How do I win stars?
Stars are awarded to the comments that show an excellent use of the Topical Talk skills.
Skills are really important for understanding the news and they help you do well in school and in life! So everything we do in Topical Talk helps you to develop them. Look at each skill below to get some tips about how to do them well on the Hub.
You can win stars on a comment, for suggesting a new discussion that we choose to make into a post and for winning the weekly competition!
Winning is great, but remember, being on the Student Hub is not all about the stars. The most important thing is that you learn new things, develop your skills and enjoy connecting with other young people from around the world.
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Listening
To understand the news we need to listen for information and hear what others think about it - this helps us work out we think.
To show good listening, you can...
• Build on others' views - such as agreeing, disagreeing, adding examples
• Ask questions to others
• Identify why people think the way they do
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Speaking
Speaking on the Student Hub usually involves writing. Speaking allows us to work out what we think and helps us express our
To show your speaking side...
•Use appropriate language and words that relate to the topic
•Give reasons for what you think and give evidence and examples
•Change how you write depending on your goal – for example, if you want to persuade someone, how will you write to convince them?
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Problem solving
This is important because it lets us work out if something is true or false and helps us understand what problems need solutions to.
To problem solve you can...• Find out information for yourself – and tell us where you found it!
• Weigh up pros and cons or advantages and disadvantages of something to help you come to a good decision
• Find the causes of a problem – look at why something may have gone wrong in the first place
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Creativity
Creativity lets us come up with ideas and helps us foresee what might happen next. To show your creativity you can...
• Give suggestions that no one else has come up with yet
•Think about a question or issue from another perspective
•Help others to see a question or issue from another angle
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