First Day of School Newspaper Worksheet

First day of school newspaper front page where students write a headline and a news article, draw two pictures, sign as the journalist and list useful tips for the school year.
Year groups
Years 5–8 (Key Stages 2–3)
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Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject
Creative Writing, Writing, English
Topic
Back to School, First Day of School
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About this resource

This writing activity is an interesting way for children to record events and ideas about the first day or the first days of school. It combines a variety of tasks, including reportage and drawing.

This product can be used both at school and at home. It can also be an opportunity (at home) for parent or guardian and child to work together, so that they can complete the worksheet together and then the child can present it the next day to the whole class.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recount first-day-of-school events in a short news article

  • Write a headline for their own article

Teaching tips

  • The date and weekday fields let the page cover any of the first days of school, not only day one.

Skills covered

  • Report writing — composing a news story about their first day as the paper's journalist

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Core concepts

  • Newspaper front page

  • Recount writing

  • Headlines

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