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Issue 711 £2.50 31 January – 6 February 2020

8-PAGE HARRY POTTER PULLOUT! BOOK NIGHT Main illustrati ons and image at bott om by Jim Kay. Other illustrati ons by ons Other illustrati Kay. by Jim om at bott ons and image Main illustrati ons © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Duddle. All illustrati Jonny TRIWIZARD PUZZLES! DRAGON FACTS! MAGICAL MAZE!

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* First News readership is 2,235,888. Source: Opinion Matters 2016. First News is the widest-read of all children’s publications audited in the UK. First News supports children’s charities – see page 14 FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT IS BACK FOR A FANTASTIC SIXTH YEAR! TRIWIZARD ON 6 February the magical Harry Pott er Book Night returns, and this year’s theme is the Triwizard Tournament. On this special night, Harry Pott er fans all around the world will be hosti ng their very GAMES own Harry Pott er Book Night events for friends, families or even classmates. You can hold your GET your Triwizard-themed book night started Harry Pott er Book Night celebrati ons any ti me you like, so why not join in with the fun? with some magical games… THROW A HARRY POTTER PARTY BEAT THE AGE LINE WHETHER you’re planning on celebrati ng Harry Pott er Book Night at school, at home or with a youth group, See if any of your guests have what it takes to cross the here’s how you can give your friends a big wizarding welcome and throw your own truly enchanted event. Age Line and put their name into the Goblet of Fire! YOU’LL NEED: MAKE A PLAN you’re planning on serving refreshments (see p6), get these organised too. Coloured pencils Plan your event ahead of ti me. Work out who you’re going to invite and Sheets of white paper how many people you can fi t into your party area. Send out invitati ons BUILD EXCITEMENT by email or hand deliver them for that personal touch. Count down to your event with a sign A Goblet. You can make one yourself or use a large bowl, blanket or sheet on the fl oor to represent the Goblet. in the window or on the noti ceboard GET PEOPLE INVOLVED at your school or club, counti ng down Encourage your friends and family to come along to your event how many sleeps are left unti l your HOW TO PLAY: in costume by off ering a prize for the best fancy dress outf it and Harry Pott er Book Night. Mark a line on the fl oor for everyone to stand behind. It needs to be prizes for the acti viti es you’ll be hosti ng. a decent distance from your Goblet of Fire, which should be on the fl oor DECORATE or a table. Have your guests take a piece of paper each and write their PREPARE Get creati ve with decorati ng your space name on it. They can decorate their name too, if they like. Each person is Make sure you have everything you’ll need to make your event to make it really feel like a Triwizard to fold their paper into an aeroplane, then stand behind the Age Line and a roaring success. Plan any games you want to play and make sure the Tournament. Check out our suggesti ons try to send their paper plane into the Goblet. acti viti es you want to host are organised and set up ahead of ti me. If below for some more ideas! How many champions will there be?

MAGICAL TRANSFIGURATION CHALLENGE VIKTOR Krum’s Transfi gurati on skills keep him alive underwater in the second task, so there are plenty of reasons to learn Transfi gurati on. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

DECORATIONS © You can TRANSFORM your home or event space into award prizes something magical with these easy decorati on ideas! Divide your group into pairs and give each pair a few pieces of blank paper and some colouring pencils. One person should be the host and for the best call out the name of an object, while one person in each pair must draw Transfi gurati ons THE TRIWIZARD CUP it. Aft er a set amount of ti me (we suggest two minutes) they must hand Make your own Triwizard Cup by painti ng their drawing over to their partner. Their partner must ‘Transfi gure’ a sturdy cardboard box diff erent shades of grey the original drawing into a new one. The host will tell you what you need to ‘Transfi gure’ the object into. Here are some ideas: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc so that it looks like stone. Place a gold-coloured PHOTO PROPS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © trophy on top. You could buy one or make your Cut out a cardboard frame and paint © Pin cushion – hedgehog own by cutti ng a trophy shape out of cardboard ‘Triwizard Champion’ across the top. and painti ng it gold. Rock – dog TRIWIZARD BADGES Your guests can pose in the frame and be a famous witch or wizard for the night. Eagle – Hippogriff Design your own badges or posters, showing You can also visit bit.ly/HPBNDOBBY and support for your favourite character in the Lizard – dragon download an image of Dobby’s ears. Sti ck Kay by Jim ons Duddle. All other illustrati by Jonny ons illustrati Character Triwizard Tournament – is it Cedric, Harry, Ant – spider them on to a headband and you can Fleur or Viktor? You can scatt er them around pretend to be Dobby. Draco Malfoy – ferret Illustrati ons by Jonny Duddle and Jim Kay Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati your event or sti ck them up on the wall. Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati

Remember to tag any photos you post online with #HarryPott erBookNight! Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT IS BACK FOR A FANTASTIC SIXTH YEAR! TRIWIZARD ON 6 February the magical Harry Pott er Book Night returns, and this year’s theme is the Triwizard Tournament. On this special night, Harry Pott er fans all around the world will be hosti ng their very GAMES own Harry Pott er Book Night events for friends, families or even classmates. You can hold your GET your Triwizard-themed book night started Harry Pott er Book Night celebrati ons any ti me you like, so why not join in with the fun? with some magical games… THROW A HARRY POTTER PARTY BEAT THE AGE LINE WHETHER you’re planning on celebrati ng Harry Pott er Book Night at school, at home or with a youth group, See if any of your guests have what it takes to cross the here’s how you can give your friends a big wizarding welcome and throw your own truly enchanted event. Age Line and put their name into the Goblet of Fire! YOU’LL NEED: MAKE A PLAN you’re planning on serving refreshments (see p6), get these organised too. Coloured pencils Plan your event ahead of ti me. Work out who you’re going to invite and Sheets of white paper how many people you can fi t into your party area. Send out invitati ons BUILD EXCITEMENT by email or hand deliver them for that personal touch. Count down to your event with a sign A Goblet. You can make one yourself or use a large bowl, blanket or sheet on the fl oor to represent the Goblet. in the window or on the noti ceboard GET PEOPLE INVOLVED at your school or club, counti ng down Encourage your friends and family to come along to your event how many sleeps are left unti l your HOW TO PLAY: in costume by off ering a prize for the best fancy dress outf it and Harry Pott er Book Night. Mark a line on the fl oor for everyone to stand behind. It needs to be prizes for the acti viti es you’ll be hosti ng. a decent distance from your Goblet of Fire, which should be on the fl oor DECORATE or a table. Have your guests take a piece of paper each and write their PREPARE Get creati ve with decorati ng your space name on it. They can decorate their name too, if they like. Each person is Make sure you have everything you’ll need to make your event to make it really feel like a Triwizard to fold their paper into an aeroplane, then stand behind the Age Line and a roaring success. Plan any games you want to play and make sure the Tournament. Check out our suggesti ons try to send their paper plane into the Goblet. acti viti es you want to host are organised and set up ahead of ti me. If below for some more ideas! How many champions will there be?

MAGICAL TRANSFIGURATION CHALLENGE VIKTOR Krum’s Transfi gurati on skills keep him alive underwater in the second task, so there are plenty of reasons to learn Transfi gurati on. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

DECORATIONS © You can TRANSFORM your home or event space into award prizes something magical with these easy decorati on ideas! Divide your group into pairs and give each pair a few pieces of blank paper and some colouring pencils. One person should be the host and for the best call out the name of an object, while one person in each pair must draw Transfi gurati ons THE TRIWIZARD CUP it. Aft er a set amount of ti me (we suggest two minutes) they must hand Make your own Triwizard Cup by painti ng their drawing over to their partner. Their partner must ‘Transfi gure’ a sturdy cardboard box diff erent shades of grey the original drawing into a new one. The host will tell you what you need to ‘Transfi gure’ the object into. Here are some ideas: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc so that it looks like stone. Place a gold-coloured PHOTO PROPS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © trophy on top. You could buy one or make your Cut out a cardboard frame and paint © Pin cushion – hedgehog own by cutti ng a trophy shape out of cardboard ‘Triwizard Champion’ across the top. and painti ng it gold. Rock – dog TRIWIZARD BADGES Your guests can pose in the frame and be a famous witch or wizard for the night. Eagle – Hippogriff Design your own badges or posters, showing You can also visit bit.ly/HPBNDOBBY and support for your favourite character in the Lizard – dragon download an image of Dobby’s ears. Sti ck Kay by Jim ons Duddle. All other illustrati by Jonny ons illustrati Character Triwizard Tournament – is it Cedric, Harry, Ant – spider them on to a headband and you can Fleur or Viktor? You can scatt er them around pretend to be Dobby. Draco Malfoy – ferret Illustrati ons by Jonny Duddle and Jim Kay Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati your event or sti ck them up on the wall. Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati

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FUN FACT! FUN FACT! Before the start of the Triwizard Tournament, the Only two species of dragon are nati ve to Great dragons are hidden in the Forbidden Forest to stop Britain, as Ron explains to Harry in Harry Pott er and the students fi nding out about the fi rst task. They are the Philosopher’s Stone: “The Ministry of Magic has cared for by Charlie Weasley, Ron’s older brother. FANTASTIC BEASTS a job hushing them up, I can tell you. Our lot have CONTESTANTS in the Triwizard Tournament face four fearsome dragons in their fi rst challenge, where they each have to retrieve a golden egg being guarded to keep putti ng spells on Muggles who’ve spott ed by a dragon. Here’s everything you need to know about the four dragon species featured in the tournament and a few others just for fun. them, to make them forget.”

HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL

On of the most dangerous dragons in the world, COMMON WELSH GREEN Hungarian Horntails have black scales and bronze- coloured spikes on their tails. They are famously One of the less aggressive dragon breeds, the Common bad-tempered and vicious. Harry Pott er has to face Welsh Green likes to feast on sheep and has a melodious the Hungarian Horntail in the Triwizard Tournament. roar. Fleur Delacour from Beaubaxtons faces one of He uses a Summoning Charm to summon his Firebolt these in the Triwizard Tournament. She sends the dragon and then fl ies around the dragon to retrieve his egg. to sleep with a charm so she can retrieve her golden egg.

UKRAINIAN IRONBELLY CHINESE FIREBALL

The biggest dragon of them all, the These dragons are a gorgeous red and gold Ukrainian Ironbelly can weigh up to colour – the Gryffi ndor house colours. They like six tonnes when fully grown! to live in groups and also rather enjoy eati ng people! During the Triwizard Tournament, Viktor Krum from Durmstrang faces a Chinese Fireball. He blinds his dragon using a Conjuncti viti s curse, allowing him to scoot past to claim the egg. BloomsburyBloomsbury Publishing Plc Publishing Plc © ©

ANTIPODEAN OPALEYE

The Anti podean Opaleye comes from New Zealand. It is SWEDISH SHORT-SNOUT one of the most beauti ful species of dragon, with pearly scales and multi -coloured eyes, and it even has a vivid scarlet fl ame. Its favourite food is sheep. These dragons live in remote mountainous areas RIDGEBACK and rarely come into contact with humans. They NORWEGIAN RIDGEBACK produce a powerful blue fl ame that can turn ti mber and bone to ash in seconds. Cedric Diggory is the fi rst contestant to face a dragon in the Triwizard One of the rarer breeds of dragon, these repti lian beasts Tournament and his is a Short-Snout. Cedric turns learn to breathe fi re when they’re between one to a rock into a dog using a Transfi gurati on spell to three months, far earlier than any other dragon species. distract the dragon and claim his egg. Hagrid’s pet dragon Norbert is a Norwegian Ridgeback.

Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com Jonny Duddle Jonny Duddle on by on by er illustrati er illustrati Pott Pott by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Harry by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Harry ons ons illustrati illustrati Other dragon Other dragon Kay. Kay. by Jim by Jim on on Main illustrati Main illustrati FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020

FUN FACT! FUN FACT! Before the start of the Triwizard Tournament, the Only two species of dragon are nati ve to Great dragons are hidden in the Forbidden Forest to stop Britain, as Ron explains to Harry in Harry Pott er and the students fi nding out about the fi rst task. They are the Philosopher’s Stone: “The Ministry of Magic has cared for by Charlie Weasley, Ron’s older brother. FANTASTIC BEASTS a job hushing them up, I can tell you. Our lot have CONTESTANTS in the Triwizard Tournament face four fearsome dragons in their fi rst challenge, where they each have to retrieve a golden egg being guarded to keep putti ng spells on Muggles who’ve spott ed by a dragon. Here’s everything you need to know about the four dragon species featured in the tournament and a few others just for fun. them, to make them forget.”

HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL

On of the most dangerous dragons in the world, COMMON WELSH GREEN Hungarian Horntails have black scales and bronze- coloured spikes on their tails. They are famously One of the less aggressive dragon breeds, the Common bad-tempered and vicious. Harry Pott er has to face Welsh Green likes to feast on sheep and has a melodious the Hungarian Horntail in the Triwizard Tournament. roar. Fleur Delacour from Beaubaxtons faces one of He uses a Summoning Charm to summon his Firebolt these in the Triwizard Tournament. She sends the dragon and then fl ies around the dragon to retrieve his egg. to sleep with a charm so she can retrieve her golden egg.

