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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.

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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.
KS2 News Comprehension: World News
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KS2 News Comprehension: World News

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This lower KS2 comprehension looks at fascination news from the UK and across the world, allow students to work on their reading and literacy skills while getting informed about current events. First News comprehensions are excellent for guided reading, SATS preparation, and improving critical literacy in the classroom. First News reading comprehensions use current event to make literacy relevant and exciting in the classroom. Each comprehension contains an article taken from First News, the award-winning weekly newspaper for children, and a selection of engaging questions written by education experts. **This is a First News Level One activity aimed at Lower KS2 (Years 3 and 4). Each week, First News creates three levels of literacy activities based on news stories: ** Level One for Lower KS2 (Y3 & Y4) Level Two for Upper KS2 (Y5 & Y6) Level Three for KS3.