Compare Child-Friendly News and Current Affairs Resources for Primary Schools
Our comparison of news resources will cover current events in a child-friendly way, and many work for assemblies, class discussion and class reading activities. You'll also find overlap with some of the assembly resources we list.
Some of the schemes also overlap with wellbeing, PSHE, SMSC and the British Values requirements, as well as regularly covering issues such as climate and the enviroment.
VotesforSchools
VotesforSchools
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
Giving young people the chance to speak out on issues that matter to them, improving oracy, confidence and critical thinking and covering Prevent, British Values & the SMSC Curriculum [read more].
First News
First Group Enterprises
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
The UK’s most trusted weekly news source for children aged 7-14 years old. First News delivers impartial news and news-based learning resources to empower today’s young citizens [read more].
Picture News
Picture News
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
Learning from the world around us! Each week we choose a current news story, provide an image, a thought-provoking question and a variety of teaching resources [read more].
Primary News Today
Teacher's Pet
Years 1 - 6
Free
Primary News Today is our brand new, children’s newspaper that is informative, engaging and thought-provoking. Headline news packed full of topical stories aimed at children and flavoured with a healthy pinch of positivity [read more].
The Day
The Day
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
The Day is an online daily newspaper for young people. We publish analysis of the news that provides context for debates that explore the deeper currents shaping our world [read more].
The Week Junior
Future Publishing
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
The Week Junior is the current affairs magazine that children love to read. It helps children make sense of the world, provides context and clarity to complex issues, improves general knowledge and encourages discussion and debate [read more].
Topical Talk
The Economist Educational Foundation
Years 5 - 6 +
Free
Discuss a different news story each week, explore one news issue in depth over five, or do both! All Topical Talk resources are made by expert teachers at The Economist Educational Foundation in collaboration with world-leading journalists and fact-checkers from The Economist newspaper [read more].
Twig Science Reporter
Twig Education
Twinkl Newsroom
Twinkl
Years 1 - 6
Monthly/Annual Subscription
Our daily kids' news reports are child-friendly and a perfect way to help your class explore the news with confidence. Each news report even comes with a range of curriculum-friendly teaching resources [read more].