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.

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.

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.

We round up our First News children's newspaper articles on a big news theme for you to save you having to collect the news stories for yourself. Written specially for children, our Big News articles deal with big news topics in a sensitive and pupil-friendly way. Big News - Drought in Africa - updated to include report from 1-6 Oct (Issue 278)

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

PDF Poster raising awareness about bullying. Read Top tips from the Anti-Bullying Alliance

Understanding Interviews - a creative resource pack, perfect for a drama and/or history lesson, designed to help develop students' interviewing skills. The resource pack will contain information on all the essential skills needed to conduct an interview successfully and ask students to prepare their own interview... for the Queen!

Do you know the stories behind this week's First News newspaper headlines? Download three billboard-style posters featuring top headlines from our Issue 287 (2 December, 2011) along with Teacher Notes. Perfect for classroom discussion or displays. New posters will be available every week. Stick over the old ones for up-to-date displays.

Every celebration needs decorations! So why not decorate your classroom with First News’ very own Olympic-themed bunting? Our bunting displays an array of flags representing numerous participating countries (we’ve chosen two from each continent to get you started), in addition to a mix of sports that are a part of the Olympic programme. We’ve also provided blank templates for pupils to design their own.

11 November is a very special day. It is called Remembrance Day because it is a day when we remember the end of World War I and the soldiers who have given their lives fighting for Britain. Here we find out about the important tradition of remembrance. Download this resource to read more...

Do you know the stories behind this week's First News newspaper headlines? Download three billboard-style posters featuring top headlines from our Issue 286 (25 November, 2011) along with Teacher Notes. Perfect for classroom discussion or displays. New posters will be available every week. Stick over the old ones for up-to-date displays.

First News' World War teaching resources support First News’ WW1 and WW2 newspaper editions (which you can buy via http://www.firstnews.co.uk/special-issues/). This quiz activity, with its focus on information retrieval, encourages pupils to read the newspaper from cover to cover and provides a useful overview for your class of the key events which shaped the Great War. A glossary, to help with key vocabulary is included.

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!

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.

First News' World War teaching resources support First News’ WW1 and WW2 newspaper editions (which you can buy via http://www.firstnews.co.uk/special-issues/). This Teacher Overview PDF outlines all of the free World War resources available. The activities are intended to give pupils a greater knowledge and understanding of the key events in both conflicts – as well as the art of newspaper writing.

First News' World War teaching resources support First News’ WW1 and WW2 newspaper editions (which you can buy via http://www.firstnews.co.uk/special-issues/). This quiz activity, with its focus on information retrieval, encourages pupils to read the newspaper from cover to cover and provides a useful overview for your class of the key events which shaped World War Two. A glossary, to help with key vocabulary is included.

It's official, folks - the royal baby has arrived and to celebrate the arrival of Kate and William&'s new little boy, we decided to take a closer look at this royal family tree and learn a little bit more about the Windsors and the Middletons and have created a free royal commemorative poster for you all. On behalf of our readers and everybody at First News, we&';d like to add our congratulations to Prince William and Kate - and to their new baby His Royal Highness The Prince of Cambridge.

Do you know the stories behind this week's First News newspaper headlines? Download three billboard-style posters featuring top headlines from our Issue 291 (6 Jan, 2012). Perfect for classroom discussion or displays. New posters will be available every week. Stick over the old ones for up-to-date displays.

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.

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.