Tutor Time / Homeroom
Free current affairs quiz for form time. Generates discussion prompts and questions from recent news headlines — brilliant for keeping students engaged with the world.
Why teachers use it
Generate discussion prompts and questions from recent news headlines. The news in sixty seconds quiz helps keep students engaged with current affairs and provides natural conversation starters for tutor time and citizenship lessons.
Popular classroom uses
News in 60 Seconds is a free, no-login tutor time / homeroom tool you can use straight away in class. It works well for registration routines, form-time discussion prompts, morning meetings, and runs in any browser on your classroom display, laptop or a student device.
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Built to be quick, clear and classroom-friendly so you can get on with teaching.
Gives you a usable first draft in seconds, so you spend less time staring at a blank page.
Handles whole-class questioning and scoring without needing a separate quiz platform.
It is quick to launch, so you can use news in 60 seconds the moment you need it in a lesson.
It works on classroom computers, laptops, tablets and phones without any installation.
Answers for teachers looking for a fast, reliable classroom-friendly version of this tool.
Yes. The headlines are selected to be appropriate for classroom discussion.
Yes. It refreshes with current headlines so your discussions stay relevant.
Yes. It works brilliantly in geography, history, English and citizenship.
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