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Education is the key to solve most of the world's problems and two teenagers from Glasgow have created a campaign to make the world leaders aware of this reality and spread the message about the importance of the millenium goals. With this campaign they have won the Steve Sinnott Award for Young Campaigner.
Eilidh Naismith and Billy Davidson, from Glasgow, are the Send My Friend to School Young Ambassadors for 2012.
They will be helping to get UK kids involved in the campaign, reminding world leaders of their goal of getting all children in school by 2015.
Eilidh and Billy, both aged 15, travelled to Malawi in February 2012 to meet children in and out of school, and find out for themselves about what stops young people getting an education.
They'll be helping to spread the word, speaking in Parliament and at conferences, and encouraging schools and youth groups to take part in Send My Friend to School’s ‘Go for Gold!’ activities this year.
With 67 million children still missing out on school world leaders need to Go for Gold! to meet their target of getting all children an education by 2015. Young Ambassadors, Yas and Nav, introduce Send My Friend to School's Olympic-inspired theme for this year, and show what they learned on their visit to Guatemala last year.
Of these 67 million children more than half are girls. Watch the film to find out what you can do to help and join the campaign to give every child the chance to get an education.
Have you realized that yesterday it was Friday 13th? Has anything special happened to you?
Does this date fill you with fear, anxiety and foreboding - or is it simply another day on the calendar? Whether you're superstitious or not, try to find out why Friday the 13th is such an infamous date.
Listen to this audio and answer the questions you will find in this website. Then try to learn the useful words and expressions that you will find here to talk about superstitions and Friday the 13th and do thisquiz.
Finally, learn about some other superstitons with this slideshow by The Independent.
Until what time are people in the UK allowed to play jokes?
Learn the following vocabulary:
practical joke - hoax - spoof story - taken in by - gullible - prank
The origins of April Fools Day are not clear but it is known that the tradition of practical joking and mischief-making dates back to Ancient Roman times. It would appear that the festival is closely related to the coming of Spring. Ancient Romans and Celts celebrated a festival of practical joking at about the time of the Vernal Equinox, as do millions of India's Hindus. The French also mark 1 April but instead of April Fools they call it Poisson d'Avril (April Fish).
Now watch two of the most famous hoaxes broadcasted by the BBC.
If you want to play a practical joke on a friend here you have some ideas...
This is the video if you want to make the Emotion Test.