News-based Learning | First News Education
WEBFirst News Education provides flexible solutions for effective news-based learning across KS2 – KS3, to fit any school size and budget. FIRST NEWS NEWSPAPER: The UK’s most trusted newspaper for young people, covering headlines from around the world. ENGAGE AND ENGAGE PRO: Our award-winning online learning platform, providing differentiated ...
First News Education: Connecting News and Learning - First News Education
WEBArriving in more than 9,000 schools every Friday and read by over two million young people each week, First News delivers a unique form of non-fiction. Our accompanying Activity Sheets are comprehensions, vocabulary puzzles, polls and debates to delve into the detail of news stories, produced in three levels to support our tailored approach to ...
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WEBWhether your school is looking to improve literacy levels or develop pupils’ global awareness, First News Education has a solution to help. Need help choosing? Speak to a member of the team on (+44) 01371 851 898, weekdays 9.00am to 5.00pm, or email [email protected].
Using First News in Schools - First News Education
WEBEngaging stories from First News are used in comprehension activities to help children understand complex ideas, build world knowledge, and improve their reading skills, connecting to other subjects. The news puzzles help build pupils’ vocabulary and understanding of news stories by exploring key words …
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WEBA Teacher’s Guide on How to Run Debates in the Classroom. Debating is integral to helping students develop their critical thinking skills but it can be tricky to know where to start when introducing debate into the classroom. This guide answers all these questions and more to help kick start your classroom debate. Critical Literacy.
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WEBJoin thousands of schools and get free news-based learning resources for your class. What will I get? New time-saving topical resource every week during term time. Content calendar so you can plan ahead. Access to previous First News Education resources. Professional development opportunities. Exclusive offers on all First News Education products.
First News TV - First News Education
WEBFirst News Education TV is an exciting web-based channel with programmes presented by kids for kids, and films that open up a window on the world they are growing up in. In an educational setting, they provide a stimulus to investigate and understand a wide range of diverse and important global issues. All are ideal for topical assemblies and English, PSHE, citizenship and humanities lessons ...
Create Critically Literate News Readers | First News Education
WEBFirst News Education is helping teaching professionals to bring news literacy into the classrooms, enabling students to understand and accurately question and discuss the news they digest, helping transform those pupils into positive, but critical, newspaper readers. Providing your pupils with a reliable and consistent source of news can ...
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WEBFirst News Education brings together First News and award-winning learning resources to provide schools with a complete solution for effective news-based learning, both in the classroom and for home-learning throughout KS2-3 (P4-S3). It is our goal to equip children with an enriched knowledge of the world and the fundamental reading, writing ...
Benefits Of News Reading | Embed News in School - First News Education
WEBBenefits of News Reading. Consuming news in school on a weekly basis creates a community of globally aware, news literate young people, with the knowledge and confidence to voice their opinions and the compassion to listen to and respect others. Although there are more sources of news than ever before, many are heavily biased, unreliable, or ...