FYI Investigates: Children of War

First News TV - Weekly News Show

This week, FYI – the award-winning weekly news show for young people from Sky Kids and Sky News – investigates what war is really like through the stories of Ukrainian children.

FYI Investigates: Children of War provides an overview of the war in Ukraine one year on. It follows the stories of children who have been affected by the war and looks at how their lives have changed since it began. Through hearing these children’s stories, this film helps young people in the UK understand the impact the war has had on Ukrainian children and empathise with the plight of refugees fleeing from war.

Teacher notes

Part 1: Overview of the children and their stories
Part 2: Discussion questions for the film

These notes will help you unpick FYI Investigates: Children of War with your pupils. They include brief summaries of each child’s story, timecodes of where the stories appear in the film and questions to help you lead discussions about the film with your class. The questions are provided in chronological order as the sections appear in the film.

This material is intended as a guide only, and teachers should use their own judgement on how best to use the film to support their pupils’ understanding of, and reaction to, the events of the past year. Particular care must be taken if refugee Ukrainian students are part of your school community. All teachers should watch the complete film before sharing with students.

FYI News Club @ Your School

What are FYI News Clubs?

All resources needed are provided to set up these 30-minute extra-curricular clubs, with no preparation needed by the teachers who run them. There are four simple steps to every FYI News Club.

STEP 1: Watch FYI

Watch the current episode of FYI: For Your Info, available here.

STEP 2: FYI News Club Chat FYI Investigates: Children of War

The FYI News Club Chat discussion question resource supports your students to discuss the news items presented in the show. Download the resource.

STEP 3: Get Involved

Tell us the news stories your FYI News Club want investigated by emailing them to us at [email protected] with the subject line FYI Young Reporter.

Step 4 – For fun to finish: First News Kahoot! News Quiz

Challenge your club with this week’s First News Kahoot! News Quiz. Our free interactive news quiz features ten questions on the stories featured in this week’s issue of First News. More information on how to play Kahoot! quizzes can be found here.

For more information on starting a FYI News Club visit this page.

EXTRAS

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2. What’s on your mind? with Dr Alex

The Government’s Youth Mental Health Ambassador, Dr Alex George, presents this series of five films on First News Education TV developed with the Department for Education and Sky Kids. In the series, dedicated to mental health and wellbeing,