First News was the first newspaper in the UK to be created specifically for young people between the ages of 7 and 14.

Delivered to schools every Friday during term time, First News is available as a print or digital edition. The award-winning newspaper covers current affairs, entertainment, sports and science, and includes both bite-size news items and in-depth special reports on topical issues.

Independently owned and with no political affiliations, First News delivers global news stories in an accessible way and helps students develop the skills that will allow them to distinguish between news and ‘fake news’.

As well as the weekly print or digital newspaper, First News Education provides additional resources to support learning through global news.

1. Engage Printables are weekly, news-based literacy-boosting resources that include comprehensions, quizzes, vocabulary activities and debates. Activity sheets are created in three reading levels from LKS2 to KS3, allowing teachers to tailor activities for groups or individual students. The resources can be printed, displayed on an IWB or uploaded to an online classroom.
2. Engage Pro provides access to the same, differentiated literacy-boosting resources via an award-winning, interactive online platform that provides a personalised learning experience for every pupil and a teacher dashboard to make tracking progress quicker and easier. The platform works on any tablet or computer and also provides access to a searchable archive of previous activities.

Cost: From £74 per year for a single copy of the printed newspaper delivered every week during term time. Find costs for different subscription packages here.

About First News Education: First News Education is dedicated to providing schools with a complete solution for effective news-based learning in order to equip young people with an enriched knowledge of the world and the fundamental reading, writing and oracy skills they need to succeed throughout school and beyond.