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Letters to everyone!
Dear children,
 When was the last time your postman brought you a memorable letter?
It might have been a birthday card or a memorable letter from your
grandma or grandpa. Still all of you like to hear the bell of your
postman even if you are using all the latest methods of communication
such as Electronic mail (e-mail), skype, and on-line chatting.
With the advent of these new technologies the postman’s mail got
labeled as snail mail because it takes days for the postman to bring
letters to your doorstep. But the other communication methods are quite
fast and take only a few seconds to deliver messages.
However postmen are still welcome. When they bring cards or hand
written letters to your doorstep don’t you feel happy? Isn’t it nice to
receive a hand written card as opposed to emails that you get
constantly? So whenever your postman brings you letters you should be
nice and polite to him!
World Post Day was celebrated on October 9 under the theme ‘A New
Strategy to A new world.’The day marks the anniversary of the
establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss
capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held
in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.
There are countries which have dedicated a day for postmen as well.
In Mexico November 12 is Dial del Cartero which means ‘Postman’s day.’
On this day everyone remembers their local postman and gives a small
gift in appreciation of the work they carry out.
Bye for now,
Sunny Stories:
Mystery of the Missing Sandwiches
Marshi always forgot things. She often forgot to take her bottle of
water to school with her. Sometimes she forgot to take her violin when
she went for her violin lessons. At least twice a week she forgot to
drink her cup of milk before she left for school.
“You forget things because you wait till the last moment to do
something,” said Mother.
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Some of the
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That is what is called procrastination,” said Father and added
“Before you ask me what the word means I suggest you look it up in the
dictionary.”
Marshi and Hasini ran to the bookshelf. They searched for the word in
the Oxford English dictionary. “Procrastinate means postpone action,”
Marshi read aloud.
“That is you, alright,” said Hasini. “If the word had not been so
long and difficult to pronounce I would have called you Procrastination
from now on.”
“No, you will not,” said Marshi. “I will never get late ever again,
or keep delaying things till the last moment. This will be my new
resolution even though this is October and I usually make resolutions in
January.”
By that afternoon though, Marshi had forgotten the resolution. When
she should have been practicing the violin, for she had violin classes
that evening, she read a book. She kept telling herself, she would
practice the violin after she reached the next chapter of the book she
was reading. Unfortunately when she reached the next chapter she decided
she would stop after she finished this chapter too. She went on reading
till she heard Mother and Hasini talking in the kitchen. Marshi had to
find out what they were doing.
“We are going to make tomato sandwiches,” said Hasini.
“Grandma has some friends coming to see her this evening. I promised
to make some sandwiches for her guests.” said Mother.
“Can I help too?” asked Marshi. She looked at the clock and hoped she
would have enough time to practice the violin after she helped Mother to
make the sandwiches.
“You can apply butter on these slices of bread for me,” said Mother,
handing the butter knife to Marshi.
Just then, Father walked into the kitchen carrying a white shopping
bag in his hands. “There are some shirts here that I need to take to the
laundry tomorrow on my way to office. I will keep this in the the car so
that I will not forget it in the morning.” said Father.
Marshi ran to her room to start practicing the violin. At 3.30 Mother
called her to have her tea. But Marshi had so many notes to practice,
she had no time to drink her cup of tea. Finally when she packed the
violin into the violin case it was fifteen minutes to four. Father was
already in the car waiting for Marshi. Marshi got dressed as fast as
possible and ran outside. Mother was standing at the front door. She
gave Marshi a white shopping bag.
“On your way to class, drop in at Grandma’s place and give this to
her. The sandwiches are inside,” said Mother.
When Father stopped the car at Grandma’s place Marshi ran with the
white bag and gave it to Grandma. She was so scared of getting late for
her violin class she had time only to wave goodbye to Grandma.
That evening at about 7 O’clock the phone rang. Mother answered the
phone and listened to the voice at the other end. She started to smile.
“I will check in the car and call back,” she said and kept the phone.
Mother went out into the car and came back carrying a white shopping
bag.
“Isn’t that my laundry bag?” asked Father.
“No,” laughed Mother. “These are the sandwiches Marshi was supposed
to give Grandma to serve Grandma’s guests. That was Grandma who phoned
just now. She said when she opened the bag Marshi had given her she
found six of Father’s shirts inside the bag. She wants to know what
happened to the sandwiches.”
“The mystery of the Missing Sandwiches,” said Hasini. “Sounds like a
Famous Five story.”
Marshi looked sad. She realized it was her fault.
“I am sorry Mother,” said Marshi. I was in such a hurry I took the
first bag I saw inside the car.”
“This is a good lesson for you Marshi.” Said Mother. “At least from
now on you will remember to do things on time.”
“I do feel sorry for Grandma’s guests,” said Hasini. Then she turned
to Mother and asked “Mother, can I have a sandwich?”
Mother smiled. “You might as well,” she said handing the bag of
sandwiches to Hasini.
Aditha:-
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My favourite teacher
I am a student of Daranagama Maha Vidyalaya. I am in grade six. There
are many teachers in my school. They teach different subjects for
different classes. My class teacher is D K S Chandralekha. She is my
favourite teacher. She is very kind and helpful to us. She teaches us
Science and Tamil.
I like to learn from her. She explains the lesson well. She teaches
us not only subject matters but also good habits and manners. She is
always kind to us as our mother. But sometimes she becomes harsh on us.
She wants to make us good citizens.
She is a hard working teacher. She tries to cultivate good attitudes
in our lives. She encourages her students to help others and to make new
friends. We go to her when we are in difficulty. She helps us to solve
our problems.
She never gets angry with us. She devotes her time, knowledge and
strength to make us fruitful citizens in the future. She is my favourite
teacher.
Lakshitha Vimukthi Vithanaarachchi | Grade 6 | WP/KE/Daranagama |
Maha Vidyalaya, | Siyambalape
Inter school karate competition by Sri Rathnasara MV
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Sri Rathnasara Maha Vidyalaya (MV)
Polwatte, Minuwangoda organized an inter school karate
competition recently. Ten teams from neighbouring schools
participated for the competition. Here principal of Sri
Rathnasara MV, Sudesh Nelumdeniya handing over a certificate
to a
winner. Picture by Ivon Nissanka, Divulapitiya Group
Correspondent |
The elephant
1. The elephant lives in forest.
2. It eats leaves and fruits.
3. It is very big.
4. It has two ears and eyes.
5. The elephant has a short tail.
6. The elephant has a trunk.
7. It cannot run fast.
8. It is very kind.
9. I like baby elephants a lot.
Dineth K. Rajapaksha | Grade 3A | Hilburn College | Avissawella
The Road to El Dorado
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The Road to El Dorado (2000) will be
screened on October 20 at 3.30pm at the American Centre, No
44, Galle Road, Colombo 3. (Running Time: 89 minutes) Two
swindlers get their hands on a map to the fabled city of
gold, El Dorado. Please contact the American Centre at
amcentersl@state. gov
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