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THE STATE OF
BRITAIN’S CHILDREN
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A KID
GROWING UP IN 2015 BRITAIN?
YESTERDAY a panel of First News readers delivered the
findings of our huge survey into the State of Britain’s Children.
by editor Nicky Cox
The good news is that most of you are happy! The bad news is that there’s quite
a lot that is worrying you, too. The age where you get most stressed is around
11/12 – just as you’re moving from primary to secondary school. Is enough
being done to make that change easy for you?
After concerns about the health of your family, your biggest fear is of crime
and terrorism.
There have been a lot of reports about a rise in cyberbullying.
But you tell us that, although online bullying is a bit of a
problem, face-to-face bullying remains a much bigger issue.
Turn to pages 14 and 15 for more findings and see next
week’s First News for part 2 of the State of Britain’s Children.
Tom Daley: I think about the gold every second of the day
WITH less than a year to go until the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Tom Daley tells First News that his eyes are
on the prize – a gold medal – more than ever, after picking up bronze at the London 2012 Olympics.
First News caught up with Olympic diver Tom Daley to
talk about the issue of bullying, ahead of Anti-Bullying
Week in November. Tom, who experienced bullying at
school, is the new face of Cartoon Network’s anti-bullying
initiative, CN Buddy Network.
We asked Tom how training for the Rio Olympics was
going. Tom said: “Training is really hard, but it’s going
well. I’m in Florida for a couple of weeks for outdoors
training, since Rio will be outdoors.”
And it seems Great Britain’s golden boy definitely has
his eyes on the big prize! On the chance of winning gold
next year, Tom said: “It’s the thing I think about every
single second of the day. It’s my life!”
In August next year, Tom will join more than 10,000
athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Look out for the full interview with Tom in a future
edition of First News, where we talk to him more
about Rio, his gold medal dreams, his anti-bullying
work and First News’ Stamp Out Bullying.
Schools! Sign up to our campaign against bullying
and help us ‘Stamp Out Bullying’ at www.firstnews.
co.uk/go/stampoutbullying.
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THAT CLOCKS
GO BACK THIS
SUNDAY
AT 2AM!
* The 2012 Newspaper Awards: Best weekly national newspaper and best niche market newspaper. Also, Plain English Campaign: Best national newspaper. * First News weekly readership is 2,042,199. Source: Opinion Matters 2014. First News supports children’s charities – see page 17.
Golden Girls: Did you know GB’s women cyclists were the stars at the European Championships?
Read the story, and then try the crossword puzzle. To help you, we have underlined the answers to the crossword puzzle
clues in the story – but you will need to match the correct word with each clue! E.g. women is the answer to the clue: the
plural for woman.
SPORT
Golden Girls
Team GB finished on top of the medal table, one gold
ahead of the Netherlands. No other country won more
than two golds.
Laura Trott won golds in the omnium and scratch race,
and Katie Archibald won golds in the individual pursuit and
elimination race. They were also both part of the winning
group in the women’s team pursuit final. GB’s other gold
came in the men’s team pursuit, with a team that included
Sir Bradley Wiggins.
ACROSS
4. single (rider) (noun 10)
5. an endurance cycling event where
two teams race against each other
starting on opposite sides of the
track (noun 7)
6. the plural for woman (plural noun
5)
9. the island containing England,
Wales, and Scotland (proper noun 7)
10. a group of cyclists who compete
in a competition together for their
country (noun )
DOWN
1. These are the metal discs, about
the size of a large coin, which
athletes get when they have won a
race. (plural noun 6)
2. sports contests (plural noun 13)
3. female children (plural noun 5)
7. This track cycling competition
begins with the letter ‘o’ and includes
six different types of races. (noun 6)
8. a list of all the countries which
have won medals in a sports
competition (noun 5)
Getty
THE women were the stars of the show as
Britain won six gold medals at cycling’s Track
European Championships.
