Please see this week’s opportunities listed below. If you are interested in any of them, please email [email protected].

Be junior journalists at Our Future, Our Voice: A Festival of Childhood!

First News is looking for eight pupils aged 14 to come to Our Future, Our Voice: A Festival of Childhood hosted by the Children’s Commissioner in partnership with Young V&A. The youth-led festival will bring young voices and views together with decision makers. It will explore the joy of childhood, from the importance of early years to the skills needed in adulthood through debate, art and music. We are looking for:

• 8 pupils aged 14
• The pupils must be able to get to Young V&A, Bethnal Green, E2 9PA on Thursday 3rd April from 8:30am-4pm
• Pupils must all be from the same school. There is space for one teacher to chaperone the children on the day
• They will have their follow up report in First News

Write a book review and have it featured in First News!

Do you have thoughts on a book you have read recently that you want to share with others? Why not write a book review for us? Here’s what you’ll need to do:

• Write 100-120 words on any type of book – chapter books, graphic novels, fiction, non-fiction… even audiobooks are all welcome! No person, reader type, format or genre is excluded
• Tell us what the book is about, what you most enjoyed about it, how the book made you feel and if you had any favourite parts
• Suggest which type of reader would enjoy it
• A picture of the reader holding the book is welcome, too, but not essential
• You could even submit a review as a whole class

Send all book reviews in to [email protected] or by clicking the button below.

Be a contributor on Sky News!

Our partner weekly news show from Sky Kids, FYI, is looking for kids from the News Club who can be contacted at short notice to contribute to things such as their recent piece on the Russia-Ukraine war escalations. These would need to be recorded for a quick turnaround.