Trees are very important to us because there are trees that give us medicines, food, and there are some trees to do experiments. There are many trees like papaya, banana, coconut and many other trees.
Some people cut down trees and destroy them. If we destroy trees, animals will die because there are no foods to eat and drink. If the animals die, the earth also will be destroyed. We must plant trees and protect them. We must plant at least one tree at home.
Then we must protect it. When we protect that tree, we can get many trees. When we protect trees we can get good soil and more water. If there is hot sun for the whole month, then we can be cooler and we can get more water to drink.
My best friend
By Gethmin Ranasinghe
(Grade 2),
Brilliant Stars Int. College,
Matara
My best friend is Binidu. He is seven years old. He is very kind. Binidu lives in Matara. He is a student of Brilliant Stars International College. He is in Grade Two. He can play run and catch. He likes to drink Milo. I love my best friend Binidu.
My family
By Heshini Wickramasuriya (8 years),
Colombo Int. School,
Kandy
There are five members in my family. They are my father, mother, brother, sister and myself. I am the youngest member in my family. I love my family a lot. They too love me very much.
My first train trip
By Nadeem Saddath (Grade 3),
Trinity College, Kandy
My first train trip was from Kandy to Nanu-Oya. I went on the trip on June 18, 2011. My mother dropped me and my father at the station.
The train was crowded. An aunty offered me a seat. I thanked her. On my way to Nanu-Oya, I saw mountains, waterfalls, vegetable farms and tea estates. I could see the train engine on the curvy railroads.
The name of the train was ‘Podi Menike’. The train was very long. We went through the longest railway tunnel ‘watawata’. I saw the Mahaweli river and the ‘Ihala Kothmale’ power station.
We got down at Nanu-Oya and went to my grandfather’s place at Nuwara Eliya.
I really enjoyed my trip.
The elephants
By D. Nandini
(Grade 3),
Oxford Int. School, Badulla
Elephants have a trunk. Some elephants have tusks. They are called tuskers. Elephants like eating bananas and drinking water. Elephant tusks are white in colour and their ears are like winnowing fans.
Elephants carry heavy loads for us. Some of the elephants eat green bananas and some eat
yellow bananas. An elephant’s body is grey in colour. Elephants live in the jungle. Elephant’s eyes are small. Elephants bathe in lakes, rivers etc.
Our Principal
By Taniya Thangesan (12 years),
Good Shepherd Convent,
Nuwara Eliya
To maintain a school correctly there are some qualities that one needs. Our principal Sister Mary Hyacinth Fernando is a person who has those qualities.
Her father is K.P.R. Fernando. She has one sister and four
brothers. She was educated at
Ave Maria Convent, Negombo. \
She is a BA. She can play the organ well. She has more interest in school duties. She did Advanced Level Maths. She has experience of
20 years in teaching. She has many certificates and awards mostly in religious activities.
Her favourite colour is blue and our school emblem is also blue. Her hobby is sewing. She is very kind to us. She is a very good principal. There are many changes in our school after she came.
We, the
students of Good Shepherd Convent hope that she will make a big change in our school.
We love our principal very much. We all wish her to be successful in all her hopes and we will give our help to her. I mostly pray for her to God.
My hobby
By R. Sathsarani
(13 years),
Dhammissara N.C.,
Nattandiya
Gardening is my hobby. Gardening gives us
exercise for our whole body. It includes different kinds of exercises like stretching and weightlifting.
I have a big garden.
I have grown vegetables, fruits and flowers in my garden. I water these plants everyday. My mother and father help me in
watering, weeding and putting manure for them.
I go to my garden every morning and evening. There are flowers like roses, anthuriums, orchids, jasmine and lotus. I sell flowers and earn money. There are fruits like mango, orange, papaw, guava and water melon. We pick fruits for eating.
We pick vegetables for our lunch. So we eat fresh vegetables and fruits.
I think gardening is a good and useful hobby.
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