Kids Essays
View(s):My favourite cartoon
Scooby Doo is a wonderful and humorous cartoon. It’s main character, Scooby, is my favourite.
His actions and his voice impress me a lot. He’s a very funny character and that is why I like him so much.
Sirasa TV telecasts this daily at 5 p.m.
I see something special in this cartoon, dubbed in Sinhala because the Sinhala dubbing is excellent. It matches with the action. Thank you very much Sirasa TV for giving us a great cartoon.
Scooby Doo has many friends. They are, Shaggy, his best companion, Daphne, Wilma, Freddy and Scrappy Doo. His friends are always trying to catch ghosts and solve mysteries. Scooby’s and Shaggy’s hobby is eating. Their favourite food is Scooby Snacks. Whenever Scooby Doo’s group needs to solve a mystery, Scooby dislikes it and Daphne always gives him one or two biscuits. Then he agrees to go along with them.
Scooby Doo has already celebrated its 100th anniversary. So I think Scooby Doo will last forever. I love Scooby Doo.
D. R. Sharukesh (Grade 4)
Readway International School
My father
My father’s name is Aruna Priyadarshana. He is 38 years old. He is a businessman.
He is an old boy of President’s College, Maharagama.
He likes to eat hoppers.
He likes to drink tea. My father can draw beautiful pictures.
He works day and night because of us.
He always gives us advice. I feel like my father is a king. May the Triple Gem bless my father!
Disna Sathsara (Grade 5)
JMC College, Maharagama
My friend
My friend’s name is Zaima. She is nine years old. She likes to eat noodles. She likes to drink apple juice. Her favourite colour is blue. Her hobby is colouring. Her ambition is to be a doctor. She likes to play with me. She likes to play hide-and-seek.
She is very kind and pretty. Her school is Najaa International School. She is in Grade Four. She is very kind. Whenever I get into trouble she always helps me. I am happy to have a friend like her. I love her very much.
Reema Ghazni (7 years)
Najaa Int. School, Mt. Lavinia
My mother
My mother’s name
is Fathima Tinoza Nizar. My mother is 38 years old. She is the best mother in the world. She cares about me a lot. I have two
sisters and my mother loves them too. She can make tasty food that my friends go crazy about.
She helps me in my studies and she teaches me how to pray. She is the most important person in my life and at night when I feel scared, she comes and sleeps with me and hugs me tight. She loves me and I love her too.
M. Nabeel Nizar (9 years)
Willesden College Int., Battaramulla
Trees
Trees are beautiful and useful gifts of nature. They are tall and have a hard stem. They also have leaves.
Trees give us flowers, fruits, timber, bamboo etc. We make furniture such as beds, cupboards, chairs, doors and windows using wood. Trees are part and parcel of earthy life. All life directly or indirectly owes its existence to them. Trees can live for many years. The oldest tree is about 5,000 years old. Some parts of a tree are the roots, truck, branches, twigs and leaves. A single tree has many roots. The leaves of a tree are mostly green but it can come in many colours, shapes and sizes.
Without trees and other plants, humans and animals can’t live. Therefore, we need to plant more trees to protect our own lives.
Esheli Ranawaka (Grade 3)
Musaeus College
Why I like Biology
Biology is the study of living things. It is a part of Science. It is a subject which I really enjoy learning. It includes the human body, parts of a plant, adaptations of animals and plants and many other things. Biology is my favourite subject and I am longing for our Biology period to start daily in school.
One reason why I love Biology is because of our teacher. She is the most kind and interesting teacher. She makes the lesson interesting and takes us to another world. She is very gentle and funny at times too. Because of her, every child does very well in Biology. I usually score excellent marks and sometimes I get the highest in our whole grade. And all this is because of my teacher.
I am a person who loves nature and animals. So, I like learning about them too. I like to learn about animals, plants, and about their adaptations and a lot more.
I’m also very interested in the human body. I think it is a great creation.
I love to learn about it and I enjoy teaching it too.
Our Biology book too is very good and contains many pictures. I sometimes turn the pages and have a look at the pictures which I find interesting.
I would like to continue learning Biology in the future and become a Biology teacher!
