This upper KS2 comprehension takes a deep dive into the history of votes for women in the UK, using this source as a way for pupils to improve literacy and vocabulary. It includes comprehension questions written by education experts alongside a detailed answer sheet for teachers. First News comprehensions are excellent for guided reading, SATS preparation, and improving critical literacy in the classroom. First News reading comprehensions use current event to make literacy relevant and exciting in the classroom. Each comprehension contains an article taken from First News, the award-winning weekly newspaper for children, and a selection of engaging questions written by education experts. **This is a First News Level One activity aimed at Lower KS2 (Years 3 and 4). Each week, First News creates three levels of literacy activities based on news stories: ** Level One for Lower KS2 (Y3 & Y4) Level Two for Upper KS2 (Y5 & Y6) Level Three for KS3.

This special edition of Look Closer (reading comprehension activity) explores First News' brand new feature, What Did You Do In The War? in which First News readers interview war veterans. This activity explores an interview with Sir Nicholas Winton, an amazing 105-year-old man with an incredible story to tell. Look Closer is an in-depth reading comprehension, or set of discussion questions, focusing on one article or section in the week’s newspaper. As well as engaging pupils in one of the week’s news stories, this activity can be used as an assessment tool.

These three packs offer students the opportunity to explore Normandy’s rich, treasured history across three topics. Each of these education packs is full of fascinating facts, figures, pictures, paintings, photographs, glossaries, timelines, quizzes, challenges, games and puzzles, all guaranteed to bring your history lessons to life. Highlights from the packs include a historical detective activity, an exclusive interview with a D-Day veteran, an artistic challenge - ‘Paint like an Impressionist’ and a detailed map of historic Normandy.

Imagine that your class has to organise The Playground Olympic Games where all the events are games and activities that primary school children play in the playground during lunch and break times like skipping, ball games and chasing games. But exactly what events should you include to make an interesting and exciting multi-activity competition like the Olympics? You and your class mates need to decide!

First News' 'History of the Olympics Special Report and Quiz&' - How much do you know about the history of the Olympic Games? Have a go at this History of the Olympics Quiz to find out. All the answers can be found in the First News History of the Olympics Special Report. Both included within this resource pack.

This picture quiz will ask students to identify several Olympic athletes, both old and new, and find facts about them from within First News' Olympic Special.

Do you know your Olympics Greats? How well do you know Team GB? Scan First News’ Olympics Special (or use the internet!) to find the answers to 18 Olympics-themed questions. Our Big Olympics Quiz will ask anything and everything Olympics related. Students can either answer the quiz in teams, or take the quiz home to do as homework.

The following eight pictures can all be found in the Souvenir Diamond Jubilee Edition of First News, celebrating the Queen's 60 years on the throne.

A slideshow taking students through the events, as they happened, on the day of the Queen’s Coronation - perfect for assemblies!

A downloadable resource asking 25 Jubilee-themed questions, of which, all of the answers can be found within First News' commemorative Jubilee issue.

A design activity perfect for a history and/or art lesson, along with information on the three crowns worn by Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her Coronation, to help inspire students’ designs.

This timeline activity enables pupils to explore how life in Britain has changed over the last 60 years and to begin to understand when developments took place. We have tried to include the important political and technological developments that will engage children, and help them consider how the advances of the last six decades have influenced how they live today. Only use the facts above the dotted line if using this activity with younger pupils.

A detailed timeline of Queen Elizabeth II’s childhood, an accompanying template for students to create their own and a quiz.