First News iHub: The interactive, online learning platform

The Bett award-winning iHub is an invaluable tool to engage your Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils, developing their core literacy skills through the exploration of global news stories. Comprised of interactive weekly comprehensions, vocabulary puzzles, polls and debates based on stories in First News, activities are tailored to each pupil based on the reading level you assign them, giving them a personalised platform to grow their skills in the most applicable way.

Created to support busy teachers, the iHub offers the flexibility to either automate or choose activities to complete in school or at home, and will instantly mark multiple choice questions, saving time whilst encouraging pupils’ accuracy and precision.

A reporting dashboard gives you visibility to monitor the progress of individuals and groups, identifying where extra support may be needed, meriting achievements with online rewards and seeing your pupils’ motivation grow.

Explore the iHub

Comprehension

Each question encourages understanding,
critical thinking, discussion and debate.
Multiple choice questions give instant feedback
to pupils.

Debates

Differentiated information helps pupils
to understand a debate. Pupils can vote,
explain their opinions and then read the
viewpoints of others in your school.

Vocabulary Puzzles

Focus on developing pupils’
vocabulary in the context of
a news story by analysing with
instant feedback to support learning.

Polls

Pupils vote on a dilemma
in a news story. Pie charts display
the poll results from your school
and all iHub schools.

Gallery

The news gallery enables pupils
to create their own news using
the content that excites them the
most.

Teacher Dashboard

You can mark and monitor pupils’
You can mark and monitor pupils’
progression in the teacher dashboard.
You can mark and monitor pupils’