Creating Cultured Classrooms
Espresso’s weekly News Bites bulletins for KS1 and KS2 are available each Thursday morning and feature a selection of timely and relevant news stories from around the world. Each story is selected and produced by teachers and news professionals to ensure everything is not only appropriate but also aligned with the curriculum.
Creating Cultured Classrooms
Espresso’s weekly News Bites bulletins for KS1 and KS2 are available each Thursday morning and feature a selection of timely and relevant news stories from around the world. Each story is selected and produced by teachers and news professionals to ensure everything is not only appropriate but also aligned with the curriculum.
How Can You Use News Bites?
Bring Subjects into the Real World
Espresso provides curriculum links to all news stories, giving you some great ways to use the news from English to geography lessons.
School
Assemblies
Highlight current events in school assemblies, knowing information is age-appropriate, safe and communicated in a way children can understand.
Support Your Pupils with the News
Talking about the news can be daunting. Espresso has expert approved advice and tips on how to support you and your pupils when discussing difficult news stories.
Educate
and Inspire
Our news resources offer age-appropriate and easily digestible snippets of news that encourage critical thinking, analysis and discussion in the classroom.
Start your free trial to see how Espresso News can add to your school day!
What Can I Teach with the News?
Exploring the news in class adds a valuable real-world context to pupils’ learning across the curriculum. The news focuses on the now; it’s up to date and evolving, making it relevant, exciting and engaging to learn from.
News Hunt
Our weekly News Bites episodes come with their very own quiz! Perfect for a morning starter, or an end of day activity, get your class to work as a team to answer questions about the latest news stories.
Identifying Real and Fake News
For every newsworthy event, there seems to be conflicting information. How do we know what the real story is? News Bites provides videos that investigate how the news is made, and how pupils can spot fake news!
Daily News Archive
Missed an event? Don’t worry, we know you’ve got a lot going on! Check out the Daily News Highlights and Archive to see current new stories on your Espresso News and Topical homepage. Or, you’ll find past content in the KS2 Daily News Archive.
What Can I Teach with the News?
Exploring the news in class adds a valuable real-world context to pupils’ learning across the curriculum. The news focuses on the now; it’s up to date and evolving, making it relevant, exciting and engaging to learn from.
News Hunt
Our weekly News Bites episodes come with their very own quiz! Perfect for a morning starter, or an end of day activity, get your class to work as a team to answer questions about the latest news stories.
Identifying Real and Fake News
For every newsworthy event, there seems to be conflicting information. How do we know what the real story is? News Bites provides videos that investigate how the news is made, and how pupils can spot fake news!
Daily News Archive
Missed an event? Don’t worry, we know you’ve got a lot going on! Check out the Daily News Archive and Highlights to see current new stories on your Espresso News and Topical homepage. Or, you’ll find past content in the KS2 Daily News Archive.
Want to See News Bites in Action?
Our free trials are a great way to see what Espresso has to offer you and your pupils. Complete the 90-second form to receive your Espresso logins!
Get your Free Espresso Brochure
Want to know more about Espresso? Download a copy of our Espresso brochure where you’ll find a product overview, testimonials and more! Feel free to share this with your colleagues too – the more, the merrier!
“Espresso News is brilliant for teaching about difficult stories. It’s created so that children can perfectly understand, and it’s a trusted source.”
Tom, Year 5 Teacher, GREENLEAS PRIMARY SCHOOL
News Bites Resources
The Mission to Rescue Treasure from a Shipwreck
Ukraine Invasion: Two Years On
Rhinos on the Rise in Kenya
“Espresso News Bites is a real highlight for the children and is both engaging and age-appropriate. It also has some excellent literacy resources.”
Sophie, Year 6 Teacher, BONNER PRIMARY SCHOOL
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