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Selected Entries from the Human Values Foundation's Stories on Values Competition, 2019 by children for children Selected entries from The Human Values Foundation’s Stories on Values Competition, 2019 © Human Values Foundation 2020 Save Trees by Bhavish - aged 9 This booklet is published by the Human Values Foundation The Coach House, Salisbury Road, Horsham West Sussex RH13 0AJ, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1403 259711 Email: [email protected] Website: www.humanvaluesfoundation.com The Human Values Foundation is a company limited by guarantee. Registered Office: The Coach House, Salisbury Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 0AJ Registered in England no. 3089834 * Registered charity no. 1048755 Stories And Their Values Indicates a prize winning entry Main Value(s) Title of Story Page Other Value(s) Writer & Age Behaviour choices Behaviour Choices And Peace Peace by Lara (10) 1 Football Galore Behaviour choices by Lucas (9) 3 Behaviour choices Kindness Is Flammable Kindness to animals by Alinah (10) 4 Caring About Nature Caring about nature by Mariya (8) 6 Contamination Is Serious Caring about nature by Jorge (11) 8 Caring about nature Holi With Mother Nature Behaviour choices by Atharv (9) 10 Always Be Kind 1st 12 Compassion by Shaheer (11) Prize! Helping Hand Compassion by Srivamsi (9) 13 Consideration Living Better Lives Helping others by Joy (10) 14 The Brave Friend Courage by Eeshan (8) 16 Generosity Everlasting Happiness Helping others by Grace (9) 17 Friendship Happiness by Leah (8) with artwork by Chloe (8) 19 Helping others Birth To Death Love by Sana (9) 20 Choose Kindness All The Time Helping others by Inayet (8) 22 Do A Good Deed, Get One Back Helping others by Rayn (10) 24 Helping others Friendship Matters Courage by Annie (10) 25 Kindness Helping others by Arfa (10) 26 Helping others Kindness Is Golden 2nd 27 Compassion by Toby (9) Prize! Human Values Foundation 3i 2019 Stories by Children Booklet Stories And Their Values cont. Indicates a prize winning entry Main Value(s) Title of Story Page Other Value(s) Writer & Age Helping others Love And Kindness Happiness by Shreyas (10) 29 The Kind Boy Helping others by Sherwin (9) 30 Honesty Honesty Wins Behaviour choices by Joe (10) 31 Epos The Flame Bird Kindness to animals by Muhammed (8) 32 My Pets Are Not Toys Kindness to animals by Dimas (11) 34 Kindness to animals The Dog And The Kind Girl Helping others by Aditi (7) 35 Love A True Gift Gratitude by Arnav (8) 37 Experiencing Love Love by Eliz (9) 38 Love What’s More Important? Gratitude by Noah (9) 39 Mechanical Leg Perseverance by Amelia (10) 41 Perseverance Perseverance Helping others by Lola (10) 43 John Learns To Respect Others Respect for others by Venkata (9) 45 Respect for others The Neem Tree And The Squirrel Forgiveness by Akash (9) 47 Homework From Hell Responsibility by Kian (10) 49 Responsibility Responsibility Behaviour choices by Suny (9) 50 Zayne And His Beautiful Ball Sharing by Trisha (8) 52 Teamwork Always Wins Teamwork by Pranav (8) 53 Truthfulness The Cunning Fake Fall Behaviour choices by Lorenzo (9) 55 Human Values Foundation 4ii 2019 Stories by Children Booklet Peace Is Elegant by Mabrur - aged 9 Artwork Indicates a prize winning entry Title of Picture Value Artist & Age Page Behaviour choices You Decide! Ethics by Aadhya (9) 9 Caring about nature Compassion Towards Nature Behaviour choices by Navaneeth (6) 54 Caring about nature Kindness To Earth Behaviour choices by Mirudhula (9) 11 Save Trees Caring about nature by Bhavish (9) Inside Cover Caring about nature Save Trees, Save Earth Behaviour choices by Arshita (5) 7 We Care Caring for nature by Chaitanya (9) 38 Human Values Foundation iii5 2019 Stories by Children Booklet Artwork Indicates a prize winning entry Value ArtistTitle of & AgePicture Page Compassion Aliens’ Space Race Behaviour choices by Jibran (9) 30 Compassion Be A Kind Buddy Helping others by Benjamin (8) 25 Creativity Contentment by Anika (10) 21 Expressions Of Kindness Helping others by Jessica (8) 15 Helping Helping others by Samuel (8) 40 Kindness Helping others by Ellie (6) 35 Helping others The Jungle Adventure Teamwork by Ambiya (8) 36 Love Friendship Is The Best Gift You Can Get Happiness by Ellijoy (10) 18 Love Kindness Is My Magic Inner happiness by Sofia (6) Front Cover Love Love And Compassion Compassion by Kavyashree (6) 48 Optimism Ambition Understanding self by Malak (10) 46 Hope Optimism by Maryam (9) 42 Peace Peace Unity by Maanika (9) 2 Peace Is Elegant Peace by Mabrur (9) iii Perseverance Perseverance by Dhruv (8) 44 Perseverance Resilience Understanding self by Max (8) 5 Responsibility Responsibility by Diarra (10) 51 Teamwork Teamwork Perseverance by Ashvin (11) 33 Human Values Foundation iv6 2019 Stories by Children Booklet Introduction The fourth “Stories on Values” Competition for children aged 7 to 11 was one of the best ones we have had. As ever, the competition’s