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2025 news review

Unpack the biggest news stories of 2025.

Collage of pages from the “2025 news review” teaching resource showing the cover and lesson plan

Published 19 December 2025

About this lesson

2025 has been a year of complex and fast-moving news. From global tariffs and cyber-security threats to the Kashmir conflict and the election of a new pope, these stories have shaped politics, economies and everyday life around the world.

But which stories mattered most to young people? And how can we tell what makes a news event truly significant?

Use this lesson to help students:

  • Reflect on the local and global news stories that shaped 2025
  • Share and explain their opinions on which issues mattered most
  • Practise listening to, questioning and responding to different perspectives
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Skills and knowledge

  • Listening

    Step 7: Active listening
    I show I am paying attention
    Did you pay attention to each group and use that information to answer
    the questions?

    Step 9: Summarising
    I rephrase or summarise what I learnt
    Did you rephrase or summarise the information to create a news report?

    Step 13: Analysing views
    I explore why different views might come about
    Did you think about how people might have different views on how to rank the news reports?

  • Knowledge

    I know four important news stories of 2025 and can explain
    what they are about
    Which news stories were mentioned in this lesson? What are they about?

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