Write a letter and win a prize!

How long it has been since you have written on an Inland letter card?
If you have not experienced the fun of writing a letter sitting at a cosy corner at your home with pen and a post card or Inland letter, here's a chance to do it now!
It could also bring you laurels and prizes!

Tamil Nadu Postal Circle has announced a Letter Writing Competition for school kids studying in class 3 to 12 in different age group categories.

Sub Junior Category - kids in classes 3 to 5 can choose to write a letter to their friend about a place visited recently or to a friend or cousin about their favourite teacher at school.

Juniors studying in classes 6 to 8 can write on any one of these topics:
A letter to a friend about a book you have read recently.
A letter to a friend about an unforgettable experience in your life / lesson you have learnt from the experience.
Or a letter to a friend about a post office visit from your school.

Seniors in classes 9 to 12 have the options to write a letter to a pen friend abroad, highlighting the various services offered by India Post, a letter to a friend about global warming and its consequences and the role of student community to protect the environment and a letter to a friend about the creation of casteless society.

So, go to a nearby post office, buy an inland letter and start writing the letter.
Address it to The Director (Mail Business), First Floor, Greams Road PO, Chennai 600 006.

You should go back to the post office to put your letter into the short-little-red post box!

More details are available here - http://www.tamilnadupost.nic.in/phil/lwrtng.htm

I bet it is fun!
The last date for your letter to reach the organisers is Oct. 20, 2008

Holiday activities for kids

Summer camps have come to stay.
There are host of activities organised for kids during the long summer vacation. But it is hot to go around Chennai during summer!

The September holidays are comparatively cool, they are not long though.

If you want a break from the regular routine during these holidays, check for activity camps, trekking tours, short trails . . . here.

There are also Dandiya nights for kids and a day-long outing being organised. Keep checking the kids' website - www.yocee.in for latest alerts!

What do you do this Puja holidays?

Do you have Dussera holidays for ten days?
Of course, the kolu display and festivities in temples and at a neighbour's place is fun.
But if you have a lot of spare time during the day, try this!

Hansel & Gretel is organising a string of art & craft activities (origami, drawing, painting, fabric painting, embroidery, clay modelling, pot painting), games, puzzles, board games, book reading, indoor and outdoor games, and other fun activities to keep kids busy all day.
Age Group: 4 yrs to 12 yrs.

From September 29, 2008 to October 3, 2008 ; Fee Rs. 750/-

Venue: Hansel & Gretel Kids Activity Centre
11 Jagadambal Street, T.Nagar.
Phone: 2815 2549

Nominations invited for Young Achiever Award

Do you know a kid in your neighbourhood who is an achiever despite a below ordinary or a disadvantaged background? You can show them to the world by passing on this info to the young achiever and do your bit for those children.

The Ma Foi Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd. is inviting nominations for Disha Award for young achievers, 2008.

The award aims at encouraging and recognising the young with disadvantaged backgrounds who have achieved excellence in academic and extra-curricular activities. The age limit is 10 to 16. The award carries a cash award of Rs.10,000 a citation and a trophy.

Applications should reach Ma Foi Foundation by September 30. For details contact 43582125.

Fun with Science - On Sep. 20

If you are student of class 6 to 10, this is for you and your parents as well.

The Tamil Nadu Science and Technology will organise a programme on 'Fun with Science' on its campus on the Gandhi Mandapam Road on Sep. 20.

The event will feature demonstration of science concepts through experiments, lectures on astronomy.
Also a 3D science show is planned for the programme. at B. M. Birla Planetarium, Periyar Science and Technology Centre, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram.
Contact phone no. 2441 0026.