Dear Elizabeth, Thank you so much for your glowing 5-star rating of First News! We greatly appreciate your feedback and we are thrilled to hear that you find our publication full of educational and relevant topics for pupils. We strive to strike the perfect balance between informative and age-appropriate content, and it's wonderful to know that we have achieved this for you. Your kind words mean a lot to us!
Thank you so much for your fantastic 5-star rating of First News! We are thrilled to hear that you find our publication very educational and that the children love it. It's always our aim to provide informative and engaging content that children can embrace.
“Clear, engaging layout, font and use of images. First News is a fantastic resource for students to keep up to date with international news and read engaging news articles. My students love the 4 stories comprehensions that accompany the newspaper and we also loved playing the weekly kahoots to test our knowledge!”
“A wonderful resource for the classroom. Great for teaching newsreport writing. Extremely motivating for reluctant readers or those who are more keen on non-fiction.
The children love the puzzles. It was invaluable during 'lockdowns' as it provided a wealth of reading material. I know every article is appropriate for the age-range and I regularly use it across the curriculum to provide relevant, accurate and up-to-date information . It is our weekly reading treasure source.”
“Great weekly paper, sent promptly and with an excellent digital download version.
Pupils enjoy the very current content, uk/world news, reviews, quizzes and sport.
Excellent First News Webinars for staff included to encourage engagement in reading in school.”
“I have been using First News for a number of years now. It is the most amazing resource and really supports the children in understanding the issues and what is happening around the world. It provides excellent value for money and saves me hours of planning time by providing quality, trusted resources.”
“The pupils absolutely love reading the newspapers together. I think that it’s great they can use them to do some independent learning about the world around them.”
“First News is informative, age appropriate and a great way for pupils to gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. We also appreciate the regular email updates about content and lesson ideas.”
“First News is a great resource to help children get informed about the world around them. All the children are very eager and excited to read it when it arrives to see what is happening in their local or global communities.”
“We love this newspaper for children - we use it to inform the pupils of what is happening in the big world and First News often features in our 'Thought of the Day'. The language is child friendly and confronts some difficult world news as well as fun features and photographs.”
“My class love First News! They love discussing the Picture news articles! Every week, it starts off the most wonderful discussions. They also love having a physical newspaper to read each week and puzzles to solve.”
“Each Tuesday lunch time , we meet enthusiastically for First News Club . The group enjoy Fake news and any news on wildlife , natural disasters or sport around the world . We have great discussions after watching and then locate their favorite report in the most recent edition - lots of facts and fun learning and current affairs
Thank you First News for enriching the minds of our young people at Martham Academy
PS We were very lucky to be invited to Lessons at 10 back in November after seeing a piece on this fabulous initiative”
It sounds like exciting things are happening at lunchtime on Tuesdays! It is excellent to hear young people discussing important topics so enthusiastically.
Thank you for your feedback 😄
p.s great picture what a great opportunity
“The children love reading the papers and look forward to our delivery every week! The news is relevant and engaging - the children can't wait to share things that they've read about with me! All the news is written in an age appropriate manner and has helped to inform them about various issues within their world. Within KS2, we also loved entering into the speech writing competition that had been organised by First News - the newspapers are engaging our children as readers, but also inspiring writing opportunities too.”
Thank you for your feedback Heathersett 😄
It's great to hear about the enthusiasm amongst your pupils, and especially encouraging to hear that they're eager to discuss their learnings!
“So informative. Wide range of topics covered to pique interest of different audiences. Really really could for getting children into the habit of reading the news. Excellent resource. Great coverage of news from overseas too. Thank you!”
“Our students adore doing the reading comprehension and news crosswords every week. Competition between the tutor groups is fierce and student enthusiasm and motivation in using the First News resources is amazing. First News has enabled our school to focus on improving reading comprehension and spelling in a really fun and engaging way!”
Thank you for your feedback Sarah 😄
It's excellent to hear about your students' passion for the different First News activities and the impact you are seeing in both tutor time and across your school!
“A great newspaper for young people! Age appropriate, with non biased information. Gives YP the oppotunity to form their own opinions about their world, enhancing their critical thinking skills and giving them a voice. A valuable resource for every school.”