UKRAINIAN IRONBELLY CHINESE FIREBALL

The biggest dragon of them all, the These dragons are a gorgeous red and gold Ukrainian Ironbelly can weigh up to colour – the Gryffi ndor house colours. They like six tonnes when fully grown! to live in groups and also rather enjoy eati ng people! During the Triwizard Tournament, Viktor Krum from Durmstrang faces a Chinese Fireball. He blinds his dragon using a Conjuncti viti s curse, allowing him to scoot past to claim the egg. BloomsburyBloomsbury Publishing Plc Publishing Plc © ©

ANTIPODEAN OPALEYE

The Anti podean Opaleye comes from New Zealand. It is SWEDISH SHORT-SNOUT one of the most beauti ful species of dragon, with pearly scales and multi -coloured eyes, and it even has a vivid scarlet fl ame. Its favourite food is sheep. These dragons live in remote mountainousmountainous areasareas RIDGEBACK and rarely come into contact withwith humans.humans. TheyThey NORWEGIAN RIDGEBACK produce a powerful blue fl ameame thatthat cancan turnturn titi mbermber and bone to ash in seconds.seconds. CedricCedric DiggoryDiggory isis thethe fi rst contestant to face aa dragondragon inin thethe TriwizardTriwizard One of the rarer breeds of dragon, these repti lian beasts Tournament and his is a Short-Snout. Cedric turns learn to breathe fi re when they’re between one to a rock into a dog using a Transfi gurati on spell to three months, far earlier than any other dragon species. distract the dragon and claim his egg. Hagrid’s pet dragon Norbert is a Norwegian Ridgeback.

Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com Jonny Duddle Jonny Duddle on by on by er illustrati er illustrati Pott Pott by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Harry by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Harry ons ons illustrati illustrati Other dragon Other dragon Kay. Kay. by Jim by Jim on on Main illustrati Main illustrati FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 TRIWIZARD WIZARDING MAGICAL MAZE WORDSEARCH THE third and fi nal challenge in the Triwizard Tournament is the magical maze. Can you fi nd your way through TREATS YOUR next challenge is to fi nd the 12 Triwizard- the maze to reach the Triwizard Cup? themed words in the grid below. Words can read up, IF you’re throwing a Harry Pott er Book Night party, then down, across and backwards! why not magic up some tasty treats from the magical DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? world for your guests? The winner of the Triwizard Tournament wins The maze for the third task is grown F B O G L C X M Q N C D O F the Triwizard Cup and a thousand galleons. START on the Quidditch pitch at Hogwarts. L Z D F A T O D Y M O S I M G E O G K S C A MAGICAL DRINK G R R A T F E PUMPKIN JUICE: B Q U X E L H N T A T X R R Blend ti ns of puréed Q I N R C D A pumpkin with coconut milk J G V G L S P and powdered cinnamon, M E J R R V R X then pour into clear cups. K M K F O E L A Q U A N P TOP TIP: This is a rich and G N C J P N R I creamy treat, so you may want S L E G E Y L to use small cups! Y H A R R Y C E D R I C O K R U M N X O S P H I N X N Z P M A Z E N A H R E D O B B Y I G MAGICAL H Q I INGREDIENTS

GILLYWEED: Harry Maze Champion Fill a bowl with green gummy Fleur Dragon Myrtle worms, or with spaghetti cooked with green food colouring. Cedric Merperson SCARAB Krum Lake BEETLES: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © Fill a mortar (if you Sphinx Dobby have one) with gummy bug sweets to represent scarab beetles. Leave a pestle by the side as a prop. WHO HELPED

HARRY? Duddle and Jonny Kay by Jim ons Illustrati WE’VE jumbled up the names of four characters SORTING who help Harry during the Triwizard Tournament. FINISH CUPCAKES: Can you work out who they are? Pipe red, yellow, blue or green icing into the centre “The Triwizard Tournament of some chocolate cupcakes. 1. yodbb 2. ecricd was fi rst established some Cover the tops with white seven hundred years ago, as FUN FACT! icing. When your guests bite Bloomsbury Publishing Plc a friendly competi ti on between ©

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc into the cakes, their Hogwarts the three largest European Over the history of the tournament, © Hogwarts has won the cup 63 ti mes house will be revealed. schools of wizardry” 3. tlrmye 4. gdhria and Beauxbatons has won it 62 ti mes,

– Albus Dumbledore making them strong rivals. 1. Dobby 2. Cedric 3. Myrtle 4. Hagrid Hagrid 4. Myrtle 3. Cedric 2. Dobby 1. Illustrati on by Jonny Duddle by Jonny on Illustrati Illustrati on by Jim Kay Kay by Jim on Illustrati

Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 TRIWIZARD WIZARDING MAGICAL MAZE WORDSEARCH THE third and fi nal challenge in the Triwizard Tournament is the magical maze. Can you fi nd your way through TREATS YOUR next challenge is to fi nd the 12 Triwizard- the maze to reach the Triwizard Cup? themed words in the grid below. Words can read up, IF you’re throwing a Harry Pott er Book Night party, then down, across and backwards! why not magic up some tasty treats from the magical DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? world for your guests? The winner of the Triwizard Tournament wins The maze for the third task is grown F B O G L C X M Q N C D O F the Triwizard Cup and a thousand galleons. START on the Quidditch pitch at Hogwarts. L Z D F A T O D Y M O S I M G E O G K S C A MAGICAL DRINK G R R A T F E PUMPKIN JUICE: B Q U X E L H N T A T X R R Blend ti ns of puréed Q I N R C D A pumpkin with coconut milk J G V G L S P and powdered cinnamon, M E J R R V R X then pour into clear cups. K M K F O E L A Q U A N P TOP TIP: This is a rich and G N C J P N R I creamy treat, so you may want S L E G E Y L to use small cups! Y H A R R Y C E D R I C O K R U M N X O S P H I N X N Z P M A Z E N A H R E D O B B Y I G MAGICAL H Q I INGREDIENTS

GILLYWEED: Harry Maze Champion Fill a bowl with green gummy Fleur Dragon Myrtle worms, or with spaghetti cooked with green food colouring. Cedric Merperson SCARAB Krum Lake BEETLES: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © Fill a mortar (if you Sphinx Dobby have one) with gummy bug sweets to represent scarab beetles. Leave a pestle by the side as a prop. WHO HELPED

HARRY? Duddle and Jonny Kay by Jim ons Illustrati WE’VE jumbled up the names of four characters SORTING who help Harry during the Triwizard Tournament. FINISH CUPCAKES: Can you work out who they are? Pipe red, yellow, blue or green icing into the centre “The Triwizard Tournament of some chocolate cupcakes. 1. yodbb 2. ecricd was fi rst established some Cover the tops with white seven hundred years ago, as FUN FACT! icing. When your guests bite Bloomsbury Publishing Plc a friendly competi ti on between ©

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc into the cakes, their Hogwarts the three largest European Over the history of the tournament, © Hogwarts has won the cup 63 ti mes house will be revealed. schools of wizardry” 3. tlrmye 4. gdhria and Beauxbatons has won it 62 ti mes,

– Albus Dumbledore making them strong rivals. 1. Dobby 2. Cedric 3. Myrtle 4. Hagrid Hagrid 4. Myrtle 3. Cedric 2. Dobby 1. Illustrati on by Jonny Duddle by Jonny on Illustrati Illustrati on by Jim Kay Kay by Jim on Illustrati

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2. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 1. SPACE STATION FIX 16. CARE FOR KIDS Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina A Scottish charity has announced Koch continued their spacewalks, THINGS TO it is building the first paediatric replacing batteries outside the (for kids) operating room in a International Space Station (ISS). The refugee camp. Kids Operating six crew members of Expedition 61 Room was founded in 2018 have carried out nine spacewalks, KNOW AND TELL and has already installed 25 more than any other crew in the 20 paediatric operating rooms history of the ISS. QUICK NEWS TO READ YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS across Africa and South America, performing more than 16,000 operations on children in need. 6. ‘RABBIT HUTCH’ HOMES 10. ALZHEIMER’S DRUG The number of micro-homes being Scientists have found a chemical that 17. UFO SIGHTINGS built (dubbed ‘rabbit hutch’ housing) Space_Station/Twitter can get rid of bad brain proteins that The Royal Air Force will be releasing has increased almost five-fold since cause Alzheimer’s disease. It is hoped reports of UFO sightings from the 2013. These tiny properties are that it could lead to the first drug public. The RAF closed its UFO unit in 2. JACK’S LAW APPROVED less than 37m2, the recommended designed to fight the disease, which 2009, so members of the public are minimum size. The tiniest property affects a person’s brain and makes A new law giving grieving parents now directed identified in the report by the them forget lots of things. two weeks of paid leave will come to the police Intergenerational Foundation was into effect from April. Jack’s Law is to report smaller than a car parking space. Plans named after Jack Herd, a 23-month- sightings. The show that the home would be one 11. CREATURE COMFORTS old who drowned in a pond in 2010. RAF reports will room with a toilet by the bed, with RSPCA Putney has called for people to His mother, Lucy, has campaigned for be available no showering or cooking facilities. donate baby socks for their animals. years for parents to be given more online in The socks help animals keep warm Getty time to deal with the loss of a child the next few after operations months. without worrying about losing pay. 7. JUDGE ON HAPPINESS and can even be A survey of more turned into 3. QUEEN’S PANTS SOLD than 2,000 parents cute jumpers for 18. HAGGIS STATS

iStock kittens! Haggis, a traditional Scottish meal Underwear belonging to Queen suggests that made from onion, oatmeal and sheep Victoria has sold at auction for more parents would offal (organs), is actually more popular than £16,000. The items included her prefer primary 12. TIN WIN in England and Wales. Around 60% of bodices and some big bloomers. schools to be judged on the happiness Tesco is removing the plastic from haggis is sold outside of Scotland. of its pupils rather multi-packs of tinned goods like beans, than test results. soups and tuna. The move is expected to remove 67 million pieces of plastic 19. SLUG SURVEY from its stores each year. The multi- A year-long research project is looking 8. ONLINE SAFETY CODE pack discounts will be available still for citizen scientists to help carry out Hansons A 15-point code to make sure children for customers buying multiple tins. a survey of Britain’s slugs. Researchers are safe online has been announced will train up to 60 people to go on by the Information Commissioner’s 13. PAY BY EXCITEMENT a night-time Office (ICO). It says that social slug hunt once a 4. CARDS OF KINDNESS media companies and other online A cruise company says that one month. See tinyurl. A nursing home in Stroud has called services should have privacy settings lucky family can “pay by excitement”. com/rhsslugs on local primary schools to write a Anyone who has paid for a Royal automatically set to “high” and if your family is Getty postcard to its elderly residents to should also turn off location detection Caribbean cruise can send in a video interested. combat loneliness. Resthaven Nursing automatically and minimise the of their child’s excited reaction to Home said their residents loved collection of children’s personal data. news of the holiday. The favourite receiving the handwritten cards The code is due to come in next year. will get their cruise for free! 20. FACEBOOK FIND and are in the process of writing An adopted woman was reunited back to their youthful pen pals. 14. DOGGY DOCTOR with her birth father after Facebook 9. POLL RESULTS recommended they become friends. A woman was alerted to a cancerous Karen Harris, 56, said: “I was just Last week, we reported that schools tumour in her leg by her Staffordshire 5. EATING OR HEATING? playing around really, and all of a were increasingly using isolation bull terrier, Dave. Danielle King, who One in five young people can’t sudden I came across him.” She has booths to punish children. We asked is now cancer-free, said: “He wouldn’t afford heating, while 15% missed since met up with Trevor Sinden, 72, if your school used isolation booths. leave me alone. He would just start meals to save money, a new and the pair are looking forward to 16% said YES, while 84% said NO. sniffing at my thigh and whining. report has found. The Futures at making up for lost time. Stake report also showed that First News Live! I owe my life to Dave.” 62% of 16 to 30-year-olds felt COMMENT user anju-fnews too embarrassed to ask for help. thinks isolation 15. SUPPORT SPIDERS?! Dame Martina Milburn of The booths may actually “increase bad Prince’s Trust said: “It is alarming behaviour instead of decreasing it!” US aviation officials want to stop people that so many young people are latte06 said at their school, “naughty from cheating over rules which allow struggling to keep their heads pupils do ‘community service’ which is support animals – like guide dogs – on