Amal Gaffoor (12 years)
Royal Institute Girls’ School
My first air trip
It was 3 a.m. We were at Katunayake International Airport for our American journey. Our first flight, Colombo to Qatar from Qatar Airways was at 3.30 a.m. We went to the duty free shops and bought some chocolates and snacks. We went to the inner area until the flight arrived. Brother and I played games and watched movie trailers. The flight came. The airhostess gave us a warm welcome. This was my first air trip.
I sat near my grandfather and switched on the tablet and watched ‘Pan’ and ‘Zootopia.’ The airhostess gave us a delicious meal. We landed at Qatar Airport. On our next flight I sat near my mother. I listened to some pop songs. For lunch I ordered mutton rice, mango juice and a delicious dessert.
While enjoying the music I felt sleepy and slept for nearly eight hours. When I woke up they gave us snacks. I ate lots of chips and put Twix bars in my bag. When I looked through the window I saw colourful lights. I was too excited, we were near to landing.
When we were in Miami Airport, I jumped and shouted. When the domestic flight came we went in and sat near my father. After a while we slept a lot. After nearing to landing I felt faintish. My father gave me some peppermints and I was alright.
We were in Denver International Airport, that means I was in America! The airport seems endless. It was 2 a.m., in America. We heard some shouting “Ammi, Thathi” and it was our aunt and uncle. We took our bags and finally were in my aunt’s home which is in Colorado.
Layanvi Ariyasena (Grade 
Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy
My best friend
A true friend is a gift from God. Everyone has a friend. I also have lots of friends but Nethsara is my best friend. He is eight years old. He is in Grade 3B. He comes to Lyceum International School. He is an obedient boy. When I was having a fracture, he helped me a lot. He is good in gymnastics. He is excellent in Kandyan dancing because his mother and father are dancing teachers.
He is good in studies. Nethsara and his family are vegetarian. He never comes late to school. He lives in Batuhena. He has two brothers. I like him very much.
Kalana Wijethunge (Grade 3)
Lyceum Int. School, Ratnapura
Annual sportsmeet
First we welcomed the chief guest.
The Chairman, Board of Directors, Principal,
Vice-Principal, Athletic Coach, the sports teacher, house masters, prefects, band, Scouts and Cub-Scouts. After that we hoisted the flags. Then the College and the National Anthem were sung. The Principal declared the meet open. Then the events started. There were games for the past pupils, parents and the teachers.
The final event was the march past. The winners were given certificates. After the distribution of the awards, a special gift was given to the guest of honour.
This time Blue House won.
Elaria Dilmini (Grade 4)
Jennings Int. College, Nainamadama
My new car bed
I was longing to have a car bed. One day my father took me to the Lionco showroom and ordered one. It was delivered last week.
I was thrilled to see it when I came home after school. It is a sports car and its colour is red. It has a very comfortable mattress and my mother brought a new mosquito net too. It is quite big so I can sleep on it till I am big. I sleep well now and I love my car bed very much.
Sanula Jayasena (Grade 2)
Lyceum Int. School, Panadura
The Magic Land
So far behind plants and trees,
Through the cold, slight breeze,
Is a land filled with sweets,
Lollipops, toffees and some other treats,
More sweets day by day,
Makes us happy as I say,
Early morning fairies come,
From all the sweets they take some.
A chocolate stream passes through,
There are singing trees, and that’s true.
Little children come daily,
And run through happy and freely.
Anujana Rajakaruna (Grade
Yasodara Devi B. M. V., Gampaha
The Jak tree
The Jak tree is a versatile tree. It grows in most parts of Sri Lanka. Almost every part of the Jak tree is used by people. The Jak fruit at every stage is eaten by man. Most trees bear fruit during the Yala season, which is from May to September. It’s used as a substitute for rice.
We make many kinds of eatables using Jak fruit. These are known by different names such as ‘Polos Ambula’, ‘Polos Malluma’ and ‘Kiri Kos’. The Jak tree is also called ‘Bath Gasa,’ or ‘Kap Ruka.’ It is very tasty. Waraka is used to treat Diabetic patients. The leaves are dried, powdered and made into a coffee like drink to be given to diabetic patients.
It helps to keep the earth moist. The leaves give out a big amount of oxygen into the air and Jak roots are used by Buddhist monks to dye robes in the yellow colour.
We can say that Jak is a gift of nature.
Ishak Seedin (Grade 9)
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy