“Despite First News being aimed at younger viewers, we use it successfully with our 16-19 year old students with varying degrees of SEN.
They particularly like the unusual animal stories and now often bring me an animal name to research at the end of the day.”
Thank you for sharing, it's so wonderful to hear about your students enjoying our articles 💙 it sounds like you may have a few budding David Attenboroughs on your hands!
Well, what can we say? Making news and non-fiction texts fun and easily digestible for children is what we do!
Thank you for your feedback, lovely to hear 💙
“First News is fantastic, every issue is packed with fascinating stories covering a broad range of contemporary topics and world events - we put it out on the coffee table in our school library and see many of our students reading and enjoying it. It's perfectly pitched for students - informative, well-written and interesting.”
Thank you for your warm feedback! It's excellent to hear that your students are reaching for our Newspapers and opting to learn about world events during library time 👏🏽
“First News is so popular here that children wait for its arrival each week and are up in arms if it is not there when they expect it to be! The length of articles and breadth of subject matter is perfect for KS2.”
“First News is a great program, bringing the news to students in a way that they can understand and really engage with. We use it in our school in classes for discussion and extension activities for students who are excelling in their academics. It's also used in our library and is frequently picked up to read articles together with friends or work on the crossword.”
“If I had an unlimited budget I would buy this newspaper for every single child in the country. This is by far the best resource for children of all ages to remain informed about our world.”
Thank you for your feedback💙 We love that you share our passion Dennis, and see the benefits of keeping young people informed.
P.S. More than 2.5 million young people currently read First News every week, so we are getting there slowly but surely!
“Informative, short an easy to read and undersdand articles. News is made accessible. It's colourul and I like the puzzle pages to use for HW and fun.”
“We have used First News at Valence School for many years now. Our school is for children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Every week we download the printables and our students use them in lessons. They love the stories and often the students read the papers in their spare time.”
Thank you for your heartwarming feedback 💙
It's fantastic to hear that your pupils benefit from the Printables every week and enjoy reading the news in their free time!
“First News is an amazing resource for our young people. It highlights current affairs and they love to know what is going on in the world! It is so visual so is accessible for those children who sometimes find reading a struggle. It covers so many interesting topics and, we as a school, have had two reports published - one about our library bus called Destination Imagination and the other when we went to Polesden Lacey to interview the Director General of the National Trust. The children love the quizes too! News in pictures is always exciting to talk about - everyone has different views and it is great to hear them. Keep up the great work First News - you are awesome!”
Awww Serena, we're blushing 💙💙
Thank you for summarising perfectly, how news can be used to engage young people in a thought-provoking and vibrant way. Your pupils were excellent to work beside!
“What a superb resource! Topical, relevant, fun for children and most importantly, differentiated for readers of almost all abilities. I would recommend First News to anyone who has an interest in learner literacy engagement.”
“First News is an excellent and professionally produced news source for children and young people with topics and activities to interest and inspire everyone who reads it! It works really well with my international students here who love looking through the paper to find news stories from their home countries and it is a great way for them to learn about and engage with the latest news stories from the U.K and other parts of the world as well. The video links and news report online encourage the students to discuss some really interesting topics and I keep the papers for anyone who wants to read them at a later date!”
Thank you for your feedback 💙
We work hard to cater to young people from all over the world and so, are very pleased to hear about how much your international pupils enjoy the newspaper!
Thank you so much for giving First News a glowing 5-star rating! We appreciate your kind words and are delighted to hear that you found our platform accessible to all and easy to use.
Dear Christine, Thank you so much for your glowing 5-star rating of First News! We greatly appreciate your feedback and are thrilled to hear that you find it to be a fantastic resource for young people.