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2. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 3. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 1. SPACE STATION FIX 16. CARE FOR KIDS Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina A Scottish charity has announced EDITOR’S COMMENT Koch continued their spacewalks, THINGS TO it is building the first paediatric replacing batteries outside the (for kids) operating room in a THREE and a half years aft er the EU BREXIT: WHAT NOW? Referendum, the day is fi nally here for International Space Station (ISS). The refugee camp. Kids Operating six crew members of Expedition 61 Room was founded in 2018 Brexit – Britain’s exit from the have carried out nine spacewalks, KNOW AND TELL and has already installed 25 European Union. more than any other crew in the 20 paediatric operating rooms G e tt y The topic has caused a lot of arguments in the country history of the ISS. QUICK NEWS TO READ YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS across Africa and South America, with big splits in people’s opinions. There is sti ll a lot to sort performing more than 16,000 out (see this page) but the hope is that the country will pull operations on children in need. together again to make sure the future is bright for everyone. 6. ‘RABBIT HUTCH’ HOMES 10. ALZHEIMER’S DRUG The number of micro-homes being Scientists have found a chemical that 17. UFO SIGHTINGS GOOD WEEK FOR… built (dubbed ‘rabbit hutch’ housing) iStock Space_Station/Twitter can get rid of bad brain proteins that The Royal Air Force will be releasing has increased almost five-fold since cause Alzheimer’s disease. It is hoped reports of UFO sightings from the TREORCHY 2013. These tiny properties are that it could lead to the first drug public. The RAF closed its UFO unit in THE town in Wales’ Rhondda Valley has the 2. JACK’S LAW APPROVED less than 37m2, the recommended designed to fight the disease, which 2009, so members of the public are best high street in the UK, and that’s offi cial! minimum size. The tiniest property affects a person’s brain and makes Treorchy High Street was named overall A new law giving grieving parents now directed identified in the report by the them forget lots of things. winner at the Great Briti sh High Street two weeks of paid leave will come to the police Intergenerational Foundation was Awards and was praised for its independent into effect from April. Jack’s Law is to report smaller than a car parking space. Plans shops and community-led events. named after Jack Herd, a 23-month- sightings. The show that the home would be one 11. CREATURE COMFORTS The UK will leave at 11pm because old who drowned in a pond in 2010. RAF reports will room with a toilet by the bed, with RSPCA Putney has called for people to AT 11pm tonight (Friday 31 January), the UK will that’s midnight in Brussels, where the His mother, Lucy, has campaigned for be available no showering or cooking facilities. donate baby socks for their animals. online in leave the EU, but (surprise!) it’s not really that EU is based. Boris Johnson will make years for parents to be given more a speech to Briti sh people at 10pm BAD WEEK FOR… The socks help animals keep warm the next few Getty straightf orward, so what’s next? time to deal with the loss of a child after operations THE CLIMATE months. From now on, the UK won’t have any MEPs in if a deal isn’t agreed, the UK will leave the EU without worrying about losing pay. 7. JUDGE ON HAPPINESS and can even be ALTHOUGH we’re being told to fl y less to the European Parliament. This means that we completely and won’t have to sti ck to any of its turned into save the planet, Government fi gures have A survey of more won’t have any say in Europe’s rules and laws, rules. 3. QUEEN’S PANTS SOLD than 2,000 parents cute jumpers for 18. HAGGIS STATS iStock shown that from July to September 2019, but we do sti ll have to sti ck to them, at least Brits made 25.1m visits abroad, 4% more iStock kittens! Haggis, a traditional Scottish meal Underwear belonging to Queen suggests that during the “transiti on period”. That lasts unti l made from onion, oatmeal and sheep than in the same period in 2018. Business trips were down 6%, so Victoria has sold at auction for more parents would 31 December 2020, which is when a deal should offal (organs), is actually more popular the increase is mainly due to holidays. than £16,000. The items included her prefer primary 12. TIN WIN have been reached with the EU, about which of in England and Wales. Around 60% of bodices and some big bloomers. schools to be judged their laws and rules we will use. Realisti cally, the DID YOU on the happiness Tesco is removing the plastic from haggis is sold outside of Scotland. multi-packs of tinned goods like beans, deal will have to be ready by 26 November to of its pupils rather give MEPs ti me to debate it. than test results. soups and tuna. The move is expected KNOW? to remove 67 million pieces of plastic 19. SLUG SURVEY Lots of people think it will be very hard to The UK has more food banks than reach such a complicated agreement in such A RAISE IN PRAISE from its stores each year. The multi- A year-long research project is looking McDonald’s. There are more than 2,000 a short ti me. The UK does have unti l 1 July to 8. ONLINE SAFETY CODE pack discounts will be available still for citizen scientists to help carry out food banks now, compared to 1,300

Hansons ask for longer, but PM Boris Johnson has said A 15-point code to make sure children for customers buying multiple tins. a survey of Britain’s slugs. Researchers McDonald’s, says Full Fact. he doesn’t want to do that. This means that, are safe online has been announced will train up to 60 people to go on by the Information Commissioner’s 13. PAY BY EXCITEMENT a night-time Office (ICO). It says that social slug hunt once a A cruise company says that one 4. CARDS OF KINDNESS media companies and other online month. See tinyurl. iStock A nursing home in Stroud has called services should have privacy settings lucky family can “pay by excitement”. com/rhsslugs Anyone who has paid for a Royal SAVE THE ARCTIC? EAT A TREE! on local primary schools to write a automatically set to “high” and if your family is Getty postcard to its elderly residents to should also turn off location detection Caribbean cruise can send in a video interested. MOST people agree that planti ng more trees will POLL OF THE WEEK combat loneliness. Resthaven Nursing automatically and minimise the of their child’s excited reaction to help the climate crisis. Would more praise be Home said their residents loved collection of children’s personal data. news of the holiday. The favourite But, in the Arcti c, scienti sts say that instead of planti ng good for your class? receiving the handwritten cards The code is due to come in next year. will get their cruise for free! 20. FACEBOOK FIND trees, we need to let bison eat them! It sounds crazy but fi rst.news/polls and are in the process of writing An adopted woman was reunited the fact is that since mammoths and other creatures died Should teachers praise kids more? back to their youthful pen pals. with her birth father after Facebook out, the Arcti c grasslands slowly turned into what’s known 14. DOGGY DOCTOR iStock 9. POLL RESULTS recommended they become friends. as tundra, which has lots of moss and shrubs, and forest- RESEARCHERS studying classroom behaviour say that A woman was alerted to a cancerous Karen Harris, 56, said: “I was just tundra, which has some trees but not conti nuous forest. pupils focus more if teachers hand out more praise. Last week, we reported that schools tumour in her leg by her Staffordshire 5. EATING OR HEATING? playing around really, and all of a The eff ect is that the trees and shrubs refl ect less The scienti sts in America sat in on 151 classes in 19 diff erent were increasingly using isolation bull terrier, Dave. Danielle King, who One in five young people can’t sudden I came across him.” She has A typical region of forest- sunlight than snow, so the ground is thawing, which schools with kids aged 5-12. They say that in the classes where booths to punish children. 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FLOWERS are laid in honour of victi ms at the site of Auschwitz III (Monowitz) concentrati on camp. Internati onal leaders, as well as 200 survivors and their families, gathered at Auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of the camp being set free. The Nazis killed at least 1.1 million people at the camp during PERFORMERS take part in the Chinese New Year parade, to celebrate the start Germany’s occupati on of Poland in WW2. Almost one million were Jews. of the Year of the Rat. 3 ISSUES FOR £1 SUBSCRIBE.FIRSTNEWS.CO.UK FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

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FEARS AS CORONAVIRUS G e tt y Lewis Pugh/Twitt er Pugh/Twitt Lewis DISEASE SPREADS CASES of the new, deadly coronavirus have been confi rmed outside China in the past week, including in France, Germany, the United States and Australia. As First News went to press, there were 47 confi rmed cases in 15 countries outside China. Globally, 2,798 cases of the diseases have been confi rmed, 2,741 of them in China, ENDURANCE swimmer and climate acti vist Lewis Pugh has become the fi rst where 106 people have died from the virus. There have been no deaths outside China. person to swim under an Antarcti c ice sheet. He swam for ten minutes and 17 The new coronavirus outbreak was fi rst identi fi ed in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which The virus might sound scary, but in 2018, 456 pedestrians seconds under the melti ng ice sheet, and took on the feat to raise awareness is now in lockdown to try to stop the disease spreading. Several other Chinese citi es have were killed on Britain’s roads, so crossing the road safely of climate change at the Earth’s poles. imposed travel bans. is probably a more important thing to worry about In humans, coronaviruses usually cause mild breathing diffi culti es – the common cold is a type of coronavirus – but this new disease appears to be more dangerous. China’s foreign ministry said that the World Health CALIFORNIA, USA Organizati on (WHO) had said it was confi dent in China’s ability to contain the coronavirus. However, the WHO said that it believes the risk of the disease being spread globally TAYLOR OPENS UP TAYLOR Swift has talked about overcoming an eati ng disorder, is “high”. in a new documentary to be shown on Netf lix. A number of countries, including the UK, have begun to plan ways to evacuate their citi zens from Wuhan. Hong In the programme, Miss Americana, Swift talks about how she struggled MILLIONS of new 50p coins are due to go into circulati on this week to mark Kong’s chief executi ve, Carrie Lam, announced that the city with food aft er reading headlines about her weight. the UK’s departure from the European Union. The coins bear the inscripti on would be closing rail and ferry links to mainland China. The singer explained that when she was younger, if she saw a photo of “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nati ons” and the date of 31 January. UK Government advice is that the risk to the public herself or read a headline that said she looked pregnant, it would make is low. As of 28 January there had been 97 tests for her want to stop eati ng. While it took some practi ce, she says that she no longer has a problem

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6. HOME NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 CARDIFF SCOTLAND UK Maths marvels Cashback from criminals Early childhood survey A class of 30 in a Welsh school has Youth projects around Scotland are getti ng a big boost, thanks to a new scheme Kate Middleton, the Duchess of taken their maths GCSE six months that distributes money taken from criminals. CashBack for Communiti es has shared Cambridge, is launching a survey on early – and every single one of them out £19m in seized funds between 24 organisati ons, many of which prevent young early childhood. The fi ve questi ons can got an A*, the highest possible grade. people from falling into a life of crime. The scheme, started in 2008, has provided be answered online and aim to “spark The class from Fitzalan High School in more than 2.5m acti viti es for young people across the country. a nati onal conversati on” on children Cardiff is taught by Francis Elive, who aged fi ve and under. The NSPCC said said: “All my pupils have worked very the project would be a “vital source hard and I’m really proud of them.” of informati on”. Assistant head teacher Jo Kemp was full of praise. “We call him the maths

whisperer,” she said. “He insti ls the G e tt y belief that they’ve practi sed the hardest maths they ever have to face, so why be scared of an exam? It’s the belief that they absolutely can do it, and the children think it’s magic.” ESSEX Kids’ centres closed A mother has opened her own children’s centre aft er most council- FitzalanHigh/Twitt er FitzalanHigh/Twitt run centres closed down in Essex. The council said their focus was now on “family hubs”, but mum Kristy Kerry WALES thinks closing the centres is bad for children and families. Since 2014, Lesson debate 74 out of 86 centres have closed. The Welsh government has said that parents will not be allowed to remove their children from classes about sex HAMPSHIRE and religion from 2022. Educati on Minister Kirsty Williams has promised clear guidance and training for schools over the issue, but parents and campaigners are divided. Some feel learning about relati onships and other cultures is important, while others er ght4orkambi/Twitt fi think that parents should sti ll have LONDON a say in what their kids are taught. NHS drug success Caught on camera A six-year-old with cysti c fi brosis has The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use facial started to see improvement aft er G e tt y recogniti on technology on London’s streets for the receiving a drug that used to cost fi rst ti me. The Met says that the technology correctly families thousands of pounds. Mother identi fi ed 70% of suspects in trials and could be used to Gemma Weir, who campaigned for fi nd missing children as well as known criminals. But an Orkambi to be made available on the independent review testi ng the cameras said that only NHS, said Ivy was “defi nitely a lot eight out of 42 matches were correct. Campaign group more energeti c”. Cysti c fi brosis aff ects Amnesty Internati onal said the technology “poses around 10,500 people in the UK and

G e tt y a huge threat to human rights” including “rights causes internal organs to become to privacy and non-discriminati on”. clogged with sti cky mucus.

