P449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:43:42 ———————————— 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: MY RESOLUTIONS £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. CLOSING DATE FOR "CHRISTMAS" MON JAN 1 WINNER: Claire, Langley Senior School ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Youngsters: see your story on TV! 497 ET INTO THE GROOVES! p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:47:31 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— CHRISTMAS Emma, 13, Brockwood School, Gloucester Nan and Grandad and a large Christmas tree, my mum, my dad, mz brothjt and mj. A turkey on the table and a large Christmas pud, just look at that food - it smells real good. Wine and presents, wrapping ripped off, who gave mj that? I'll scoff the lot. Thank you Aunt Lilly, I'll use those smjlliis every day. I'll go to the bathroom and put them away. Christmas Day is coming to and end, now there's no need to pretend. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Find pals by picking up a pen! 447 CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW GROOVES p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:42:22 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— CHRISTMAS Claire, 13, Langley Senior School, Solihull. He stood, all in rags his eyes locked in enchantment on the shop window. A turkey stuffed with chestnuts sat, plump, on a beautiful table set with silver cutlery and diamond cut glasses. A Christmas tree, brightly decorated with fairy lights and tinsel, a glittering star glistened at the top. The boy moved foward, the image disappeared. The boy was lift alone and cold in the snow. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— * The winning entry * CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW GROOVES p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:44:11 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— CHRISTMAS Hayley, 12, Scalbz School, Scarborough Christmas! A time for happiness, families, a celebration. For you maybe, but what about the homeless man wandjting the streets? Where's his family, his happiness, his celebration? Christmas! A time for giving, parties, friends. But what about the old widow sitting alone in a time-warped room, eating from a Meals on Wheels tray? What's she receiving? White are hit friends? White will you bj at Christmas? Have fun, but don't forget. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Find pals bz picking up a pen! 447 CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW GROOVES p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:44:09 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— CHRISTMAS Joanne, 16, Sedgjfield Community College. Christmas is supposed to bj happy, with your family sitting down to turkey and watching the Queen. These things don't happen in my family. I sit at the top of the landing, listening to my mam and dad fighting. He has just conj in from the pub again. Then it happens, he starts hitting hit. The next day, hj is all sorry, but hj hasn't got the black eye, the split lip or the broken arm. Just mam and me. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Find pals by picking up a pen! 447 CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW GROOVES p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV PlusP449 Teletext 449 Dec30 20:44:52 ———————————— SECONDARY —————— ———— CHRISTMAS 3094 Adam, 15, Aschcroft High School, Luton Jo and Tz sat together in class. Their teachjt was speaking about Christmas in 1995. "During Christmas time, it used to snow." the teachjt said. Everybody in the class had njvjr seen snow apart from on computer. IT HAND'T SNOWED FOR 2000 YEARS. "Don't you wish we had snow?" said Paul quietly. "Yeah, it must have been fun," Jo whispered. They both sighed. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Find pals bz picking up a pen! 447 CHECK OUT THE ALL-NEW GROOVES p620 Fun Green Club 440 TV Plus