear new clothes.
Muslims must first go to the mosque to perform the Eid prayers. Afterwards we go to visit our relations and friends. Our special sweet for Eid is Watalappam. It is a very happy day for us.
Yahya Fouzzan
(7 years)
Zahira College
Our Achievers Day
Sunday July 13, was a very special day for us Sujathians. It was our ‘Achievers Day’. Students who excelled in studies, sports and co-curricular activities during the year 2013 were rewarded on this day.
Our chief guest this year was Emeritus Professor
J. B. Disanayaka. Madam Dilini Walisundara graced the occasion as the guest of honour.
It was a very colourful and well organized event. My Akki and I too received a lot of prizes. But the best thing for me was that I got to announce at this event with my Akki. This was the first time I did announcing at a main school event. I was a bit nervous at first but my teachers encouraged me and
I forgot about being nervous.
I was very happy after the event, when my teachers said that I did well.
I will never forget this day for a long, long time.
Amani Almeida
(9 years)
Sujatha Vidyalaya
Conservation of Electricity
As we all know, the rate of use of electricity is increasing from day to day. No one in today’s world can live without electricity. We’ll find it very hard to live in such a world. Electricity is a major source for our lives. Unfortunately we do not use electricity in the correct manner.
We use it beyond our limits unnecessarily. It just gets wasted by us. For instance, we simply switch on the fan and let it swing on for hours. We do not care about the wastage. Everyone is busy in their own lives nowadays.
Have we ever thought about the way we’ll consume electricity in the future? No, we never think about the future. We do not consider these factors. Electricity is a precious thing and there are many people who suffer without it. But if we go on consuming electricity like this, then we are the people who will suffer in the future. So the correct solution is to preserve electricity, use it at the necessary time and offer it to our future generations.
Tharanie Bhaskaran
(14 years)
Methodist College
The cat I consider my best friend
I have a cat named Browny. She is not my pet, she is my best friend. She is brown and white in colour. She has beautiful blue eyes.
Everytime I come after school, she would try to open the door with her paws. When I lay on the bed, she would sleep next to me. Every morning she licks my fingers and wakes me up. All of these instances show love and consideration towards me from my best friend. I love my cat the way she loves me.
Maariyah Rizwan
(11 years)
Ilma Int. Girls’ School
Sri Lanka – A Resplendent Island
Sri Lanka is a country like no other. It is our motherland.
Sri Lanka is known as the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’. During the ancient times, Sri Lanka was called Ceylon (by the British), Thambapanni, Taprobane and Serendib. Sri Lanka is often nicknamed as the sun-kissed island, Wonder of Asia and as a paradise island.
Sri Lanka is a beautiful tropical country. Sri Lanka is world famous for tea, rubber, coconuts, gems and spices (especially cinnamon).
It is famous for its rich history, culture, beaches and a wide variety of wildlife such as elephants, leopards, sloths, peacocks and deer.
Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces and 25 districts.
The capital of Sri Lanka is
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and the commercial capital is Colombo. Places like Bambarakanda, Piduruthalagala, Mahaweli, Adam’s Peak and Sigiriya attract many tourists.
Sri Lanka gained independence on February 4, 1948. Around
20 million people live in Sri Lanka.
They belong to four main nationalities, Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and Burghers. The religions followed in Sri Lanka are Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. The president is
Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa. I wish that Sri Lanka will reign with peace, harmony and prosperity.
Shannan Fernando (14 years)
Belvoir College Int.
The poor clown fish
Once I saw
a little clown fish, blowing bubbles in the sea.
“Oh! I love to blow
bubbles” said the fish,
And went very far away in the sea.
After going far he became tired, So he slept on a coral reef.
“Ouch!” said the clown fish,
He had slept on a
porcupine fish,
who was sleeping on the reef
The poor porcupine fish got scared,
He pricked the clown fish with his quills.
The clown fish swam
crying to his mother,
Who said, “It served you right for being disobedient,
I had forbidden you to go so far alone.”
Narmada Bharathi
(8 years)
Sussex College, Kandy
My sports hero
There are many sports heroes in our
country. They have brought great honour to our country. In the international arena, they have proven their abilities, astonishing many big countries. The World Cup is the largest cricket tournament in the world. To win the ICC T20 World Cup, there was one man who guided us to our victory.
He scored a fifty not-out in that match. That great hero was Kumar Sangakkara. He was born in Matale in October 27, 1977. He is now 36 years old. He went to school at Trinity College, Kandy. Kumar Sangakkara made his test debut on July 20, 2000. His test debut match was against South Africa. His ODI debut came on July 5, 2000 and that match was against Pakistan.
He has been in 123 test matches and he has scored 11,350 runs. He has played
374 ODI matches and scored 12,675 runs. His top ever score in test matches is 319 and in ODI matches his top score is 169. In his test career he has got 36 hundreds and
46 fifties and in his ODI career he has scored 19 centuries and 85 fifties.
With these incredible stats you can clearly see that Kumar Sangakkara is arguably the best batsman in the world.
Buddhi Jayasekera (14 years)
Rahula College, Matara
The morning
The sun rises over the mountain. We get up
with the cock’s crowing. The birds are singing.
The dew drops have fallen on the leaves. The flowers are in full bloom and the
fragrance is everywhere
There is a cool breeze, clean air and mist
everywhere. The birds and butterflies fly from flower to flower sucking nectar. People rush for their jobs in the morning. Children go to school very happily.
The morning is a busy time of the day for everybody.
Yalindie Hemini
(Grade 6)
C.W.W. Kannangara C.C., Matugama
My favourite sport is swimming
I will need a swimming board, swimming cap, pair of goggles, fins and hand paddles.
It is an individual game. There are four strokes in swimming such as free, breast, back and butterfly strokes.
Swimming is a very healthy sport for our body. I’m interested in swimming because I did swimming from Grade One.
Adithya Adikari (Grade 5)
Girls’ High School,
Kandy
Junk food
Junk food is totally yummy. But it is definitely not good for the children in this country. It makes us tired and unhealthy. In the past, during school years the children had to bring their own lunch which was more
convenient and less expensive.
They had more energy to play outside a lot.
Nowadays, parents work too much to support their lifestyle. So because of not enough time, they give money to their child to buy whatever they want.
Junk food has been linked to
obesity, diabetes and even cancer. Eating lots of sugary food makes
children less able to pay attention in the classroom or on tests.
Fast food ads on TV are making Sri Lankan children fatter and that should be banned in children’s
programmes.
We must teach children about healthy eating habits. Therefore, school should be the place where children learn right things. Selling junk food in school should be banned. There is little or no nutritional value in junk food.
Riyaz Sanoon (Grade 5)
St. Anthony’s Boys’ College,
Kandy
A tree
Listen to the tree,
Whispering,
Swaying to the tune,
Giving us shade.
Listen to the tree,
Whispering,
Calling the wind,
To refresh us.
Look at the tree,
Smiling,
When we give it,
Water and soil.
Look at the tree,
Laughing,
When we treat it,
Lovingly.
Do you hear the tree,
Weeping,
When we hurt it?
Let us listen to
A happy tree,
By treating it
Lovingly.
Dulshara Nirmani
(Grade 10)
Brilliant Stars Int. College, Matara