3.0 was the magnitude 1 million bricks will be used NEWS IN NUMBERS of an earthquake to create 80 animal models at felt by the people of Paignton Zoo from 28 March. Teesside. Glen Ford, a They are asking people to donate 25,000 trees will 7% is the amount that food seismologist from the unwanted bricks so visitors can be planted in Cumbria waste has fallen in the UK Briti sh Geological Survey, make their own safari models. iStock to help cut the risk of in the past three years. It’s said: “This is rare in UK fl ooding. West Cumbria good news but more needs terms. We get about 200 Rivers Trust is looking for to be done, as households earthquakes a year in the volunteers to take part in sti ll waste £14 billion worth UK, but only about 10% tree-planti ng days. of food each year. are felt by the public.” paigntonzoo/ Instagram FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

6. HOME NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 7. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 The London skyline TAKE OUR MILLIONS, CARDIFF SCOTLAND UK shrouded in smog Maths marvels Cashback from criminals Early childhood survey A class of 30 in a Welsh school has Youth projects around Scotland are getti ng a big boost, thanks to a new scheme Kate Middleton, the Duchess of taken their maths GCSE six months that distributes money taken from criminals. CashBack for Communiti es has shared Cambridge, is launching a survey on early – and every single one of them out £19m in seized funds between 24 organisati ons, many of which prevent young early childhood. The fi ve questi ons can iStock PLEASE! MORE than 120 millionaires and got an A*, the highest possible grade. people from falling into a life of crime. The scheme, started in 2008, has provided be answered online and aim to “spark billionaires have signed a lett er The class from Fitzalan High School in more than 2.5m acti viti es for young people across the country. a nati onal conversati on” on children Cardiff is taught by Francis Elive, who aged fi ve and under. The NSPCC said calling on governments to raise said: “All my pupils have worked very the project would be a “vital source TAKING ON their taxes. hard and I’m really proud of them.” of informati on”. The lett er Assistant head teacher Jo Kemp was is signed by full of praise. “We call him the maths G e tt y fi lm-maker whisperer,” she said. “He insti ls the G e tt y CHILDHOOD Richard belief that they’ve practi sed the Curti s, co- hardest maths they ever have to face, founder of so why be scared of an exam? It’s the OBESITY Innocent belief that they absolutely can do it, POLLUTION Drinks and the children think it’s magic.” NEW research and a campaign Richard

are shaking up the way that G e tt y Reed and ESSEX Britain thinks about the movie star challenge of childhood obesity. Simon Pegg, Kids’ centres closed Researchers from the University among A mother has opened her own of Birmingham have released a new Simon Pegg others. children’s centre aft er most council- report, which suggests that the PROBLEMS FitzalanHigh/Twitt er FitzalanHigh/Twitt They say that as “members of the run centres closed down in Essex. The popular Daily Mile programme can by Dan Morgan most privileged class of human beings council said their focus was now on work as part of a larger strategy to ever to walk the Earth”, they and their “family hubs”, but mum Kristy Kerry take on childhood obesity. EXPOSURE to air polluti on is 25 ti mes more deadly than car “fellow millionaires and billionaires thinks closing the centres is bad for First launched in Scotland in 2012, crashes, according to a new report from the Centre for Citi es. WALES across the globe” should pay more tax. children and families. Since 2014, the Daily Mile sees children spending The news comes at a ti me when polluti on levels, the Committ ee The lett er says tax avoidance has Lesson debate 74 out of 86 centres have closed. 15 minutes jogging or running at their the Government is looking at ways on Climate Change has suggested reached “epidemic proporti ons”, and The Welsh government has said that own pace, once a day. Today, more to reduce polluti on and make a ways the UK can become a net that almost a tenth of the world’s parents will not be allowed to remove than 10,500 schools take part. positi ve impact on climate change. zero economy by 2050 (meaning gross domesti c product (the value of their children from classes about sex HAMPSHIRE The new research shows that while A new type of bus is one way zero emissions overall). goods and services) is hidden in tax and religion from 2022. Educati on it’s good for kids to take part in the that has been shown to tackle The report says the UK must havens (a place where taxes are low). Minister Kirsty Williams has promised Daily Mile, the benefi ts are small. the ti ny parti cles that make air transform the way it uses its land. Simon Pegg, one of the wealthy clear guidance and training for schools Researchers looked at 40 polluti on worse. Priority changes include planti ng people who signed the lett er, said: over the issue, but parents and Birmingham state schools – 20 that Bus operator Go-Ahead is set to more trees, more low-carbon “We live in a world where just 22 campaigners are divided. Some feel took part in the Daily Mile and 20 put seven buses in UK citi es that farming and reducing food waste. men have the same wealth as all 325 learning about relati onships and other that didn’t. The scienti sts weighed have fans to suck up polluti ng Committ ee chairman Lord fi ght4orkambi/Twitt er ght4orkambi/Twitt fi million women in Africa combined. cultures is important, while others the students at the beginning and parti cles. The buses will be used Deben said reducing emissions “It’s a responsibility for all of us who think that parents should sti ll have LONDON end of the trial, and did tests to from the summer, with more to would provide “bett er air quality, are fortunate enough to be wealthy to a say in what their kids are taught. NHS drug success see how healthy they were. follow to help clean up our air. improved biodiversity and more do our bit, pay our fair share and make Caught on camera A six-year-old with cysti c fi brosis has They found that overall, the Daily On a wider scale for tackling green spaces for us all to enjoy.” The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use facial started to see improvement aft er sure people struggling to survive have G e tt y Mile had a defi nite positi ve eff ect on a chance at building a bett er life.” recogniti on technology on London’s streets for the receiving a drug that used to cost the body mass index (BMI) of children fi rst ti me. The Met says that the technology correctly families thousands of pounds. Mother taking part. identi fi ed 70% of suspects in trials and could be used to Gemma Weir, who campaigned for Meanwhile, a new campaign has fi nd missing children as well as known criminals. But an Orkambi to be made available on the been created by Bite Back 2030, a independent review testi ng the cameras said that only NHS, said Ivy was “defi nitely a lot group of young people dedicated to eight out of 42 matches were correct. Campaign group more energeti c”. Cysti c fi brosis aff ects improving the UK’s food industry. Amnesty Internati onal said the technology “poses around 10,500 people in the UK and CLASSROOMS MADE FROM PLASTIC They say that colour-coded labels

G e tt y PLASTIC landfi ll is being put to good use in Africa, a huge threat to human rights” including “rights causes internal organs to become should be on all packaged products where it is being used to build classrooms. to privacy and non-discriminati on”. clogged with sti cky mucus. that are high in fat, sugar and salt. The #DontHideWhatsInside Women in Ivory Coast who that only around 5% of it is campaign will also name and shame sort and sell plasti c found in recycled. Now that the plasti c food companies that hide sugar landfi ll are selling it on to a has been shown to have value, 3.0 was the magnitude 1 million bricks will be used content with confusing porti on sizes. factory that turns the waste the women selling it on can of an earthquake to create 80 animal models at into plasti c bricks. use the money to pay for their

NUMBERS unicefcotedivoire/Instagram NEWS IN These interlocking bricks can children’s educati on in the felt by the people of Paignton Zoo from 28 March. Teesside. Glen Ford, a They are asking people to donate then be used to build much- newly-built classrooms. 25,000 trees will 7% is the amount that food seismologist from the unwanted bricks so visitors can needed classrooms quickly The classrooms use around be planted in Cumbria waste has fallen in the UK Briti sh Geological Survey, make their own safari models. and cheaply. Norman Muhwezi fi ve tonnes of plasti c and six iStock to help cut the risk of in the past three years. It’s said: “This is rare in UK from UNICEF said: “The bricks are already in use around Ivory fl ooding. West Cumbria good news but more needs terms. We get about 200 Humans consume more than require no sand, no cement Coast. UNICEF is funding the Rivers Trust is looking for to be done, as households earthquakes a year in the 100 billion tonnes of materials a and a classroom can be built factory with recycling company volunteers to take part in sti ll waste £14 billion worth UK, but only about 10% year – four ti mes as much as in in less than a month.” Conceptos Plásti cos, who hope tree-planti ng days. of food each year. are felt by the public.” Ivory Coast has a lot of to expand their business into paigntonzoo/ Instagram 1970. Only 8.6% is recycled. plasti c waste and UNICEF says other parts of Africa. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. 8. WORLD NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 ATLANTIC OCEAN RUSSIA ITALY Rusti ng in peace Ally turns on Trump Pilfered portrait A new treaty between the UK and US politi cians are debati ng whether President Almost 23 years ago, Austrian arti st the US means that the wreck of the Donald Trump broke the law last year. Trump G e tt y Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady was Titanic will be protected from treasure asked Ukraine to investi gate rival politi cian stolen by art thieves. This week, the hunters and tourists. The wreck itself and presidenti al candidate Joe Biden, while thieves confessed to the theft , aft er lies deep in internati onal waters, keeping $391 million in aid from being given to the painti ng was discovered hidden 600km off the coast of Canada. Those Ukraine. Trump strongly denies that there was in a wall at the Ricci Oddi modern art who break the treaty will be punished a link between the money and his request for an gallery. While no-one is quite sure with big fi nes. David Scott -Beddard, investi gati on. This week, John Bolton, a former how it ended up there, the thieves the honorary secretary of the Briti sh close ally of Trump who worked as Nati onal said their decision to return the art Titanic Society, said: “The Titanic must Security Advisor, said that Trump told him was a “gift to the city”. Since a long be treated with the respect that those that the money was being held back unti l Donald Trump and ti me has passed, the thieves can no John Bolton in 2018 1,500 souls lost deserve.” The Titanic Ukrainian offi cials had helped him. longer be arrested for the crime. sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. G e tt y

DR CONGO Ancient mushroom The world’s oldest mushroom has SAUDI ARABIA been discovered in the Democrati c Republic of the Congo. Fossilised Eati ng together remains of fungi, thought to be up to Men and women no longer have to 810 million years old, were found in enter restaurants through separate rocks dug up near the city of Mbuji- doors in Saudi Arabia. Many Mayi. Researchers from the University restaurants and cafes in the Kingdom, of Brussels, who studied the fossils, including American coff ee chain say that the discovery helps us to Starbucks, typically have separate understand how mushrooms helped secti ons for families (women on make soil for the fi rst plants on Earth. their own or accompanied by men) and males. But all this is changing. Magnifi ed images of the PERU Just a few years ago all of this was fossilised mushroom unthinkable in a very diff erent Saudi Saved by seeds Arabia. Women could not dine in a A Colombian mother and her three restaurant without a mahram (male children, aged ten, 12 and 14, have guardian). They would be turned away been found 34 days aft er being reported if they did not obey the rule. missing. The family had been heading Free University of Brussels University Free back to Colombia aft er visiti ng relati ves in a remote area at the border, when they G e tt y became lost. They walked for more than a month, surviving on seeds, plants and berries. Eventually, they were found by iStock members of the Secoya indigenous group, and authoriti es were alerted. They’ve now been taken to hospital to rest and recover.

MARIE Claire is 15 years old and has six siblings. She is the leader of her school’s savings and loans club, which helps improve the girls’ OUR WORLD fi nancial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy. Marie Claire says: “This is my second my money, but now I save it. My mum’s NAME: MARIE CLAIRE LIVES: RWANDA year in the club, which I’ve been part happy with the club. She likes me buying of since the beginning. rabbits and goats, so she’s proud. It’s helpful to be in the club. There When she found out I was elected, she TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO are a lot of advantages. Before I joined was even happier. I’m planning to WWW.CAREINTERNATIONAL.ORG.UK the club I used to buy doughnuts with buy a pig and another goat.” FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

8. WORLD NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 9. SCIENCE NEWS by Eddie de Oliveira FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020

A very close-up ATLANTIC OCEAN RUSSIA ITALY IN image of a T-cell WOULD WOOD Rusti ng in peace Ally turns on Trump Pilfered portrait COOKIES A new treaty between the UK and US politi cians are debati ng whether President Almost 23 years ago, Austrian arti st G e tt y

