UAE asks school kids to write heartfelt postcards on run-up to National Day celebrations

The UAE is encouraging school children in the emirates to write postcards to their future selves as part of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, on the run-up to the country’s 50^th National Day this December 2 2021.

The UAE Golden Jubilee Committee has launched ‘Imagining Your Future’, an online school kit that encourages students to participate in the nationwide celebrations through creative decorations and arts and crafts.

All students and schools in the UAE are encouraged to download the free school kit, which includes printable stickers, decorations, postcards, stencils and desk tags from www.UAEYearOf.ae/school.

Meaningful memento

The free school kit also includes a postcard which the students can use to write a letter to their future selves detailing their own plans for the next 50 years. Whether they want to be a doctor, an astronaut or save the world from climate change, this is intended to be a space for children to let their imaginations run and to express their dreams. The idea is that these postcards can then be presented to the students as a nostalgic keepsake upon graduation.

This e-school kit serves as a resourceful tool that aims to inspire the younger generation to creatively learn about the values that have guided the journey of the UAE in the last 50 years and expand their knowledge about the country they call home.

A chance to be published

Schools, educators and parents alike are encouraged to participate in the nationwide celebration of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee and make use of these kits – which include decorative hanging elements that represent objects unique to the UAE – to educate young minds about the country’s history and culture.

There is even the chance for children’s postcards to be featured by the UAE Golden Jubilee Committee itself, if they submit their work to the website UAEYearOf.ae.

‘Imaging Your Future’ is the latest initiative by the UAE Golden Jubilee Committee, which governs year-long initiatives, activities and grand celebrations for all those who call the UAE home.