The ONLY weekly newspaper for young people
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Issue 488 £1.50 23 – 29 October 2015
NEWS
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News Puzzle
“Golden Girls” Crossword
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Issue 488
23 - 29 October 2015
2 MILLION*
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THE STATE OF
BRITAIN’S CHILDREN
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A KID
GROWING UP IN 2015 BRITAIN?
YESTERDAY a panel of First News readers delivered the
findings of our huge survey into the State of Britain’s Children.
by editor Nicky Cox
The good news is that most of you are happy! The bad news is that there’s quite
a lot that is worrying you, too. The age where you get most stressed is around
11/12 – just as you’re moving from primary to secondary school. Is enough
being done to make that change easy for you?
After concerns about the health of your family, your biggest fear is of crime
and terrorism.
There have been a lot of reports about a rise in cyberbullying.
But you tell us that, although online bullying is a bit of a
problem, face-to-face bullying remains a much bigger issue.
Turn to pages 14 and 15 for more findings and see next
week’s First News for part 2 of the State of Britain’s Children.
Tom Daley: I think about the gold every second of the day
WITH less than a year to go until the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Tom Daley tells First News that his eyes are
on the prize – a gold medal – more than ever, after picking up bronze at the London 2012 Olympics.
First News caught up with Olympic diver Tom Daley to
talk about the issue of bullying, ahead of Anti-Bullying
Week in November. Tom, who experienced bullying at
school, is the new face of Cartoon Network’s anti-bullying
initiative, CN Buddy Network.
We asked Tom how training for the Rio Olympics was
going. Tom said: “Training is really hard, but it’s going
well. I’m in Florida for a couple of weeks for outdoors
training, since Rio will be outdoors.”
And it seems Great Britain’s golden boy definitely has
his eyes on the big prize! On the chance of winning gold
next year, Tom said: “It’s the thing I think about every
single second of the day. It’s my life!”
In August next year, Tom will join more than 10,000
athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Look out for the full interview with Tom in a future
edition of First News, where we talk to him more
about Rio, his gold medal dreams, his anti-bullying
work and First News’ Stamp Out Bullying.
Schools! Sign up to our campaign against bullying
and help us ‘Stamp Out Bullying’ at www.firstnews.
co.uk/go/stampoutbullying.
SPORT
Golden Girls
4. single (rider) (noun 10)
5. an endurance cycling event where
two teams race against each other
starting on opposite sides of the
track (noun 7)
6. the plural for woman (plural noun
5)
9. the island containing England,
Wales, and Scotland (proper noun 7)
10. a group of cyclists who compete
in a competition together for their
country (noun )
DOWN
1. These are the metal discs, about
the size of a large coin, which
athletes get when they have won a
race. (plural noun 6)
2. sports contests (plural noun 13)
3. female children (plural noun 5)
7. This track cycling competition
begins with the letter ‘o’ and includes
six different types of races (noun 6)
8. a list of all the countries which
have won medals in a sports
competition (noun 5)
Getty
THE women were the stars of the show as
Britain won six gold medals at cycling’s Track
European Championships.
ACROSS
DON’T
FORGET
THAT CLOCKS
GO BACK THIS
SUNDAY
AT 2AM!
* The 2012 Newspaper Awards: Best weekly national newspaper and best niche market newspaper. Also, Plain English Campaign: Best national newspaper. * First News weekly readership is 2,042,199. Source: Opinion Matters 2014. First News supports children’s charities – see page 17.
Golden Girls: Did you know the GB women cyclists were the stars at the European Championships?
Read the story, and then try the crossword puzzle. Read the story, and then try the crossword puzzle. All the answers to
the crossword are words in the article.
Team GB finished on top of the medal table, one gold
ahead of the Netherlands. No other country won more
than two golds.
Laura Trott won golds in the omnium and scratch race,
and Katie Archibald won golds in the individual pursuit and
elimination race. They were also both part of the winning
group in the women’s team pursuit final. GB’s other gold
came in the men’s team pursuit, with a team that included
Sir Bradley Wiggins.
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