P449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:25:14 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— WRITE IT COMPY 11-16s Write us a masterpiece to fit this page ie, about 70 words or so. The topic to write on is: SUMMER HOLIDAY £10 book token each week for the winner and £20 book token for your school. Send essays (with name, age and school) to: WRITE IT COMPY (Secondary) PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT. WINNER: Karen, Stromnjss Academy ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— See your story on screen 497 WEN DRJDD + SOUL II SOUL CDt p627 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:14:00 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— SUMMER HOLIDAY Karen, 15, Stromnjss Academy, Orkney Upon the Spanish beach, insipid sun worshippers stretch out on psychedelic towels soaking up the TVA and UVB. Fractious mothers wipe ice-cream from their disobedient offspring, who pull each others' hair and demolish sandcastles. Adolescents loll in the sun, blushing over their mothers' dated swimming costumes and their porcine fathers. I close the travel brochure and ponder. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— My sandwich bit mj! 497 TRY WRJTJNG FOR MEGAZINE p442 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:17:15 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— SUMMER HOLIDAY Amara, 12, Blackhjath High School, London SE3 I am vegetarian, so when I went to France I looked up vegetarian in the phrase book. I walked into a restaurant and said to the waiter my well-rehjarsjd "I am a vegetarian" speech. He gave mj a ham omelette. My mother pointed to the ham and said firmly: "No meat." The waiter looked sadly at the omelette and said: "But it's only a little meat!" ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Cool tide coming in at your feet 497 TRY WRJTJNG FOR MEGAZINE p442 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:14:34 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— SUMMER HOLIDAY Hannah, 15, Warblington High School, Havant I survjyjd our luggage. There were 15 bags, 10 of which belonged to mz sister! "You won't need all that!" I exclaimed. "It's best to bj prepared," she said. "You njvjr know with our parents." She was right. Suddenly, the next flight was announced: "Calling all passjngjrs for the Iceland flight." "That's us!" said Mum. "What? Iceland?" Er, got any spare fur coats, sis? ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Sunflowers and Egyptian mummies 497 TRY WRJTJNG FOR MEGAZINE p442 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:11:47 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— SUMMER HOLIDAY Saima, 13, Morley High School, Leeds The sun was golden, the sea was sparkling and the sand was like bright jewels. My friend came over and stopped in her tracks. She burst out laughing. "Why is there a big puddle, a bucket of sand and a yellow circle stuck on the wall? And why are you in a swimming costume?" "I was pretending I was on a golden beach," I replied. "Silly you! Conj on, let's go to my house." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Ella's off to Italy 497 TRY WRJTJNG FOR MEGAZINE p442 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Aug 6 02:01:36 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— SUMMER HOLIDAY Ly, 15, Habjrdashjrs' Askj's, New Cross, London This is my thirteenth summer holiday. I lie dozing and idle in the sun's presence upon a mat of golden wheat which is to bj harvested this season. Pure, unpolluted air finds itslf breathed by colourful butterflies, insects, birds and myself. A small breeze sends shivers down my back, ripples the crops and makes birds chirp. I'm glad I am spending my six weeks here at home! ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Woodcraft at Castle Head 497 TRY WRJTJNG FOR MEGAZINE p442 Fun Green Club 440 TV Plus