the US means that the wreck of the Donald Trump broke the law last year. Trump Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady was iStock Titanic will be protected from treasure asked Ukraine to investi gate rival politi cian stolen by art thieves. This week, the BE GOOD? hunters and tourists. The wreck itself and presidenti al candidate Joe Biden, while SPACE! thieves confessed to the theft , aft er A NEW study says that making lies deep in internati onal waters, keeping $391 million in aid from being given to the painti ng was discovered hidden buildings out of wood could help the 600km off the coast of Canada. Those Ukraine. Trump strongly denies that there was in a wall at the Ricci Oddi modern art fi ght against climate change. who break the treaty will be punished a link between the money and his request for an gallery. While no-one is quite sure Researchers with big fi nes. David Scott -Beddard, investi gati on. This week, John Bolton, a former how it ended up there, the thieves from the USA the honorary secretary of the Briti sh close ally of Trump who worked as Nati onal said their decision to return the art and Germany Titanic Society, said: “The Titanic must Security Advisor, said that Trump told him was a “gift to the city”. Since a long Donald Trump and think that be treated with the respect that those that the money was being held back unti l ti me has passed, the thieves can no Koch na Christi John Bolton in 2018 if we swap 1,500 souls lost deserve.” The Titanic Ukrainian offi cials had helped him. longer be arrested for the crime. cement and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. steel for ti mber, we can double the G e tt y CANCER benefi ts for ASTRONAUTS have baked the planet. chocolate chip cookies in Firstly, they space for the fi rst ti me. say it avoids Italian Luca Parmitano was BREAKTHROUGH greenhouse the master baker on board the SCIENTISTS at Cardiff University have discovered a treatment gas emissions from the Internati onal Space Stati on (ISS). It took that could kill several types of cancer. iStock him and Christi na Koch a whopping two producti on Tests in the laboratory showed that the body’s immune system hours to make the fi rst food baked in of cement and steel. But making buildings can be used to att ack cancerous cells in various places, including space from raw ingredients. out of wood can turn them into a carbon DR CONGO the lungs, skin, blood, colon, breast, bones and kidneys. Back on Earth, cookies can be made sink, which is something that absorbs more In cancer, cells grow out of control. Normal cells grow, divide, Ancient mushroom and baked in about half an hour. carbon than it releases as carbon dioxide then die, but cancerous cells conti nue growing and dividing. These The world’s oldest mushroom has We don’t know how good the biccies (CO ). Plants, oceans and forests are natural SAUDI ARABIA cells form tumours which, if untreated, can make a person very sick. 2 been discovered in the Democrati c are, because nobody has tasted them. carbon sinks. Cancer is the second biggest cause of death worldwide. Republic of the Congo. Fossilised They were made over Christmas and Scienti sts from Yale and the Potsdam Eati ng together The immune system is the body’s defence against infecti on. A form remains of fungi, thought to be up to Men and women no longer have to sealed in pouches, then dropped to Insti tute found that wooden buildings of cancer treatment called immunotherapy has been used for some 810 million years old, were found in enter restaurants through separate Earth in a SpaceX capsule. They will be store the CO2 taken in by the trees that years now. But this therapy is most eff ecti ve against cancers of the rocks dug up near the city of Mbuji- doors in Saudi Arabia. Many examined in a lab in Texas, USA, to see are harvested and used as ti mber. blood, and hasn’t managed to treat physical tumours. Mayi. Researchers from the University restaurants and cafes in the Kingdom, if they are safe to eat. At the current rate, only 0.5% of new The new research from Cardiff , on the other hand, has “enormous of Brussels, who studied the fossils, including American coff ee chain Experts are surprised that it took buildings will be constructed with ti mber potenti al” for treati ng tumours, according to researchers. say that the discovery helps us to Starbucks, typically have separate quite so long to bake them. On the plus between now and 2050. If that fi gure So how does it work? The team focused on T-cells, a type of understand how mushrooms helped secti ons for families (women on side, they made the ISS smell lovely! increases to 90%, up to 700 million tonnes immune cell. They adapted T-cells so that they were able to fi nd and make soil for the fi rst plants on Earth. their own or accompanied by men) The astronauts used a special electric of extra carbon per year could be stored. kill a big range of cancerous cells, while leaving non-cancerous cells and males. But all this is changing. oven that can operate in zero-gravity. We need to reduce carbon emissions, to alone. It does this by interacti ng with a molecule called MR1, which Magnifi ed images of the PERU Just a few years ago all of this was The aim of the baking experiment is stop average global temperatures rising. fossilised mushroom sits on top of all cells in the body. The scienti sts think MR1 can alert unthinkable in a very diff erent Saudi to study cooking opti ons for long-haul The scienti sts say a fi ve-storey ti mber the T-cell to the presence of a cancerous cell. Arabia. Women could not dine in a trips, such as a future mission to Mars. building can store up to 180kg of carbon Saved by seeds The next step in the research is to test the treatment on pati ents. A Colombian mother and her three restaurant without a mahram (male Mike Massimino, a former NASA per square metre. That’s three ti mes more T-cells will be removed from a pati ent’s blood, modifi ed, duplicated children, aged ten, 12 and 14, have guardian). They would be turned away astronaut, said: “Food is prett y than a similarly-sized forest could store. and then returned to the pati ent’s body to att ack the cancer cells. been found 34 days aft er being reported if they did not obey the rule. important for not just nutriti on The researchers stress that any ti mber missing. The family had been heading but also for morale.” must be taken from sustainable forests. Free University of Brussels University Free back to Colombia aft er visiti ng relati ves in a remote area at the border, when they G e tt y became lost. They walked for more than This report is from our friends a month, surviving on seeds, plants and at Locomoti on, part of the berries. Eventually, they were found by iStock INNOVATIONS Science Museum Group. members of the Secoya indigenous group, and authoriti es were alerted. They’ve now AN internati onal team of scienti sts have FORCES are all around us. been taken to hospital to rest and recover. modifi ed mosquitoes so that they halt the They are the pushes and pulls that Science Museum Group transmission of the dengue virus. aff ect life in our universe, by causing a MARIE Claire is 15 years old and has six siblings. She is the leader of Dengue is a human disease carried by mosquitoes, change in speed, directi on or shape – such as gravity iStock her school’s savings and loans club, which helps improve the girls’ who spread it by biti ng people. Up to 50-100 million and fricti on. Forces are made in diff erent ways. They can OUR WORLD be created by objects pressing against each other, but they can also be present when fi nancial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy. infecti ons are esti mated to occur every year in over 100 Marie Claire says: “This is my second my money, but now I save it. My mum’s countries. The Americas, Southeast Asia and Western Pacifi c regions are the objects don’t touch. Some forces can be aff ected by speed. But all forces come in pairs. NAME: MARIE CLAIRE LIVES: RWANDA year in the club, which I’ve been part happy with the club. She likes me buying most seriously aff ected. In severe cases, dengue can kill. Engineers need to understand forces when they are designing new products – and of since the beginning. rabbits and goats, so she’s proud. Biologists have developed an anti body (a protein that fi ghts bacteria and railway engineers take steps to overcome forces when they’re creati ng more effi cient It’s helpful to be in the club. There When she found out I was elected, she viruses) and introduced it to female mosquitoes. Once inside the insect, engines, faster tracks and deeper tunnels. TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO are a lot of advantages. Before I joined was even happier. I’m planning to the anti body eff ecti vely kills dengue. This stops its spread, as although the These are a few examples of the engineering challenges explored in Future Engineers: the club I used to buy doughnuts with buy a pig and another goat.” mosquito can sti ll bite a human, it won’t pass the disease on when it does. Forces, the free acti vity programme at Locomoti on, Shildon, for February half-term. WWW.CAREINTERNATIONAL.ORG.UK Find out more at locomoti on.org.uk. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. 10. ANIMAL NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020

THE DOG SQUAD MEET Missy and Taz, a pair of specially trained detecti on dogs who are helping to locate koalas that have been left stranded by the Australian bushfi res. The springer spaniels sniff out koala WWF Australia has pledged more funding poo in the burnt forest, then bark to alert for the canine team in the hope that they wildlife rescuers to their locati on. will fi nd more koalas alive and hiding in the So far the doggy duo have found forest, lots of which is sti ll smouldering. seven koalas in the forest at Maryvale, Many thousands of koalas are thought Queensland. The koalas were all alive but to have been wiped out by the fi re, leaving dehydrated and starving, as most of the the species facing a serious threat of forest has been destroyed. exti ncti on in some areas. iStock

iStock iStock NEW LION RELOCATION HOME A YOUNG sea eagle has made a new home A GROUP of 36 lions in Tanzania is being relocated to help in the middle of Oxfordshire, miles away prevent confl ict with humans. from any coast! The lions live on the edge of the Serengeti Nati onal Park but have been clashing with local people as communiti es move closer to the The bird of prey is one of six scavenging dead animals like rabbits park. In recent months a number of catt le and people have been youngsters that were released on and small rodents. Although this is att acked by the lions. the Isle of Wight last year, in a bid to common in young sea eagles, experts Simon Mduma, director general of the Tanzania Wildlife Research reintroduce the species to England. say the young eagle is following the Insti tute, said: “Lions are becoming vulnerable and we want to take Sea eagles, or white-tailed eagles, are local red kites in his search for food. acti on that will sustain them.” huge birds known for swooping down He is living on private land, so The large group is being caught and relocated to other areas in the and catching fi sh out of the sea, so his the team behind his original release country. More than ten have already been taken to a new home in the choice of home is a surprise to experts. are happy for him to stay where Burigi-Chato Nati onal Park in the northwest of the country. Instead of fi shing for his dinner he is he is. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. 10. ANIMAL NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 11. SPECIAL REPORT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 DO YOU HAVE GREEN FINGERS? MacGregor RHS Luke THE Royal Horti cultural Society (RHS), a gardening charity, is calling on schools and youth groups to nominate their green-fi ngered heroes for this year’s RHS School Gardeners of the Year competi ti on. THE DOG SQUAD The annual search shines a light on the UK’s most inspirational, dedicated and enthusiastic young gardeners, from keen vegetable growers to those using school MEET Missy and Taz, a pair of specially trained detecti on dogs who are helping gardens to fight climate change. There are three competition categories. to locate koalas that have been left stranded by the Australian bushfi res. MEET WILLIAM RAE, The springer spaniels sniff out koala WWF Australia has pledged more funding poo in the burnt forest, then bark to alert for the canine team in the hope that they RHS YOUNG SCHOOL GARDENER OF THE YEAR Star students, aged 5-16, can be put forward for CURRENT YOUNG SCHOOL wildlife rescuers to their locati on. will fi nd more koalas alive and hiding in the

this award, which was won last year by William Rae, RHS Julie Howden So far the doggy duo have found forest, lots of which is sti ll smouldering. Debois RHS Paul aged 11, from Edinburgh Academy Junior School. seven koalas in the forest at Maryvale, Many thousands of koalas are thought GARDENER OF THE YEAR William grew everything from radishes to rhubarb Queensland. The koalas were all alive but to have been wiped out by the fi re, leaving What was it like to win the RHS School and set up a garlic-growing competition to share dehydrated and starving, as most of the the species facing a serious threat of his love of gardening with fellow pupils. Gardener of the Year competition? forest has been destroyed. exti ncti on in some areas. It was a big surprise when the head teacher told me I’d won. One of the highlights was visiting RHS Garden William in front RHS SCHOOL GARDENING TEAM OF THE YEAR Wisley and meeting BBC Gardeners’ of his school’s This award recognises those who’ve made an World presenter Frances Tophill, recycled bottle greenhouse outstanding group effort. In 2019, the title went to a the RHS team and other winners. team of nine at Springhallow School in Ealing, London.

RHS Luke MacGregor RHS Luke What gardening projects are you working on? Working together, they created a beautiful garden I have been busy helping my grandfather plant broad beans in his raised from scratch, challenging themselves to try new foods beds under cloches [covers] to protect them from frost and wind. We have and supplying edible flowers to a new school café. also been preparing and cleaning his greenhouse in preparation for sowing seeds in the spring and I’m going to learn how to prune trees and raspberries iStock this year. I’m also looking forward to helping develop gardening in the senior RHS SCHOOL GARDENING CHAMPION OF THE YEAR school I now attend and setting up a gardening club. iStock iStock NEW The third category celebrates teachers, leaders What do you like best about gardening? and volunteers who have dedicated time to inspiring The thing that I like most is that you can plant a seed in spring then nurture pupils to garden. ‘Mum on a mission’ Michelle Jones, it, water it and eventually get this really big plant with fruit that you can eat. a parent volunteer at Ashmount Primary School, One of my favourite things to eat is apple crumble and custard, and with my London, is passionate about teaching children where apple trees it just takes care of itself! food comes from and scooped the 2019 award. RHS Luke MacGregor RHS Luke RHS Luke MacGregor RHS Luke Do you have any tips for new gardeners? William with Frances Tophill HOME I like to grow things that you can WHAT CAN YOU WIN? eat. Radishes are quick and easy LION RELOCATION Some of the prizes up for grabs include a greenhouse from Hartley Botanic, a visit to grow; great for somebody who A YOUNG sea eagle has made a new home A GROUP of 36 lions in Tanzania is being relocated to help in the middle of Oxfordshire, miles away from a celebrity gardener and vouchers to wants to just try something new. prevent confl ict with humans. from any coast! boost your school’s gardening budget. Potatoes are also good because they The lions live on the edge of the Serengeti Nati onal Park but have are very versatile, been clashing with local people as communiti es move closer to the The bird of prey is one of six scavenging dead animals like rabbits as they can be Debois RHS Paul park. In recent months a number of catt le and people have been youngsters that were released on and small rodents. Although this is grown in pots, att acked by the lions. the Isle of Wight last year, in a bid to common in young sea eagles, experts the ground Simon Mduma, director general of the Tanzania Wildlife Research reintroduce the species to England. say the young eagle is following the and old Insti tute, said: “Lions are becoming vulnerable and we want to take Sea eagles, or white-tailed eagles, are local red kites in his search for food. compost bags. acti on that will sustain them.” huge birds known for swooping down He is living on private land, so The large group is being caught and relocated to other areas in the and catching fi sh out of the sea, so his the team behind his original release Schools and youth groups can find further information and make their nominations at country. More than ten have already been taken to a new home in the choice of home is a surprise to experts. are happy for him to stay where schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/sgoty from 27 January until 5pm on 20 March. The winners will be NOMINATE YOUR GARDENING HEROES announced in June. Follow the RHS Campaign for School Gardening on Twitter at @RHSSchools Burigi-Chato Nati onal Park in the northwest of the country. Instead of fi shing for his dinner he is he is. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

12. ENTERTAINMENT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020

DOLITTLE is the new adventure fi lm starring Robert Downey Jr as a doctor who can talk to animals. We talked to the fi lm’s stars Harry Collett , 16, and Carmel Laniado, 15, about acti ng with invisible animals and what it’s ANIMAL MAGIC! like working with Iron Man!

