First News is the award-winning weekly newspaper for children. Every week, the specialist First News journalists provide up-to-date, insightful and dynamic articles on a range of subjects from politics to popular culture, from science to citizenship.
From reluctant readers to high achievers, with our resources we make reading exciting, relevant and fun for thousands of pupils across the world. Our reading activities use current event to make literacy relevant and exciting in the classroom.
First News is the award-winning weekly newspaper for children. Every week, the specialist First News journalists provide up-to-date, insightful and dynamic articles on a range of subjects from politics to popular culture, from science to citizenship.
From reluctant readers to high achievers, with our resources we make reading exciting, relevant and fun for thousands of pupils across the world. Our reading activities use current event to make literacy relevant and exciting in the classroom.
We round up our First News children's newspaper articles on a big news theme for you to save you having to collect the news stories for yourself. Written specially for children, our Big News articles deal with big news topics in a sensitive and pupil-friendly way.
Imagine that your class has to organise The Playground Olympic Games where all the events are games and activities that primary school children play in the playground during lunch and break times like skipping, ball games and chasing games. But exactly what events should you include to make an interesting and exciting multi-activity competition like the Olympics? You and your class mates need to decide!
First News' 'History of the Olympics Special Report and Quiz&' - How much do you know about the history of the Olympic Games? Have a go at this History of the Olympics Quiz to find out. All the answers can be found in the First News History of the Olympics Special Report. Both included within this resource pack.
Spark a discussion in your classroom while improving literacy with this Christmas-themed debate. Discover the history of the British Christmas meal, along with fascinating sprouts facts and recipes. With this knowledge, your pupils can then engage in an entertaining and informed debate to settle once and for all whether Brussels sprouts deserve their place on the festive menu.
Understanding Interviews - a creative resource pack, perfect for a drama and/or history lesson, designed to help develop students' interviewing skills. The resource pack will contain information on all the essential skills needed to conduct an interview successfully and ask students to prepare their own interview... for the Queen!
We round up our First News children's newspaper articles on a big news theme for you to save you having to collect the news stories for yourself. Written specially for children, our Big News articles deal with big news topics in a sensitive and pupil-friendly way.
Big News - Drought in Africa - updated to include report from 1-6 Oct (Issue 278)
This special edition of Look Closer (reading comprehension activity) explores First News' brand new feature, What Did You Do In The War? in which First News readers interview war veterans. This activity explores an interview with Sir Nicholas Winton, an amazing 105-year-old man with an incredible story to tell.
Look Closer is an in-depth reading comprehension, or set of discussion questions, focusing on one article or section in the week’s newspaper. As well as engaging pupils in one of the week’s news stories, this activity can be used as an assessment tool.
Do you know the stories behind this week's First News newspaper headlines? Download three billboard-style posters featuring top headlines from our Issue 292 (13 Jan, 2012). Perfect for classroom discussion or displays. New posters will be available every week. Stick over the old ones for up-to-date displays.
Revisit and reflect on the events and news stories of this year with our First News Quiz of 2018.
The quiz is divided into seven sections - UK News, World News, Science, Animals, Arts & Entertainment, Crazy But True and Sport - with eight multiple choice questions in each.
This is an ideal activity for the last week of term, get your pupils into teams and find out who are the news champions of the year.
A design activity perfect for a history and/or art lesson, along with information on the three crowns worn by Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her Coronation, to help inspire students’ designs.
These relationship lessons will help families cope with daily pressures, and schools deliver teaching on relationships and physical and mental health.
The new teaching pack is being released during Family Action’s 150th anniversary year, which it is marking with a campaign to get people talking about the everyday pressures on families. Family Action’s research shows that relationships and health were two of the top five pressures adults said were common in their close family.
The Family Action Schools’ Pack is designed for use with upper KS2 pupils (Years 5 and 6), but can be used with younger pupils at a school’s discretion. It consists of the following content:
An introductory assembly with accompanying PDF slides (this can be used across KS2)
A follow-up history lesson using original source materials to examine aspects of Victorian family life, and to draw parallels with pressures on family life today
Three follow-up PSHE lessons examining family diversity, exploring family relationships and the pressures that can impact on these, and developing healthy ways in which to manage feelings and behaviour and maintain happy and healthy family relationships
Check out this specially-created lesson plan all about exploring the characteristics of a good friend, and help children make the most of their peer group.
In this lesson, the activities encourage children to recognise what makes a good friend and to realise when a friendship may not be beneficial. Children will also be given the tools to celebrate people’s differences and similarities, and discuss how to make new friends. Help equip your pupils with some valuable life skills by using this resource in your classroom.
