Topic: reading

• Giving Children Reasons to Enjoy Reading

  We heard from World Book Day Chief Executive Cassie Chadderton on why helping children enjoy reading is more important than ever. Read More

  

• How to have a positive mindset with Bear Grylls and Leah Williamson

  What an exciting few weeks we’ve had here at First News! This week we interviewed the adventurer Bear Grylls and last week, footballer Leah Williamson. They’ve written inspiring books about never giving up and finding your strength. Here’s what they had to say!… Read More

• Celebrating Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of all time, widely considered to be the greatest playwright the world has ever seen and a fine poet, too. His plays have been performed, read and studied all over the world for the past 400 years and his work translated into almost… Read More

• Young reporters from FYI interview Sir Keir Starmer

  Sir Keir Starmer wants to be the UK’s next prime minister. But who is he, and what would he do if he had the top job? FYI presenters Scarlett and Jeriah met with Sir Keir Starmer… Read More

  

• Here’s what you and your kids need to know about AI

  A photo from Toulouse, France shows the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT, a conversational AI developed by OpenAI. What is AI? The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national academy for AI, defines it as a machine performing… Read More

  

• Hear what the Education Secretary has to say!

  The government’s new schools boss, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, invited readers of First News and viewers of our partner Bafta-award winning children’s show, FYI, to ask her questions about school. Read More

  

• Book Boy Finds Fame

  Dillon Helbig wrote the 81-page Christmas tale, called The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis, in four days over the Christmas holidays. He then decided he wanted to share it with others. So, when he next visited his local library in Boise, Idaho, with his grandmother, he took his journal with him… Read More

  

• Teachers Want More Diverse Books

  The finding comes from a survey of 2,270 English teachers by Teacher Tapp for Pearson. Some 80% of secondary teachers and 69% of primary teachers said that the set texts (books that every pupil has to study) should come from a wider range of BAME (black, Asian or minority ethnic)… Read More

  

• Great books for children – for ages 7-14 years

  Encourage your child to read more with this handy list of great books, for children aged 7-14 years. Read More