FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. THEUK’S BEIRUT: SUPER KARIM CHILDREN’S SIX MONTHS SMALL IN THE NEWSPAPER WITH MORE THAN AFTER THE CHAMELEON KITCHEN 2.6 MILLION* P12 READERS! BLAST P10 P15 Issue 765 £2.25 12 – 18 February 2021 HELPING THE UK GROW NEWS I SPORTS I ENTERTAINMENT I INTERVIEWS I PUZZLES I COMPETITIONS YOU MISS SCHOOL TREASURE BACK in April 2020, around fi ve weeks aft er the pandemic began,“ we asked you what you liked best – home learning or being at school. A thousand of you took part in our poll, and 46% said you preferred school, while 54% ISLAND said you preferred being at home. Now, it seems you’ve changed your mind. Many of you are home schooling because of the pandemic and have been telling First News what you are thinking now. This ti me, three-quarters of you said you prefer learning at school. One reader said: “I think school is way bett er as you are in a learning environment with professional teachers and your friends. I fi nd it so hard to get engaged at home – it’s sooo boring! Nothing beats break MORE buried treasure is being found in Britain than ever before. ti me and I miss talking to [my by editor in chief Nicky Cox in London, calls it “land fi shing,” with But what is treasure exactly? friends] so much.” people combing beaches and the A “fi nd” is called treasure if it has The latest Government fi gures reveal countryside for hidden riches. “ cultural or historical importance. that 1,311 treasure fi nds were reported Actor Carey Mulligan is starring in in 2019, the highest number ever. the Netf lix movieThe Dig about Sutt on And is it fi nders keepers? When the next numbers come out Hoo, one of the biggest ever UK Viking Not always in treasure hunti ng, (due November 2021), they could be treasure fi nds. She says she has become sadly. UK law says that you must report even higher because people have been a big fan of metal detecti ng. treasure within 14 days of fi nding it. exploring new hobbies during lockdown, She said: “I have genuinely tried A local “fi nds offi cer” will be in touch while the hunt for buried treasure has to dig for treasure. I bought a metal and write a report so that museums reached record heights. It’s an acti vity detector. I’ve sort of trawled around the can decide if they want to buy what that provides outdoor exercise while fi eld outside my house trying to fi nd you’ve found. If they do, the fi nder can Another said: “Home learning does being easy to keep socially distanced. something. I came up with nothing, get a share of the reward if they had have its benefi ts, but it comes with Nearly 90% of archaeological arti facts but it was very fun.” permission to be on the land. Whoever drawbacks too, such as a loss in my in the UK are found by treasure hunters She added lockdown restricti ons had owns the land may get paid, too. But, social life and damage to my mental with metal detectors. Michael Lewis, left her with few hobby opti ons, so she if your fi nd doesn’t count as treasure, health as I never leave the house any deputy head of portable anti quiti es thought she might “give it a whirl! What or no museum wants it, then it will be more because of lockdown.” and treasure at the Briti sh Museum else is there to do!?” returned to you. Hang on in there – hopefully you’ll *First News readership is 2,626,625. Source: Opinion Matt ers 2020. First News is the widest-read of all children’s publicati ons audited in the UK. First News supports children’s chariti es – see page 21 be back at school before too long. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. 2. QUICK NEWS FirstNews Issue 765 12 – 18 February 2021 WALLY WEEKEND TEENAGE This year’s Where’s Wally? fun run is going virtual! The Where’s Wally? STOWAWAY A teenager managed to hang on Weekender, taking place from 20 to the landing gear of a plane for March, is inviting people of all ages its entire flight from Kenya to the to run, walk or jog in their local area Netherlands, via London. The dressed in their best Wally costume. QUICK NEWS 16-year-old Kenyan boy was found The event will help to raise money TO READ YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS on the jet at Maastricht Aachen for the National Literacy Trust. Airport and had to be taken to Find out how you can take part at hospital with hypothermia (a very literacytrust.org.uk/WheresWally. low body temperature). Experts say he was very lucky to survive, FOOTBALLER FINED WRITING COMP as the temperature so high up This year’s Voices creative writing can drop to lower than -30°C. An competition for children in care and investigation to find out why the Getty young care leavers is now open. The boy was there is now underway. theme of this year’s competition is What Makes Life Good. Entries can be in any written form, including poems, short stories, raps or newspaper articles. You can find out more at coramvoice.org.uk/voices. A footballer has been fined for TAYLOR IN TROUBLE getting his hair cut during lockdown. COOKING SCHOOL Getty Newcastle United player Joelinton has Gordon Ramsay is opening his own been ordered to pay £200 after he cooking school. The Gordon Ramsay posted a picture of himself breaking Academy is set to open in Woking, lockdown rules by visiting his barber. Surrey, this autumn. The chef says Getty anyone who finishes the course will DOCTOR READY get a job in one of his restaurants. TO DELIVER ECO-FRIENDLY LICENCE TO SELL EASTER EGGS The Co-op is getting rid of plastic packaging on its Easter eggs this Getty year. The supermarket chain Getty said it will remove the use of plastic on all five of its own-brand Fairtrade chocolate eggs, to help protect the environment. It’s Taylor Swift is being sued by a theme believed the move will save over Dr Alex George has been named the 14 tonnes of unnecessary waste. park in America over the name of Government’s new youth mental A rare collection of James Bond her latest album. The singer released health ambassador. The reality books is up for sale for a staggering Evermore at the end of last year, TV star and real-life doctor said: £475,000. The 007 books by Ian which is the same name as a park “Never has mental health been more Fleming are all first editions, with ten in Utah. The venue’s owners say the important than now. From schools to of them even featuring handwritten trademark for the name belongs to universities, the NHS and the wider messages from the author himself. them and that it’s causing confusion public, MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.” In iStock The thrilling collection is made up of for people. his new role, Dr Alex will look at what 14 books from different parts of the support is being offered to young world. It is now being sold by Yorkshire LOST AND FOUND people and advise the Government bookseller Dr John Atkinson. on how it can help further. A man who lost his wallet in Antarctica in the 1960s has been reunited with GAME OVER it 53 years later! Paul Grisham from SAY IT WITH A teenager who shouted abuse at California worked in Antarctica as a Professor Chris Whitty has had his weather scientist for the US Navy. He SPAGHETTI PlayStation taken away, says his mum. managed to lose the wallet with a Heinz is launching special ‘Marry Me’ Footage of the 15-year-old calling the host of his personal items in it before Alphabetti spaghetti to celebrate Government’s Chief Medical Officer he left the cold continent. A group of Valentine’s Day! The cans will only a “liar” over the COVID-19 pandemic strangers later found the wallet and feature the pasta letters M, A, R, Y has gone viral. The teen’s mum said set about returning it to its rightful and E. The idea has been inspired by she’s asked her son to apologise for his owner. Now, at the grand old age of the real-life story of a man’s marriage behaviour and has taken his gaming 91, Paul has got it back! proposal using spaghetti. console away as punishment. 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. 3. BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 765 12 – 18 February 2021 WHEN WILL I GET A VACCINE? The vaccine is being given to those who are most at risk of the virus fi rst, and children have the lowest risk from COVID-19. In the US, two companies are testi ng their coronavirus vaccine on children aged 12 and over – but World Health Organizati on representati ve Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe said: “Maybe in a few months, we will have bett er evidence to confi dently say that these vaccines are safe and eff ecti ve for children.” COVID-19 VACCINE G e tt y TERROR THREAT UPDATE G e tt y LOWERED VACCINES that protect us from COVID-19 are being rolled out globally, and in the UK almost one in fi ve adults has received their fi rst jab.