9 years and below
Favourite character from a storybook
My most favourite character from a storybook is ‘Georgiana’ from ‘Famous Five’ by Enid Blyton. She likes to behave as a boy since her childhood. So she changed her name into ‘George’. When people call her Georgiana, she gets annoyed. She rows boats and swims well. She doesn’t have many friends but when she meets up with her cousin, she starts glowing happiness. She reveals her secret to her cousins. She has her very own dog called Timothy who loves and obeys her. Her parents hate Timothy and told her to get rid of him. Since Timothy id her beloved friend, she keeps him secretly. She visits the beach with Timothy to play. She has many exciting adventures with her cousins and Timothy. They find treasure, stop thieves and solve mysteries too. Her mother Fanny always defends her from heart-break. I meet her in my dreams, which encourages me to be an adventurous person like Georgiana!
Lasangaa Ranasinghe (9 years)
OKI Int. School, Hapugoda
10 – 12 years
What are your favourite things to do over the vacation?
Ding, Dong, rang the last bell I was going to hear for this term. My heavens! Wasn’t I overjoyed to find that I would be free from studies and exams! Suddenly I felt that I was drifting magically into a land of cupcakes and rainbows. I was planning on what to do during my summer vacation but mostly it was about completing half of my bucket list for the year.
Number one is definitely jet-skiing and boat riding. Imagine yourself sailing amidst the dark blue waters and the horizon sweeping past like a bird. Next is obviously having a movie night and a terrific sleep-over with my crazy but loving cousins. Then I’d like to sip some lovely steaming hot chocolate while reading some of my favourite books. I’m totally up for a game day with a delicious slice of pepperoni pizza. To explore the delight of Disney World and of course overwhelming myself on a terrific rollercoaster ride. Baking some scrumptious desserts which I think my taste buds are waiting for and also to beat my sister in a video game challenge. One of my favourite things is to make creative, emotional poems, so to top it off here’s one. Enjoy!
Vacation, vacation,
It’s on the way,
The fun I’ll have,
During night and day.
This is the time,
To dance and play,
Go to places
Far away.
The fun I’ll have,
I guarantee,
The places I’ll go,
Will be beyond unique.
Nethaya Bastian (11 years)
St. Lawrence’s Convent, Colombo 6
13 – 15 years
What kind of transportation will people have in the future?
Transportation in a country is very important to make day-to-day activities easier. There is no doubt that transportation plays a vital role in our lives. The whole idea of transport started when man was carrying things on his back. After finding the wheel, it was more practical and easier.
At present there a great achievements by man in the area of transportation. There are fast trains operating in Japan and Europe and even self-driving cars. Imagine that a jet could take you across the globe in hours, space travel and even underwater tracks for cars going under the sea. It might take a while but one day these things will definitely exist.
The universe will travel into an era of imagination in the future with different forms of travel than today. And in the future the vehicles will be driven by robots specially made for that task. It would be like from your favourite science fiction movie. In the future people will have more facilities that what we have today.
With the number of innovations that are happening, it can affect of damage the environment in many ways. Apart from considering the cost for innovation, we have to be concerned about the environmental impact of such innovations. And they should not release harmful wastage into the environment. With the experiments carried out by scientists, the hopes of a revolution in future transportation will increase.
Oliesha Herath (14 years)
Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy
