Kids world
View(s):My favourite football player
My favourite football player is Neymar Jr.
Dos Santos. He was born in Sao Paolo in Brazil. He began to play football in local Futmas Leagues. He is the captain of the Brazilian football team. His club is Barcelona F.C.
I like Neymar because he scores many goals. One day I would like to be like Neymar.
Ranaka Dabarera (7 years)
St. Peter’s College, Colombo 4
My class teacher
My class teacher’s name is Ms. Disna Kumari. She is very kind. She teaches us Maths, Environment, Tamil, Buddhism and Sinhala. She teaches at Janadhipathi College, Kotte. She is very neat. I love my teacher very much.
Thevindu Dhamsith (Grade 5)
President’s College, Kotte
My pet
My pet is a squirrel. It is brown in colour. Its name is Browny.
One day Browny took some twigs, dry leaves and came to our house to make a nest. So I was very happy to see how it was making the nest. At last Browny made the nest in our window and came to settle in.
But one night when I was sleeping a stranger came into our house and took my dear Browny and went away.
When I woke up, I found that my Browny was missing. I was very sad. Then I ran downstairs and said to my sister that Browny was lost.
However, after one week, my mother noticed something moving on my window again and she called me and showed that Browny had come back again. I couldn’t believe my eyes and I was so happy. I love my dear Browny even more than before.
Hashmath Aroos (7 years)
Ilma Int. Girls School
My hometown
My hometown is Moratuwa. It is in the Western Province in the Colombo District. My town is near the sea.
My town is famous for carpentry work. There are many famous musicians from my hometown. Some of them are W. D. Amaradewa and Sunil Perera. Weera Puran Appu is one of the National Heroes from Moratuwa.
There are many important places in my hometown. There are temples, churches, post offices and hospitals. I am proud to be from Moratuwa.
Senadha Weerasooriya (9 years)
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa
A moment of success
I am very keen to participate in competitions. My school gave me an opportunity to participate in an oratory competition.
My mother prepared me the speech. The duration was 6 – 8 minutes. I was wondering how to memorize such a speech. But I was not discouraged. I built up my self-confidence and I worked hard for it. I practiced for days and days.
The competition day came so soon and I felt very nervous. But I overcame that and had courage. When it was my turn to deliver the speech I started my speech with self-confidence. But halfway through I saw the judges looking at the stopwatch and discussing. Then I understood that my speech was too long and I had taken more than eight minutes. I felt so nervous at that time and I couldn’t remember the rest of the speech. I asked an excuse and looked at my speech. Then I continued and successfully finished my speech.
I waited curiously to hear the result and when the judges read out the results I was very happy to hear that I had got second place. I couldn’t believe it!
I thank God for my success.
Amana Anees (14 years)
Muslim Ladies’ College, Colombo 4
My first trip to Yala
I was very excited to hear that my parents had arranged a trip to Yala for my holidays. The day before,
we packed our suitcases and I was thrilled waiting for the next morning to leave. Early the next morning we got ready. I was happy as we got into my father’s jeep. Our party included my father, mother, younger sister, younger brother, seeya and achchi.
We travelled along the Southern Highway and reached JetwingYala. We had a snack and changed and went straight away to the pool.
We had a good swim and later went to the beach and played. Later we had dinner and slept early as we were tired.
Early next morning, we left for the Yala sanctuary. There we saw many animals, big and small. As we went with a guide, we were able to see elephants, deer, wild boar, peacocks and other small animals. We saw many birds also. We spent the whole day there and returned to the hotel in the evening.
The next day we could not leave the hotel as it was raining so we played inside. After enjoying ourselves for two and a half days, we were rather sad to check out from the hotel and leave for home.
Navindu Perera (Grade 4)
Royal College, Colombo
A visit to a historical place
The historical place I visited is Sigiriya. We woke up early in the morning. We packed our bags and filled big bottles of water. My mother made breakfast for us. One of my friends and cousin joined us.
