kids Essays
View(s):Visit to Legoland
My sister and I went to Legoland.
I went in the red rollercoaster. I went
boat riding. I saw cartoon characters.
I went in the green rollercoaster and the train.
Randira Amarasekera (5 years)
Asian Int. School, Battaramulla
My favourite relative
My favourite relative is my uncle. His name is Gamini Godage. He lives in Switzerland. He is a good person. He comes to Sri Lanka every year to visit us. He is married to a Swiss lady. Her name is Gabriella. My uncle is my mother’s brother. He is a friendly person. He does many jokes when he is with us.
I like him so much because he brings us so many chocolates and he takes us to many places.
He relates lots of stories to us
about other countries.
He brings us toys
and he is a loving person.
He brings us storybooks from Switzerland. He can cook tasty food.
My uncle is a good person. He loves us so much. We also love him too. All my cousins love him a lot.
I think he is the best uncle in the world.
Dulshi Tharuka
i-Gate College, Thalawathugoda
Natural Disasters
Over the past few decades, various disasters have devastated our country. One of the main types of disasters that have done such damage to our country is natural disasters.
Such natural disasters include the tsunami in 2004, the Koslanda mudslide in 2014, the floods in 2014 and 2016 respectively and the severe droughts from late 2013 to early 2014. People have either been killed or displaced. Those whose homes have been destroyed have been taking refuge in local temples and schools.
In this year’s floods, many districts were affected, mainly Gampaha and Kegalle. The Navy has taken extreme measures to help those affected. Many people have been donating clothes or sharing food.
I feel for those who have been displaced and those who have lost their family members.
Kalana Amarasekara (11 years)
Royal College
My mother
My mother’s name is Vishaka Kumari. She is 39 years old. She has long hair. She is very kind and pretty. She is a housewife. She likes to eat fried rice and she likes to drink milk. She makes me yummy food.
She gives me healthy food to eat.
She teaches me good qualities. She teaches me Maths. If I do something wrong she will scold me.
I love my mother very much.
Anuththara Vittachchi (Grade 4)
Lyceum Int. School, Nugegoda
The Vesak Festival and how I see it
Vesak Poya is the most auspicious day for Buddhists. The Birth of Buddha as Prince Siddhartha, his Enlightenment at the age of 25 and Parinibbaba at the age of 80, happened on a Vesak Poya Day in the month of May. We call these three events ‘Themagula’, the three festivals.
Lord Buddha has taught that Buddhists should follow Dana, Sila and Bhavana. People practice these at home in small scale. On Vesak Poya Day the entire country engages in the above acts. Devotees assemble in temples dressed in white and observe ‘Atasil’ and listen to the Dharma sermons, discussions, bhavana and Buddha Pooja. They spend the whole day with ‘Shraddha’ minds.
Another way of celebrating Vesak is decorating houses with light bulbs, hanging lanterns and hoisting Buddhist flags. Streets are decorated with big, beautiful Vesak lanterns and pandals. These pandals contain Lord Buddha’s life stories and jathaka stories. Nowadays we can see digital pandals too. In many places we can see Vesak zones and temples hold expositions of sacred relics.
People who don’t observe sil, go to temples and engage in other religious activities. TV channels conduct various Buddhist programmes so people can watch and listen to them.
Some people give free food and drinks to the devotees and others. Such places are called Dansals. This year our president has required that all materials used for dansals and money used for decorations, be given to people affected by floods and landslides.
Lord Buddha has said that helping the distressed, deprived, sick and infirm people is a great meritorious act. By engaging in the above ‘Prathipaththi’ and ‘Amisa’ pooja we can collect more merit. With this merit, we can have solace, peace and happiness in our present lives and also our future lives. Lord Buddha has taught the existence of the rebirth, ‘Sansara’.
Anuthi Samaranayake
(Grade 7)
Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda
My favourite author
Reading is a very profitable activity which we can engage in. I enjoy reading a lot and I have read so many books so far in my life.
My parents are very helpful in this and I have quite a big collection of books written by different authors.
Among them my favourite author is Roald Dahl. He has been famous among children for many years.
