Children are growing up in a world where information is everywhere, but trust is harder than ever.

It could be anything – a beautiful tree in your local park, a petal floating in a puddle or a spider hiding in a bug house. Your photo can be black and white or colour, landscape or portrait and can ...

News stories can be scary to children, our editor Nicky Cox has some useful tips for explaining difficult news stories.

Phone addiction? Internet gaming disorder? Screen addiction? Technology addiction? Call it what you will, it’s an issue a lot of children, teens and parents are facing. We witness it every day.

Are you passionate about sharing your views and debating different topics with your friends and peers? Do you fancy appearing in First News? If so, we want to hear from you! We’re looking for classes ...

At First News, we’ve been delivering engaging, age-appropriate news to young readers for nearly 20 years. As we reflect on 2025, we’re incredibly proud to celebrate another impactful year – from being ...

This blog has been written in collaboration with Reema Malhotra, Director of Strategy & Chief of Staff, Save the Children UK. Every child has the right to grow up healthy, educated and safe – ...

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Everything you need to teach media and information literacy in your school.

First News and our partner show Sky Kids FYI took young people to 10 Downing Street to question Prime Minister Keir Starmer on issues that mattered to them.

The First News MIL Secondary Framework for ages 11-14 has been developed in partnership with MILA, and built around MILA's five aspirations ('domains'): • be informed • be empowered • be healthy • be ...

It’s official: media and information literacy matters. So, what now? For the first time, the government is making citizenship education compulsory in primary schools, with media and information ...