This week’s issue of Crackers is full of interesting articles. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is being offered by McDonald’s to a child aged six to 10 to participate as a player escort to one of the football stars in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in South Africa. Read all the information and details in our promo, McDonald’s Player Escort.

Did you know that there are 195 countries in the world today? Our article, How many countries? explains the world’s newest countries and the different groups of families of countries in the world.

The Physical Oceanography Unit at the University of Malta is launching a new competition entitled IOI-Kids 2010 Best Project competition. The competition invites school children in primary and secondary schools to combine their artistic and computer talents to prepare a project related to the sea. The competition is open to individuals or teams in two different age groups: age 5-10 and 11-16. Read all the details in their article and note that deadline for submissions to this competition is 30 June.

See you next Thursday

Frances