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FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. MORE THAN 2.6 MILLION* READERS! NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT INTERVIEWS PUZZLES COMPETITIONS Issue 744 £2.25 18 – 24 September 2020 THEUK’S ONLY NEWSPAPER FOR CHILDREN OF OUR PLANET © Silverback Films © Silverback READ THE LIVING FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH OF THE LIVING PLANET REPORT, PLANET REPORT AT LIVING PLANET REPORT 2020 YOUTH EDITION WWF IS ASKING FIRST NEWS READERS TO THINK WWF.ORG.UK A GUIDE FOR OUR FUTURE ABOUT THE KIND OF POSITIVE FUTURE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE Share your Future Visions on Instagram or Twitt er with #FutureVisions and @WWF_UK. FIND OUT MORE ON THE NEXT PAGE Or email them to educati [email protected]. Please be aware of age restricti ons on social media. AND AT THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER Adverti sement feature – your normal issue ofFirst News is inside! *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 18 FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. WWF Adverti sement feature FirstNews Issue 18 – 24 September 2020 IMAGINING THE WORLD AT OUR FINGERTIPS WITH WWF THE natural world is being seriously damaged by human acti vity at a ti me when we need it the most. Nature helps to stabilise the ever-changing climate. It provides us all with the essenti als needed for life – things like fresh water, food and oxygen. A First News readers know, we must act quickly to help stop Films © Silverback any more catastrophes. The truth is that change is needed – and it’s right at our fi ngerti ps. WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 has been released, and you can r wwf.org.uk. The report shows how the natural world ea humans. It lays out the stepping stones for a sustainable future, one in which we can live in balance with the natural world. HELP US TO IMAGINE he world is alread chanin. here has been a 68% average drop in global wildlife populati on sizes A POSITIVE FUTURE since . lthouh there is hard wor ahead the near future will bring new opportuniti es and exciti ng developments in technology and ways of WHERE HUMANS CAN living. We will learn to shape a future that is bett er for both people and wildlie. LIVE IN HARMONY WITH It is this ision o the uture that we would lie you to help us imagine. THE NATURAL WORLD © Silverback Films © Silverback FIND OUT MORE AT THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER Share your Future Visions on Instagram or Twitt er with FeVisions FU. O educati [email protected]. Please be aware of age restricti ons on social media. 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. 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HOW CAN YOU I S HELP TO BRING IT ABOUT? “O . acet pe f . o t tensiv ar ever ver y. A or the politi cians are the hospital administrators. My generati on will hold you SHORT account . e STORY on our litt le blue and green planet.” VIDEO MUSIC – Hatti e POEM Share your Future Visions on Instagram or Twitt er with FeVisions FU. O educati [email protected]. Please be aware of age restricti ons on social media. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. WWF Adverti sement feature FirstNews Issue epteber IMAGINING OUR POSITIVE FUTURE THE FUTURE VISIONS CHALLENGE IAINE y . C y and t every WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT WHAT CAN YOU WHAT CAN YOU HOW DO SMELL? HEAR? YOU FEEL? CAN YOU SEE? Think about how you can communicate your vision of the future to other people. You could write a script for the Future Visions fi lm, write a poem or a short story about life in the future. 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NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT INTERVIEWS PUZZLES COMPETITIONS GIRL MEGA DERMOT THIEM CLIMBS SHARK INTERVIEW TIME ALPS P7 P10 P18 P24 Issue 744 £2.25 18 – 24 September 2020 THEUK’S ONLY NEWSPAPER FOR CHILDREN THE GREAT BRITISH BEACH CLEAN by editor in chief Nicky Cox 18–25 SEPTEMBER THE Great Briti sh Beach Clean is back for a whole week of beach-cleaning events, rather than the usual weekend, starti ng today, Friday 18 September. his ear the arine The charity is hoping to collect Conservati on Society’s (MCS) data on personal protecti ve annual clean-up is encouraging equipment, including gloves and ore people than ever to face ass to see what ipact become organisers and set these newl popular ites are up their own beach clean having on the environment. and litt er survey with friends, The Great Briti sh Beach Clean fail or bubbles in line with has been leading the way in Government guidance. tackling ocean polluti on for 26 he says ie an years. It has helped bring about events this ear the reat major changes to deal with beach Briti sh Beach Clean looks a litt er, like the plasti c bag charge, litt le diff erent. Rather than banning microplasti cs in personal encouraging volunteers to fi nd care products, bett er wet wipe a beach clean happening labelling, and supporti ng a tax on near them, we’re calling on single-use plasti c items. individuals to adopt a 100m Over the years, 319 tonnes stretch of beach and organise of litt er have been picked up at their own beach cleans. Great Briti sh Beach Cleans. For more informati on or to contact the Marine Conservati on Society, go to www.mcsuk.org *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 18 FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. 2. 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