closing date coincided with World Values Day, which was on 17th October, 2019. This time there were not only prizes for the best stories, but also prizes for the best artwork by children up to the age of 11. As usual we invited children to choose a value and write their own short story about it and, if they wished, the story could be illustrated. Furthermore, children under 11 were invited to send us original stand-alone artworks on a favourite value. The 400-word limit on the length of the stories was not observed by everyone so, sadly, several good stories, which exceeded this limit, had to be ruled out from consideration for prizes. Entries flooded in from children in many very diverse parts of the world, including India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and around the UK. We were immensely impressed by the imaginative power and the depth of understanding of the crucial role played by values in our lives, evident in so many of the stories. Remarkably, some were written in English as a second language and we are delighted to report that a number of those have been included in this booklet. Well done indeed to this particular group of children. The judges had an unenviable task with so many potential contenders for the winning story. The one they finally settled on was “Always Be Kind” by 11-year-old Shaheer from Elmwood Junior School, Surrey, UK, which tells the inspiring tale of a 9-year-old orphaned, homeless boy who barely manages to feed himself each day, yet gives his only apple to the Queen of his country, who is disguised as an old woman begging for food. This kindness transforms his life. The Runner Up was Toby from Sri Sathya Sai Spiritual Education in London, UK with “Kindness Is Golden”. This is an uplifting account of how a young boy called Geoff constantly helps his father, who has multiple sclerosis. Geoff accompanies his dad to the hospital where he gets him a special wheelchair that brightens his life considerably and means the family will be able to enjoy outings together far more easily. The artworks also showed high levels of creativity and skill, and prizes were awarded to 6-year-old Sofia from Capel Manor Primary School in London for “Kindness Is My Magic”, 9-year-old Bhavish from Samsidh Mount Litera Zee School - Vidyaranayapura in Bangalore, India for “Save Trees”, and 8-year-old Ambiya from Manor Junior School in Essex, UK for the series of illustrations in her story “The Jungle Adventure”. The storywriters won book tokens for their school libraries worth £150 for the Winner, £75 for the Runner Up and £25 for each of the Highly Recommended stories. All the prizewinning authors and artists were given a personal copy of The Big Think Stories Book, a compilation of the stories for ages 7 to 11 that feature in our new values programme for children aged 4 to 11, The Big Think. (An introduction to this programme can be found at the end of this booklet.) Human Values Foundation v7 2019 Stories by Children Booklet Here is the list of prize winners: Place Story Author Age School Country 1st Always Be Kind Shaheer 11 Elmwood Junior School, Surrey UK 2nd Kindness Is Golden Toby 9 Sri Sathya Sai Spiritual Education, London UK HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Everlasting Happiness Grace 9 Living Values Children’s Education Foundation Nigeria Living Better Lives Joy 10 Living Values Children’s Education Foundation Nigeria Love And Kindness Shreyas 10 Samsidh Mount Litera Zee School – HSR Extension India Teamwork Always Wins Pranav 8 NIVE – New Horizon Public School, Bangalore India The Brave Friend Eeshan 8 NIVE – New Horizon Public School, Bangalore India The Cunning Fake Fall Lorenzo 9 Holme Grange School, Berkshire UK Place Artwork Artist Age School Country 1st Kindness Is My Magic Sofia 6 Capel Manor Primary School, London UK 1st Save Trees Bhavish 9 Samsidh Mount Litera Zee School – Vidyaranyapura India 1st The Jungle Adventure Ambiya 8 Manor Junior School, Essex UK We are most grateful to our panel of three distinguished and innovative judges: Ed Mayo, Dr Paquita de Zulueta and James Minter. We also much appreciate the care Galia Durant took when deciding on the best pictures. Galia’s range of talents is very evident in the illustrations she created for The Big Think Stories Book and the songs she composed and performed for The Big Think programme. As always in a competition like this, a considerable amount of work takes place behind the scenes. We applaud the work of all in our team who helped us run another very successful competition, and would particularly like to thank Ann Greenwood, a trustee of the Human Values Foundation and former headteacher who, together with very experienced and now retired teachers: Carol Venables and Rena Breese, along with Primary school teacher, Jane Greenwood, read through the hundreds of entries sent in and put forward the short list of excellent entries resulting in the above winners.
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