Roald Dahl was born in Norway on September 13, 1916. Roald Dahl had three sisters. When he became big he wanted to write stories as well as poems. Roald Dahl wrote his books in a brick hut, which was built especially for him. He wouldn’t allow anyone inside the hut so it was never cleaned or dusted.
He wrote many books such as’ The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’, ‘Matilda’, ‘The Magic Finger’, ‘Charlie and the Chololate Factory’ etc. After that he became famous among children.
Senuri Dissanayake (Grade 9)
Hillwood College, Kandy
Vesak Poya Day
Vesak is a religious and cultural festival in Sri Lanka.
It is celebrated on the day of the full moon in the month of May.
Vesak Day is one of the biggest days of the year and is celebrated by Buddhists all over the world. Buddhists commemorate the important events that took place in the life of Lord Buddha on this day.
First comes the Birth of Siddhartha Gauthama in Lumbini in Nepal which took place under the arbour of sal trees where
Queen Mahamaya gave birth to him. The final event was Lord Buddha’s Parinibbana over 2500 years ago in Kusinagar.
Lithmi Bimansa (Std. 4)
Jennings Int. College, Nainamadama
My best friend
My best friend is Oshadhi. She is very kind and innocent.
She lives in Ragama. Her favourite hobby
is reading books.
Her favourite drink
is Fanta.
Her favourite food is burger. Her school is Kiribathgoda Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya. Her favourite game is swimming.
She is very pretty. But Oshadhi is smaller than me. Oshadhi and I are very good friends. I love my best friend very much.
Amandi Lochana (13 years)
Vihara Maha Devi B.V., Kiribathgoda
My best friend is Oshadhi. She is very kind and innocent.
She lives in Ragama. Her favourite hobby
is reading books.
Her favourite drink
is Fanta.
Her favourite food is burger. Her school is Kiribathgoda Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya. Her favourite game is swimming.
She is very pretty. But Oshadhi is smaller than me. Oshadhi and I are very good friends. I love my best friend very much.
Amandi Lochana (13 years)
Vihara Maha Devi B.V., Kiribathgoda
How I spent my vacation
On April 8, everyone in my school received their vacation. My mother was happy to see good marks in my report card. She gave me permission to spend the vacation the way I wanted. So I said that I wanted to visit my Grandma’s house.
We arrived at my grandma’s home at 4.30 p.m., with my uncle. I was very happy and excited because Grandma was celebrating Sinhala and Tamil New Year. My mother decided to spend four days with my grandma. I played with my friend nearby. She is a kind girl. She was only one year older than me. We went to visit relations and also celebrated Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
When I was leaving my grandma’s home I was very sad. As soon as I came home I gave a call to my grandma to tell her what happened on the way home. On April 25 school started and I took to studies again.
Hiranya Yapa (Primary III)
Adventist Int. School, Negombo
Whales
Whales are fascinating creatures. They are the world’s largest living creatures. Actually Blue Whales are. They also are a kind of whale. Sperm whales, Humpback whales, are other types of whales. These fascinating creatures are not fish, do not use gills, use lungs and feed milk to their young. These are qualities of land mammals and is unheard of in fish.
Whales unlike sharks, travel in groups. ‘Moby Dick’ is a novel written on a white whale. The whale is endangered because of frequent hunting since medieval times. They were hunted for whale oil. It is prohibited to hunt whales now. We must save whales for our sake and for the next generation.
Dhiman Marapana (Grade 9)
Swarnajayanthi M.V., Kegalle
The cow
Of all animals the cow is perhaps the most useful to man. The cow gives us milk. The cow is a domestic animal. They help us in many ways. We must give them good food and clean water.
Butter and cheese are made from milk. Many kinds of sweets are also made out of milk. Have you not tasted milk toffee? Children are very fond of this kind of sweet. The cow’s meat is beef and is largely used as food. The hoofs of cows are used in making glue, combs, buttons and handles of knives.
The skin is tanned into leather. Shoes, boots and other goods are made of leather. Even the dung of the cow is used as manure. It is also dried into cakes to be used as fuel. Crushed bones of the cow is used for making urea.
Ahamed Sajahan (7 years)
Wesswood College, Katugastota