How did you come to star in Dolitt le? Were there any other Carmel: Dolitt le is actually my fi rst fi lm ever, funny moments? which is crazy! Carmel: The day we fi lmed the scene where Harry: I used to dance with Diversity, the street- Dr Dolitt le performs surgery on Kevin the dance group. Then I got my fi rst part in Billy Elliot: squirrel was really funny. There was a The Musical. It sort of snowballed from there but squirrel prop and Robert had to perform this is defi nitely the biggest thing I’ve done! CPR on it. He was taking these massive What was it like working with Robert breaths and blowing into it. Harry and Downey Jr? I couldn’t keep a straight face! Harry: Yeah, it was fl opping back and forth! Harry: I’m a huge Marvel fan. It’s weird because Carmel: We stayed at a haunted hotel when you meet Robert for the fi rst ti me, he’s such during fi lming too. Harry was in the atti c! a normal guy. You forget he’s Iron Man, the nerves Harry: Yeah, I got the atti c room, which was a go away and you’re like: “This guy’s kinda chill!” beauti ful room but it creeped me out. I thought: Carmel: I always used to say dolphin, but I’d be a Carmel: It was really surreal for me but such a good “I might as well go and stay in the Holiday Inn down butt erfl y because I feel they’re elegant and would experience. I didn’t feel like I was talking to this the road because I can’t deal with this!” It was a be able to get to places quickly without walking. mega superstar. I felt like I was talking to a friend. weird place but looking back on it, it was funny. How was it working with CGI What animal would you like to talk to? Harry, you have a cool stunt where Harry: Whales, so then I could start my own whale- animals? What do you see? you jump onto a boat from a bridge… watching business! Nobody would have to wait to Carmel: You don’t see anything! Harry: I was really lucky because I did most of my see them, I’d just be like: “Come on, it’s ti me!” and Harry: Yeah, mostly nothing. Someti mes you’d get own stunts. Glenn Foster, the stunt supervisor, was they’d come up and everyone would be happy. a picture of what they wanted the animal to look Iron Man’s stunt double. We’d play this game called Carmel: I’d love to be able to speak to the litt le like. We also had help from these professionals that stunt football where we’d all be wired up. I’d jump sugar glider, Minnie, who was in the fi lm. I could walk around in green suits for a living and pretend up as somebody pulled the wire and you’ve got to put her in my schoolbag and no-one would to be animals – one of them was BB-8 from Star get a ball in the hoop. The boat jump was really know. I could show her to my friends at break Wars! It was quite funny seeing them walk around. fun too. It was all very safe but you forget you’re ti me and be like: “Look what I’ve got!” harnessed up, so when you’re really high, you’re Do you have any advice for any of just like: “Oh my god, I’m so high up!” our readers who are interested in acti ng? Did you get seasick at all? Carmel: Always stay grounded. Stay with your close Harry: Robert got seasick at one point – friends and family who really care about you. And between takes, he’d be like: “Just breathe, enjoy the process. Even if you don’t get a role, just just breathe…” But his character’s seasick in the learn from it. Just be pati ent and enjoy it. fi lm so it kinda worked. I actually felt more seasick Harry: Don’t overthink things and be yourself. It’s on the giraff e rig. It moves and vibrates and I’d be not about what background you come from – you on it for 20 minutes! don’t have to be rich to be an actor. As long as you If you could be any animal, what animal have a supporti ve family and you love doing it, that’s the most important thing. would you be? Harry: I’d be a litt le monkey. I’d love climbing trees. The fi lm has an all-star cast playing Doctor Dolitt le’s animals. They include Emma Thompson as a parrot, Tom Holland (Spider-Man!) as a dog, Rami Malek as a gorilla, Selena Gomez as a giraff e DOLITTLE FACTS and Ralph Fiennes as a ti ger called Barry.

Doctor Dolitt le is Robert Downey Jr’s fi rst fi lm since leaving his Marvel Cinemati c Universe role as Iron Man.

The teams that made the CGI animals studied Robert Downey Jr gave Doctor Dolitt le a Welsh real animals to get the look and feel right, accent. “It turns out it was the single hardest including the way light or wind changed their fur. accent on Earth,” he said. “It drove me crazy!” Dolitt le is in cinemas nati onwide on 7 February FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

12. ENTERTAINMENT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 13. ENTERTAINMENT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020

DOLITTLE is the new adventure fi lm starring THIS WEEK Robert Downey Jr as a doctor Previews of Frozen who can talk to animals. 1 The Musical begin in We talked to the fi lm’s stars London on 30 October Harry Collett , 16, and Carmel 2020. Pre-sale ti ckets OF THE WEEK Laniado, 15, about acti ng with were announced this PICS invisible animals and what it’s week for 02 customers, with general THESE behind-the-scenes snaps MAGIC! like working with Iron Man! release ti ckets on sale from 6 March. No more are from the set of the new series ANIMAL details about the show have been released, but of Disney’s Penny on MARS. we bet it’s going to be very cool (pardon the pun)! Series three of the hit series starts on Disney Channel this February, but we’ve How did you come to star in Dolitt le? Were there any other Angelina Jolie has teamed up with the BBC to got hold of these funny snaps already. Disney Carmel: Dolitt le is actually my fi rst fi lm ever, funny moments? 2 launch a global new show for young people. In series three, Penny’s secret identi ty has BBC My World looks behind the headlines and been revealed, but what does that mean for which is crazy! Carmel: The day we fi lmed the scene where explores world issues in more detail. The show her music career? Find out for yourselves Harry: I used to dance with Diversity, the street- Dr Dolitt le performs surgery on Kevin the will run on BBC iPlayer every Sunday at 4:30pm. when Penny on MARS starts on Disney dance group. Then I got my fi rst part in Billy Elliot: squirrel was really funny. There was a Channel on 17 February. The Musical. It sort of snowballed from there but squirrel prop and Robert had to perform this is defi nitely the biggest thing I’ve done! CPR on it. He was taking these massive Niki Caro, director of Disney’s live adaptati on What was it like working with Robert breaths and blowing into it. Harry and 3 of Mulan, has confi rmed that the character of Mushu will not be appearing in the fi lm. In the Downey Jr? I couldn’t keep a straight face! Harry: Yeah, it was fl opping back and forth! original Disney animati on, Mushu is a mischievous Disney Harry: I’m a huge Marvel fan. It’s weird because Carmel: We stayed at a haunted hotel dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy) who is sent to when you meet Robert for the fi rst ti me, he’s such during fi lming too. Harry was in the atti c! help Mulan by her a normal guy. You forget he’s Iron Man, the nerves Harry: Yeah, I got the atti c room, which was a ancestors. Caro also go away and you’re like: “This guy’s kinda chill!” beauti ful room but it creeped me out. I thought: Carmel: I always used to say dolphin, but I’d be a confi rmed that the Carmel: It was really surreal for me but such a good “I might as well go and stay in the Holiday Inn down butt erfl y because I feel they’re elegant and would fi lm will not be a experience. I didn’t feel like I was talking to this Disney musical. However, the the road because I can’t deal with this!” It was a be able to get to places quickly without walking. Disney mega superstar. I felt like I was talking to a friend. weird place but looking back on it, it was funny. famous songs from How was it working with CGI What animal would you like to talk to? the Disney classic are Harry, you have a cool stunt where Harry: Whales, so then I could start my own whale- animals? What do you see? represented in the you jump onto a boat from a bridge… watching business! Nobody would have to wait to Carmel: You don’t see anything! live-acti on version, Harry: I was really lucky because I did most of my see them, I’d just be like: “Come on, it’s ti me!” and Harry: Yeah, mostly nothing. Someti mes you’d get which is out in March. own stunts. Glenn Foster, the stunt supervisor, was they’d come up and everyone would be happy. a picture of what they wanted the animal to look Iron Man’s stunt double. We’d play this game called Carmel: I’d love to be able to speak to the litt le like. We also had help from these professionals that stunt football where we’d all be wired up. I’d jump sugar glider, Minnie, who was in the fi lm. I could walk around in green suits for a living and pretend up as somebody pulled the wire and you’ve got to put her in my schoolbag and no-one would to be animals – one of them was BB-8 from Star get a ball in the hoop. The boat jump was really know. I could show her to my friends at break What’s Yi like? Wars! It was quite funny seeing them walk around. fun too. It was all very safe but you forget you’re ti me and be like: “Look what I’ve got!” Yi is a bit of an anti -princess. She’s stubborn and curious. You see her go on this incredible journey. harnessed up, so when you’re really high, you’re Do you have any advice for any of just like: “Oh my god, I’m so high up!” our readers who are interested in acti ng? FIVE CHLOE She fi nds out a litt le more about herself Did you get seasick at all? Carmel: Always stay grounded. Stay with your close MINUTES throughout the course of the fi lm. What do Harry: Robert got seasick at one point – friends and family who really care about you. And BENNET you think is the biggest lesson she learns? between takes, he’d be like: “Just breathe, enjoy the process. Even if you don’t get a role, just WITH… I think the biggest lesson for her is that home is kind on Animati DreamWorks just breathe…” But his character’s seasick in the learn from it. Just be pati ent and enjoy it. of a mindset. It’s a place of being. I think she is kind of fi lm so it kinda worked. I actually felt more seasick Harry: Don’t overthink things and be yourself. It’s given back the power of communicati ng with her family on the giraff e rig. It moves and vibrates and I’d be not about what background you come from – you again and being able to say it’s okay not to be okay. on it for 20 minutes! don’t have to be rich to be an actor. As long as you You’re going to go through things and you won’t have If you could be any animal, what animal have a supporti ve family and you love doing it, the answers right away, but that’s okay. You have to be that’s the most important thing. would you be? authenti c about what you’re going through. She’s kind of Harry: I’d be a litt le monkey. I’d love climbing trees. dealing with grief aft er the death of her father. She’s just a young girl who is trying to fi gure herself out. The fi lm has an all-star cast playing Doctor Dolitt le’s animals. They include Emma Thompson I started! There’s something really special about the as a parrot, Tom Holland (Spider-Man!) as a dog, The characters all go on a prett y epic violin culturally, and what it means in the Chinese Rami Malek as a gorilla, Selena Gomez as a giraff e journey. What’s your favourite scene? community. It’s Yi’s way of expressing herself and FACTS and Ralph Fiennes as a ti ger called Barry. I love the Buddha scene, I think it’s really sweet. It’s it’s very blatantly something she likes to do when DOLITTLE a real moment of release for Yi when she realises she she’s alone and no-one is watching her, but it’s really is capable. I think that’s a really impactf ul scene for important to her. You see her journey of expression young boys and girls to see. through the violin. Doctor Dolitt le is Robert Downey Jr’s fi rst y Gett fi lm since leaving his Marvel Cinemati c Universe Yi’s violin is very signifi cant in the fi lm. What messages do you hope people role as Iron Man. Can you tell us a litt le bit more about that? will take away from the movie? There are a lot of special aspects to the violin that I hope that people can see a fi lm about a young Chinese I love. The instrument changed a litt le bit throughout girl set in China can be completely relevant to someone The teams that made the CGI animals studied Robert Downey Jr gave Doctor Dolitt le a Welsh The US star plays Yi, a young girl who the making of the fi lm. I think it was a guitar when real animals to get the look and feel right, accent. “It turns out it was the single hardest who has nothing to do with either of those things. including the way light or wind changed their fur. accent on Earth,” he said. “It drove me crazy!” encounters a Yeti hiding on her roof, in Dolitt le is in cinemas nati onwide on 7 February the DreamWorks animati onAbominable . Download Abominable from 3 February and own it on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K from 10 February FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. 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14. BIG INTERVIEW FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 PERRI KIELY

THIS IS ONE OF “ “ THE SCARIER THINGS I’VE DONE! WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT DIVERSITY star Perri Kiely has swapped his dance shoes for ice TAKING TO THE ICE? skates as one of the contestants on this year’s Dancing On Ice! I actually think my biggest fear would be people thinking and assuming that I’m going to be bett er than hardest, but that’s not going to be the level they want I am. People assume that because I already dance someti mes. I guess I’m going to have to take it on board and can fl ip about, that this will come completely and hope I can improve the next week. naturally, but I’m learning an enti rely new skill.

WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST APPEAL AND WEAKNESSES ON THE ICE? ABOUT DOING THE SHOW? I would say my biggest strength would be just trying to Firstly, I love the show anyway and all my bring as much of me to the ice as possible and being up family love the show. As a kid I always loved being acti ve for trying anything. My biggest weakness is that I’m not and doing diff erent sporty things, but with my job I’m isn’t easy. And then trying to perform in front a classically or technically-trained dancer – I don’t hold not really allowed to do ice skati ng and things like that, of Torvill and Dean, and of course Ashley myself really well. Where I’m learning this whole new skill, so when I was asked, I was like: “Yes, I’d love to do [Banjo], who’s going to be extremely harsh. I’m almost erasing everything I’ve ever learnt and starti ng that!” I think it’s going to be a great challenge. fresh, which is daunti ng but I’m up for the challenge. HOW COMPETITIVE ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC FITNESS ARE YOU IN IT TO WIN IT? HOW DAUNTING IS THE PROSPECT GOALS FROM DOING THE SHOW? I always say I’m not competi ti ve, but the boys would OF LIFTS AND HEADBANGERS? I’m one of those people that really likes to challenge disagree. I just want to do as well as I possibly can. I’ve I’m usually the one who gets thrown about and lift ed, themselves. With my job I’m really physical, but I also always wanted to do the best I can and train as hard as so now I have to reverse the role and do all the lift ing, believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. I can – I don’t want to go half-hearted on anything. throwing and headbanging – I’d bett er get in the gym! It’s a whole new skill and I want to see how far I can push myself. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU’LL REACT TO DO YOU THINK ASHLEY BEING ON THE POTENTIAL CRITICISM FROM THE PANEL? PANEL THIS YEAR GIVES YOU AN EDGE OR AFTER THIS, WHAT’S THE SCARIEST The only other ti me I’ve been judged was for something THING YOU’VE EVER DONE? that I’ve done all my life, so I guess being judged by the WILL HE JUDGE YOU MORE HARSHLY? I would defi nitely say this is one of the scarier things I’ve Dancing On Ice panel will be completely diff erent. No, I’m, ready to be pushed by the judges, especially ever done. Purely because I’m learning a new skill that I’m learning a whole new skill and trying my Ashley. He’s been my mentor for 14 years and he’s always wanti ng to push me to do bett er and beyond; he knows what I’m capable of. To be honest, he CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS probably knows me more than I know me. He knows what I can really do, so I want to go out there and make sure I do a good job.

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14. BIG INTERVIEW FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 15. BOOKS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 YOUR READS! THE BUTTERFLY CLUB PERRI KIELY JACQUELINE WILSON Reviewed by Soraya, aged seven IT’S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL The Butt erfl y Club by Jacqueline Wilson is about a girl called Tina. She and her sisters YEAR FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS! Philippa and Madeleine are triplets. They all have yellow hair, blue eyes and butt on-shaped noses, THIS year, a big bunch of brilliant book events will be held in Bath, but Tina is the smallest out of the three girls. Bristol and beyond for Wonder 2020, the fi rst Wonder celebrati on ever! When she was a baby, she had a serious Created by kids’ book experts Gill and John McLay, Wonder is a year-long operati on and everyone in her family has always programme of events from Britain’s best-loved authors and illustrators. The worried about her. Tina doesn’t know what it fi rst events of the year have already been announced, and we’re seriously

feels like to be alone and to stand up for herself. excited for them!

In year three, the teacher separated Tina and Kicking things off , award-winning illustrator Levi Pinfold will be discussing his THIS IS ONE OF her sisters. Tina now sits next to Selma, who is a bully. Tina is scared of big Selma, work at Waterstones Bath on 4 February. He famously drew some incredible images “ “ but the teacher has a plan! It involves butt erfl ies and gardening! for a very special set of Harry Pott er books. Will the girls ever be friends? To fi nd out, read the book! Michelle Harrison, who wrote the fantasti cA Pinch Of Magic, will then be signing copies of her new novel, A Sprinkle Of THE SCARIER THINGS BECOME A FIRST NEWS BOOK REVIEWER! Sorcery, in Waterstones Bath on 8 February. HAVE you read a book recently that you desperately want to tell people about? While there’s plenty to be excited by in Write us a review! We’ll need around 100 words on a book you’ve been reading the next few weeks alone, we’re already – good or bad – and a picture of yourself (with parents’ permission!). Email your looking forward to autumn, when the fi rst I’VE DONE! review to bookreviews@fi rstnews.co.uk Carly Tia Wonder festi val will be held across the city WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT of Bath, from 10-18 October. DIVERSITY star Perri Kiely has swapped his dance shoes for ice Featuring everything from big events TAKING TO THE ICE? skates as one of the contestants on this year’s Dancing On Ice! to ti ny talks, both schools and the general I actually think my biggest fear would be people public will have a chance to see some of thinking and assuming that I’m going to be bett er than hardest, but that’s not going to be the level they want the world’s most amazing authors, arti sts I am. People assume that because I already dance someti mes. I guess I’m going to have to take it on board and storytellers talk about literature. and can fl ip about, that this will come completely and hope I can improve the next week. There’s sti ll plenty to be announced, so naturally, but I’m learning an enti rely new skill. WORDS make sure you check out the links below Illustrator Levi Pinfold to keep yourself in the know! WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST APPEAL AND WEAKNESSES ON THE ICE? FOR LIFE ABOUT DOING THE SHOW? I would say my biggest strength would be just trying to Firstly, I love the show anyway and all my bring as much of me to the ice as possible and being up family love the show. As a kid I always loved being acti ve for trying anything. My biggest weakness is that I’m not and doing diff erent sporty things, but with my job I’m isn’t easy. And then trying to perform in front a classically or technically-trained dancer – I don’t hold not really allowed to do ice skati ng and things like that, of Torvill and Dean, and of course Ashley myself really well. Where I’m learning this whole new skill, NICOLA Penfold was born in Merseyside so when I was asked, I was like: “Yes, I’d love to do [Banjo], who’s going to be extremely harsh. I’m almost erasing everything I’ve ever learnt and starti ng and grew up in Doncaster. Nicola’s worked in a that!” I think it’s going to be a great challenge. fresh, which is daunti ng but I’m up for the challenge. library and for a health charity, but being a writer HOW COMPETITIVE ARE YOU? was always the job she wanted most. She told us

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC FITNESS ARE YOU IN IT TO WIN IT? HOW DAUNTING IS THE PROSPECT what she thinks is the best thing about reading.

GOALS FROM DOING THE SHOW? I always say I’m not competi ti ve, but the boys would OF LIFTS AND HEADBANGERS? “ I’m one of those people that really likes to challenge disagree. I just want to do as well as I possibly can. I’ve I’m usually the one who gets thrown about and lift ed, You can be anyone, go anywhere. I know I Wonder founders Michelle Harrison, author themselves. With my job I’m really physical, but I also always wanted to do the best I can and train as hard as so now I have to reverse the role and do all the lift ing, am who I am because of the books I read. “ Gill and John McLay of A Pinch Of Magic believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. I can – I don’t want to go half-hearted on anything. throwing and headbanging – I’d bett er get in the gym! They’re the building blocks to the soul! It’s a whole new skill and I want to see how far I can push myself. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU’LL REACT TO DO YOU THINK ASHLEY BEING ON THE Tickets for all Wonder events are on sale at www.thebathhive.co.uk. TO READ THE FULL INTERVIEW, VISIT WORDSFORLIFE.ORG.UK/AUTHOR-INTERVIEWS. To be the fi rst to hear about new Wonder events, you can sign up to POTENTIAL CRITICISM FROM THE PANEL? PANEL THIS YEAR GIVES YOU AN EDGE OR FOR BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND GAMES, GO TO WORDSFORLIFE.ORG.UK. the newslett er at www.eventsofwonder.com. AFTER THIS, WHAT’S THE SCARIEST The only other ti me I’ve been judged was for something THING YOU’VE EVER DONE? that I’ve done all my life, so I guess being judged by the WILL HE JUDGE YOU MORE HARSHLY? I would defi nitely say this is one of the scarier things I’ve Dancing On Ice panel will be completely diff erent. No, I’m, ready to be pushed by the judges, especially Ashley. He’s been my mentor for 14 years and he’s ever done. Purely because I’m learning a new skill that I’m learning a whole new skill and trying my First News team details available at www.fi rstnews.co.uk/team. For editorial enquiries, contact newsdesk@fi rstnews.co.uk or (020) 3195 2000. For home subscripti on enquiries, email subscripti ons@fi rstnews.co.uk or call 0330 333 0186. For school subscripti on always wanti ng to push me to do bett er and beyond; enquiries, email [email protected] or call (01371) 851 898. Web: www.fi rstnews.co.uk. All material in this newspaper is © 2019 First Group Enterprises Ltd and cannot be used without writt en permission. First News is published by First Group Enterprises he knows what I’m capable of. To be honest, he Ltd, 7 Playhouse Court, 62 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0AT. Printed by Westf erry Printers Ltd, Kimpton Rd, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0TA. Distributed by Seymour Distributi on Ltd, 2 East Poultry Ave, London, EC1A 9PT. Tel: (020) 7429 4000. We are extremely passionate about the environment and we are always looking at ways to reduce waste throughout the company and across all of our products. Our paper comes from sustainable sources. The new material we use to wrap mailed copies is made CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY FIRST NEWS probably knows me more than I know me. He from potato starch, so it is now fully home compostable and completely biodegradable, and you can put it in with your food waste, in your green garden waste recycling bins, or on your own compost heap. knows what I can really do, so I want to go out there and make sure I do a good job.

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16. GAME ZONE FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 TEMTEM A LEGENDARY DAD! TAKES ON POKÉMON Temtem A NEW creature-collecti ng game is being developed, and it’s looking very familiar. In the game, you collect creatures called LAST week loads of people were talking about

Temtem, which all have diff erent powers and Temtem abiliti es. As a Temtem tamer, it’s up to you to a video of a young disabled girl using a special catch these Temtem, batt le other tamers, and controller that her dad made for her. discover new places and creatures. Rory Steel’s children, Ava and Corben, both have While that all sounds a lot like Pokémon, there a disorder called hereditary spasti c paraplegia, which are a few key diff erences. makes movement and speech diffi cult. Unlike Pokémon, Temtem will be enti rely online Using parts of Microsoft ’s inclusive Xbox adapti ve and multi player. While playing, you’ll be able to controller, Rory built a device that would allow both see other players in the world, and trade, batt le Ava and her brother to play The Legend of Zelda: or team up with them whenever you want. Breath of the Wild. The team behind Temtem are hoping to bring The device, which features two joysti cks and several big the game to consoles later this year, but for now, fl ashing butt ons, cost about £110 in devices and parts. an early version of the game can be played on PC. As First News went to press, a video of Ava using the You might have a bit of trouble actually playing controller for the fi rst ti me had been viewed more than the game, however, since Temtem has been a bit 1.5 million ti mes! Temtem too popular! The game’s servers haven’t been Rory says he’s already thinking of ways to improve the running too well due to the high demand, and controller, and will soon be releasing the instructi ons some people have been kicked out of the game online, so other parents whose children have similar while playing. conditi ons can build their own controllers.

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16. GAME ZONE FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 17. CRAZY BUT TRUE FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 A LEGENDARY DAD! PYJAMA SHAMING?! OFFICIALS in the Chinese city of Suzhou CROW CHAOS TEMTEM have apologised aft er publicly shaming people for wearing pyjamas outside. The idea of going outside in pyjamas might Temtem TAKES ON seem strange, but you probably don’t think POKÉMON people deserve to be shamed online for it. A NEW creature-collecti ng game is being That’s exactly what happened when pictures developed, and it’s looking very familiar. of seven people were caught on surveillance G e tt y In the game, you collect creatures called cameras using facial recogniti on soft ware. Parts LAST week loads of people were talking about

Temtem, which all have diff erent powers and Temtem of their name and their ID card numbers were abiliti es. As a Temtem tamer, it’s up to you to a video of a young disabled girl using a special also shared online by government offi cials. catch these Temtem, batt le other tamers, and controller that her dad made for her. Many people, in China and around the world, A CROW with an apparent hatred of car windscreen wipers discover new places and creatures. Rory Steel’s children, Ava and Corben, both have said the shaming was an abuse of people’s is thought to be behind at least 20 att acks. While that all sounds a lot like Pokémon, there a disorder called hereditary spasti c paraplegia, which privacy. Wearing pyjamas outside is not Staff at Greenfi elds Community Housing in Essex have found that are a few key diff erences. makes movement and speech diffi cult. G e tt y uncommon in some parts of China, parti cularly the rubber blades on their windscreen wipers have been going missing, Unlike Pokémon, Temtem will be enti rely online Using parts of Microsoft ’s inclusive Xbox adapti ve by older women. Lots of people wear comfy costi ng £40 a ti me to replace. and multi player. While playing, you’ll be able to controller, Rory built a device that would allow both PJs in winter in southern China, as lots of Staff even tried plasti c owls to deter the bird, who they have named see other players in the world, and trade, batt le Ava and her brother to play The Legend of Zelda: homes there don’t have central heati ng. George, but the cheeky crow won’t be distracted from his mission. or team up with them whenever you want. Breath of the Wild. The team behind Temtem are hoping to bring The device, which features two joysti cks and several big the game to consoles later this year, but for now, fl ashing butt ons, cost about £110 in devices and parts. an early version of the game can be played on PC. As First News went to press, a video of Ava using the You might have a bit of trouble actually playing controller for the fi rst ti me had been viewed more than the game, however, since Temtem has been a bit 1.5 million ti mes! Temtem too popular! The game’s servers haven’t been Rory says he’s already thinking of ways to improve the TOO MANY TWINS running too well due to the high demand, and controller, and will soon be releasing the instructi ons ORGANISERS trying to break the world some people have been kicked out of the game online, so other parents whose children have similar record for the largest gathering of twins while playing. conditi ons can build their own controllers. were overwhelmed by the turnout. The event in Sri Lanka was aiming to gather 5,000 twins to break the Guinness World Record

