How Can We Check if Something’s True?

• To demonstrate critical judgement when engaging with media and information.

• To develop an informed perspective on trust.

• Learn practical ways to check who made content, why it exists, and whether it’s trustworthy.

• Recognise clues that information might be unreliable.

• Consider how journalists work in the public interest, and the value of asking trusted adults for help.

• I know that not everything I read, see or hear is accurate and reliable.

• I can check who made or wrote something.

• I can spot signs that mean something might not be accurate or reliable.

• I can use different ways to check if something is a fact.

• I can choose news from journalists who work in the public interest.

• I can ask a trusted adult if I’m not sure what to believe.

• Domain 1 - Being Informed.