We started. Within three hours we went to Sigiriya. First we saw many monkeys and many small shops.
When we were walking forward we saw Sigiriya. It was beautiful. We bought mangoes for us to eat. Then we went inside the mouth of the lion. Some of my friends were frightened.
When we came out of the mouth we saw some pictures drawn of the queens of King Kasyapa. We started to climb the rock. When we climbed a little high, some of my cousins got down again because their legs were paining. There were many steps to climb.
We got some photographs of ancient pictures. There were some bees.
Somehow we climbed to the top of the rock. It was beautiful. We saw some ponds at the top. We learnt many things. And it was an enjoyable day for us.
Oneth Kahandawa (Grade 6)
Lyceum Int. School
The festivals of Sri Lanka
There are many communities in
Sri Lanka, such as Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. So we have different festivals.
Sinhalese celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. It comes on Apri 13. They make a lot of sweets. They have an auspicious time to cook, eat, apply oil on the heads etc. Sinhalese Buddhists, to celebrate Vesak Poya, erect pandols, decorate their houses with colourful lanterns, give dansals and go to the temple.
Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25. They go to the church. They decorate a tree with beautiful lights and balloons. Hindus celebrate Thai Pongal and Deepavali. Muslims celebrate Ramazan and Hajji.
They pray at the mosque and enjoy good food.
Shashini Jeewabandu (11 years)
Kalutara B.N.S.
My English teacher
My English teacher is Mrs. Umayangani Ranchigoda. She lives in Sirimalwaththa. She is a contented person. She possesses good qualities. She enjoys helping students. My English teacher teaches good values to us. Her hobby is reading books. She gives us a lot of exercises to improve our English knowledge. She renders great service to the society. I am proud of her and love her very much.
Iruni Navodya
Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy
My wonderful dream
While I was sleeping on my bed I saw a beautiful dream. That is …
I passed the A/L examination and I came 1st rank in Jaffna district. I was very happy at that time. Then I went to Colombo University and I studied there well all the five years.
After I became a doctor one day, my family members and friends wished me ‘good luck’!
I worshipped my parents and grandparents as well as my brother who treats me with kindness. Then I went to my work place hospital.
I promised to treat the poor people with care but without money. There are many patients with so many diseases. I treated them with a lot of kindness. I gave correct vaccines for controlling their diseases. I was overjoyed that I do my duties and responsibilities as a doctor neatly and faithfully.
One day a little boy met with an accident and came to me for treatment. I worked hard and gave treatments but unfortunately he was dead. I was very sad and cried loudly.
My mother came near me and asked “Why are you crying?” Then I realized it was only a dream.
But it was my memorable sweet dream.
Shambavi Baskaran (Grade 9)
Vembadi Girls’ High School, Jaffna
Our new president
Our new President His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena was sworn in as the sixth Executive President of Sri Lanka on January 9, 2015.
He was born on September 3, 1951. He attended three schools: Polonnaruwa Laksha Uyana Vidyalaya, Thopawewa Maha Vidyalaya and Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Vidyalaya (Royal College.)
His wife is Mrs. Jayanthi Pushpakumari. He has two daughters and one son. Their names are Dharshani Chathurika, Dharani Charika and Daham Tharaka.
It is our duty to extend our support to our new president to help him to bring people from all races and religions together to develop the country.
M.I.M. Fahad (Grade 5)
Zahira Int. School, Matale
Nature
Nature is green. It is like evergreen in the heaven. We are living in nature with everything. Trees are a kind of thing in nature, that give us flowers, fruits, leaves and carbon dioxide. We want to thank our god for giving us the
gift of nature.
Please do not cut trees in any way. Thank you for learning about this and grow more plants and be happy in your life with our beautiful environment as nature. Do not hurt nature in your life.
J. Jayshan (9 years)
Atamie Int. School, Wattala