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be checked being so long, many frustrated G e tt y EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT twins left before being offi cially counted. The MAKE organisers have said that if their offi cial count does not break the record, they will organise another event. MINE A WHY DO CROWS LARGE THE owners of an Italian restaurant in ALWAYS STICK Australia have cooked a 338ft -long pizza! HAVE YOU TOGETHER? HAVE you heard about Evernight? It’s the fi rst book in a It’s not just for people who feel a bit chefs from Pellegrini’s, was cooked in “A wild HEARD THE JOKE greedy though. The stunt was cooked one piece using a conveyor oven. This spellbinding new series from the winner of the Blue Peter and unique THEY USE “Perfect up to raise money for fi refi ghters means it was able to go in one side and Book Award. Loads of top authors are loving this book! adventure.” ABOUT THE PIZZA? for fans of VEL-CROW! batt ling the bushfi res in Australia. come out cooked on the other side. Peter Bunzl Nevermoor.” NEVER MIND, IT’S The pizza served thousands of Amazingly, the colossal cheese feast As far back as she can remember, orphan Larabelle “Ross MacKenzie is Anna James people who had gathered to donate is nowhere near long enough for a Fox has scraped together a living by treasure hunti ng in a wizard with words. TOO CHEESY! money to the New South Wales Rural world record. That honour goes to a the sewers. In a city where emoti onless White Witches This book will thrill Fire Service. pizza made in California in 2017 that march through the streets and fear of Hag magic is rife, and delight in equal SHARE YOUR JOKES WITH US AT [email protected] The mammoth meal, created by measured an incredible 6,333ft ! Lara keeps her head down. But when she stumbles upon measure!” a mysterious litt le box in the sewers, Lara fi nds herself MG Leonard catapulted into a world of wild magic – facing adventure, “Evernight is mortal danger and a man who casts no shadow. alive with thrilling darkness and vivid magic.” Can you solve these mixed-up clues to fi nd four magical words? “Darkly brilliant.” Kiran Millwood Hargrave Abi Elphinstone LELPS THCIW Evernight by Ross MacKenzie LUNACORD PINTOO is available now from all good bookshops. Writt en and illustrated by Paul Palmer FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites.

18. YOUR NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 WE WANT TO RUGBY READING CHAMPS HEAR WHAT by Miles, Hazlehurst Community Primary School YOU/YOUR I’VE been taking part in the Rugby Reading Champions project that the Nati onal Literacy Trust runs and, as part of this, I got the chance to go to an exciti ng event SCHOOL IS UP TO at the Sale Sharks stadium. Are you doing something First, we did lots of great tag rugby games. That was jam-packed SCHOOL sponsored for charity? Starti ng full of fun for us. Then we met Tom Palmer, a real-life author, and your own school newspaper? had an astonishing quiz and mini rugby game that almost blew my NEWS Putti ng on a show? Are you off socks off , it was so much fun! Aft er that, we got to interview actual on an amazing holiday or did you rugby players Jake Cooper-Woolley and James Williams as news have a great day out? Why not reporters and I can tell you that was amazing. My favourite part share your experiences with of the day… was ALL of the day! It was just too good to be true. First News readers? It was like a once-in-a-lifeti me opportunity. At the end of the Email your report day, I bought Tom’s absolutely amazing Combat Zone trilogy of (including pictures) to books. Then we had our packed lunches and were given certi fi cates yournews@fi rstnews.co.uk and high fi ves by the players, Tom Palmer and the Sale Sharks Don’t forget to include your mascot, Sharky! name and age (and your school’s The Rugby Reading Champions programme was lots of fun and name and address for school I really enjoyed it. Not only has it shown me how good reading can news reports). By writi ng in, be, but it has also helped me improve my reading. you give consent to First News Finally, I’d just like to say how great it was getti ng Tom Palmer’s The team printi ng details and photographs signature in my Combat Zone trilogy! of those involved in the report.

KIDPRENEUR JUNIOR HELPING THE by Maya JOURNALIST JUNIOR Maya on her stand JOURNALIST CHEETAH by Jeremy HI, I am Jeremy and when I was six years old I realised the awful predicament of the endangered cheetah. I wanted to do something. My mummy said that I should make something useful to help, like a greeti ng card. Aft er lots of hard work and lots of practi ce, I discovered I could make hundreds of fl owery cards with a Spirograph stencil, along with lots of other designs. I sell these cards at events where there are lots of people, and in some coff ee shops, plus a bouti que has kindly let me set up my card boxes to sell them. I am ten and have raised over £11,000 to help save the world’s fastest land animal. You too can make something beauti ful and raise money to help your favourite animal!

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18. YOUR NEWS FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 19. WHAT’S IN THE SHOPS? FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 WE WANT TO RUGBY READING CHAMPS HEAR WHAT WHAT’S IN THE by Miles, Hazlehurst Community Primary School YOU/YOUR I’VE been taking part in the Rugby Reading Champions project that the Nati onal Literacy Trust runs and, as part of this, I got the chance to go to an exciti ng event SCHOOL IS UP TO SLOTH MUG at the Sale Sharks stadium. Are you doing something SHOPS? IWANTONEOFTHOSE.COM First, we did lots of great tag rugby games. That was jam-packed SCHOOL sponsored for charity? Starti ng SLOTH SOFT TOY full of fun for us. Then we met Tom Palmer, a real-life author, and your own school newspaper? SEW YOUR OWN SLOTH KIT £6.99 Putti ng on a show? Are you off SHOP.ZSL.ORG FROM £20.00 Feel instantly calm and relaxed SLOTHS had an astonishing quiz and mini rugby game that almost blew my NEWS HOBBYCRAFT £6.99 This adorable sloth soft toy has Velcro on its socks off , it was so much fun! Aft er that, we got to interview actual on an amazing holiday or did you with this cute sloth mug. The Get inspired to start sewing with the Sew hands and feet so you can sti ck them together, rugby players Jake Cooper-Woolley and James Williams as news have a great day out? Why not beauti fully painted large mug gives Your Own Sloth Kit! Everything you need to so it can hang onto things like sloths do in reporters and I can tell you that was amazing. My favourite part share your experiences with you the perfect excuse to laze around start sewing is included, so prepare to create real life. Made from soft , fl uff y plush with an of the day… was ALL of the day! It was just too good to be true. First News readers? on a rainy day. Made from high quality your very own work of art. The set includes adorable sti tched face and butt on eyes, this It was like a once-in-a-lifeti me opportunity. At the end of the Email your report ceramic, the mug features adorable felt pieces, needle, threads and more to cuddly sloth would make a wonderful new day, I bought Tom’s absolutely amazing Combat Zone trilogy of (including pictures) to ears for handles. create your very own cuddly, smiling sloth. friend to carry around with you. books. Then we had our packed lunches and were given certi fi cates yournews@fi rstnews.co.uk and high fi ves by the players, Tom Palmer and the Sale Sharks Don’t forget to include your mascot, Sharky! name and age (and your school’s The Rugby Reading Champions programme was lots of fun and name and address for school I really enjoyed it. Not only has it shown me how good reading can news reports). By writi ng in, be, but it has also helped me improve my reading. you give consent to First News Finally, I’d just like to say how great it was getti ng Tom Palmer’s The team printi ng details and photographs signature in my Combat Zone trilogy! of those involved in the report.

All prices correct at ti me of printi ng. KIDPRENEUR JUNIOR HELPING THE by Maya JOURNALIST JUNIOR Maya on her stand JOURNALIST CHEETAH by Jeremy REMINDER FOR YOU WIN! A RAINBOW HI, I am Jeremy and when I was six years old I realised the awful predicament of the endangered cheetah. I wanted to do something. My mummy said that I should make something useful AND YOUR TEACHERS! SURPRISE DOLL to help, like a greeti ng card. Aft er lots of hard work and lots of practi ce, I discovered I could make hundreds IN editi on 708 ofFirst News we told you about Arts Backpack, UNBOX 20+ surprises including a of fl owery cards with a Spirograph stencil, along with lots of other designs. a campaign by Acti on for Children’s Arts for all children in the gorgeous doll with beauti ful, brushable hair. I sell these cards at events where there are lots of people, and in some coff ee UK to have access to fi ve arts experiences before the age of 12. Unroll the shops, plus a bouti que has kindly let me set up my card boxes to sell them. The idea is that, just as fi ve porti ons of fruit and vegetables every day package for the I am ten and have raised over £11,000 to help save the world’s fastest land animal. help make your diet healthy, fi ve porti ons of creati ve arts experiences longest unboxing You too can make something beauti ful and raise money to help your favourite animal! make you culturally healthy. An essenti al part of the campaign is hearing experience ever. the views of as many young people as possible, so that we can make Will you get Rainbow Dream or Jeremy with just Pixie Rose? Maya giving her a few of his cards them heard by the people making decisions about arts educati on. Get Inside, fi nd DIY slime powders and I AM an entrepreneur (kidpreneur if you presentati on involved by fi lling in our questi onnaire with your class or at home. like). This means I run my own business. You can fi nd the questi onnaire, along with more informati on, in fabulous fashions, ready for a rainbow It is called Mayastyle. I sell a cool range of pom-pom-related accessories for kids editi on 708 ofFirst News or download it at ti nyurl.com/acafnsurvey. All slime surprise! Make DIY slime and add online and at pop-up events. questi onnaires received by 7 February it to your doll’s transparent fashions to Recently, I went to a kids’ business fair organised by Ultra Educati on (a company will be entered into a draw and one totally transform her look. that teaches entrepreneurship to kids) in Microsoft ’s new fl agship store near Oxford lucky winner, drawn at random Seven lucky winners will each win Circus, London. on Monday 10 February, will a Poopsie Rainbow Surprise Doll. I really enjoyed the event because I had my very own stall. I had great fun win a bumper bundle of To be in with a chance of winning, meeti ng new people and selling my products. stati onery for their school. just answer this questi on: I sold a lot of my stock, including pom-pom bookmarks, key chains, hairbands Which of these is not a shade of red? and more! While I was there I had to do a presentati on in front of over 200 people, a) Crimson b) Ruby c) Violet which I found really exhilarati ng. Hopefully my business will get bigger and bett er.

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24. SPORT by Eddie de Oliveira FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 SPORT IN NUMBERS ENGLAND STORM IT -year-old Welsh judoka Natalie Powell has won gold at the 29 Tel Aviv Judo Grand Prix. The victory increases her chances of being picked for Team GB’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics squad. It was her fi rst win since 2017. G e tt y

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G e tt y but it wasn’t all plain sailing for Ben Stokes (inset)

ENGLAND have beaten South Africa 3-1 in the Test series to secure only their G e tt y second win away from home in four years. Aft er thrashing the hosts by an innings and 53 runs in the Personality of the Year, was third Test, England completed a 191-run win in the fourth heard insulti ng the fan on was the last ti me Test. They scored 400 runs in the fi rst innings and 248 in their pitch-side microphones as he a Swiss skier won second, as South Africa fi nished all out for 183 and 274. walked off , aft er the fan apparently a slalom race at It’s the fi rst ti me since 1913-14 that England have won three swore at him. He has since apologised but 1968 Austria’s presti gious matches on a tour of South Africa. could sti ll be punished by the Internati onal Cricket Council. Kitzbühel event. Ben Stokes and Mark Wood shared six wickets in the second But England fans will be delighted their side managed to Daniel Yule (below) was the fi rst Swiss innings, while Wood took another fi ve in the fi rst. win the series aft er a very diffi cult start. Most of the squad fell winner in 52 years. Austrian skier It wasn’t all plain sailing for England though. The fourth sick before or during the fi rst Test, while Stokes’ father was Matt hias Mayer fi nished fi rst in the Test was overshadowed by a heated argument between vice- admitt ed to hospital three days before the Test began. downhill race – the fi rst Austrian since captain Stokes and a fan, aft er the England star was dismissed England lost that fi rst match heavily, but bounced back 2014 to win it. for two in the fi rst innings. Stokes, the current BBC Sports to win three in a row and seal an epic victory.

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parti cipants at this year’s Dakar Rally have tragically died 2 while competi ng. We reported on Portuguese rider Paulo Gonçalves’ death two weeks ago, but now Dutch motorcyclist Edwin Straver (below) has died aft er a crash. The 48-year- old suff ered a heart att ack aft er an accident at the endurance race. RUSSIA have fi nished top of the medal table at the 2020 Winter Some of Russia’s ice hockey gold medallists Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. Russian athletes aged 15-18 won men’s ice hockey, where they beat shocked defending champions a total of ten golds, 11 silvers and arch-rivals the USA 4-0 in the fi nal. Sweden 4-1 in the fi nal. eight bronze medals, taking their total They scored a total of 29 goals in four It was a disappointi ng Youth

G e tt y to 29. Switzerland were close behind games, with just three conceded. Olympics for Team GB, who only on 24, and they too won ten golds. Japan’s women became the fi rst managed one individual medal. The Russians will have been Asian side ever to win an Olympic Kirsty Muir took silver in the freestyle especially happy to take gold in the ice hockey competi ti on, when they skiing big air.