This is my attempt to answer the question 1 from AQA GCSE exam paper; it is too long; I should aim at about 350 words.
What do you learn from the article about the Beach to City programme and the issues children may have on the beach?
This article explains the programme for primary schools in cities, which teaches how to be safe on the beach and how to react in the event of danger.
Beach to City programme consists of real lifeguards and a beach supervisor; the programme is aimed at primary schoolchildren in cities as they live away from the sea and do not know much about safety preconscious on the beach. The children from inner cities areas 'have been highlighted as a high-risk group'. This suggests that children go for holidays or breaks to the seaside and do not know how to stay safe there. They even think that a red flag signal a shark, instead of ‘dangerous water’.
A session lasts 40 minutes and is constructed in such a way to convey the message to children through different activities, so kids can easier remember what is said to them. Sessions are designed to be 'memorable' through ‘plenty of play-acting'. This means that small children do not understand the risks and a lecture would only make them bored. Through play though, they can not only learn but also have fun. This means that 40 min is not too much for such a serious programme.
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I like the Independent, even during the weekend it is not boring, and in some aspects very educative. Here is an article
'The Rothschild Libel: Why has it taken 200 years for an anti-Semitic slur that emergd from the Battle of Waterloo to be dismissed?'
The pictures are taken from the front page and then from the page with the article itself. Note the change in the titles, the first is much more emotional, whereas the second more informative.
The title, quite long (three lines) serves as an explanation of the article. It is about the Battle of Waterloo and Nathan Rothschild. And how one pamphlet changed facts into the myth which become the truth for 200 years. Words like 'libel' and 'slur' with an anti-Semitic label, indicates some historical injustice, which is going to be explained, and that sounds like solving a historical riddle.
The picture dominates the front page: it is colourful, resembles a historical painting and is patriotic. After reading the title, is it obvious that it must be a scene of the British Victory at Waterloo. The title of the painting is 'The charge of the Scots Greys and Gordon Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815'. (I failed to find the painter.) On the left, there is a small insert presenting a man, presumably it is mentioned Mr Rothschild.
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