How to win Skill Stars on the Hub!

Stars are awarded when you show Burnet News Club skills.
Skills are really important for understanding the news and they help you do well in school and in life too! So everything we do helps you to develop them.
Our four Burnet News Club skills are speaking, listening, problem-solving and creativity.
Join Tom below for a recap on what these skills mean, and how to show them on the Hub.
For more questions and answers about the Hub, click here.
Comments (82)
02 Sep 2020
Thank you Tom
03 Sep 2020
This really helps thanks Tom!
04 Sep 2020
This really helps me thanks Tom πππ !
04 Sep 2020
Thank you Tom, I'm sure that advice would come in great hand!
07 Sep 2020
Thank you so much for the help! I am going to get started soon!
07 Sep 2020
Thank you Tom you are a brilliant man and a good idea thank you so much Tom and your idea would come to a brilliant idea thank you so much Tom you are a good man
07 Sep 2020
Thank you so much Tom! This advice really did come in handy! Have a nice week!
07 Sep 2020
Thanks ! I wil now try my hardest to get a star . I want to do a post but I don't know what to write . I want to do it about Donald trip and Biden .
Start by writing comments - these can be shorter than posts and you've already been given something to write about!
08 Sep 2020
Thanks I will try to get a star
08 Sep 2020
Thanks a lot this will really help Tom
09 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom that helps
09 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom
09 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom this information is realy handy and i'll make good use of it.
11 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom
15 Sep 2020
Thank for this video I will try to get a star.
15 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom I will try to get one now π
15 Sep 2020
Thanks a lot Tom! That really helps now I can try get one
15 Sep 2020
Tom quick question
Will the school that got the most stars during lockdown get to go to Buckingham Palace or not?
I f you can please answer
Committed_maths π
Hello committed_maths! Every year we have an awards ceremony to celebrate the BNC users who have made an extra special effort. We aren't sure where it will be for this year's winners just yet, but it is always a fantastic occasion. We hope to see you there!
Hello committed_maths! Every year we have an awards ceremony to celebrate the BNC users who have made an extra special effort. We aren't sure where it will be for this year's winners just yet, but it is always a fantastic occasion. We hope to see you there!
Thanks Katie for answering I just wanted to ask that cause our teacher said that if Covid-19 wouldn't have happened then we would have been able to go to the awards ceremony.π
21 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom,I'll try to get a star.
23 Sep 2020
Thank you Tom that tutorial was really helpful thank you again
23 Sep 2020
To be honest, I didn't really think there was this much to it... but thanks Tom for your help!
26 Sep 2020
Thank you, Tom. That was very good information.
28 Sep 2020
I've relisted there is a star on the school leaderboard and know I know how to get my school up. Thank you Tom.
29 Sep 2020
Thanks for the help
30 Sep 2020
thanks Tom π€π
30 Sep 2020
Thank you sooooooo much Tom iv been wondering how to get skill star
30 Sep 2020
Thanks a lot Tom that was some handy information. Thanks again
30 Sep 2020
Thanks Tom, this really help
30 Sep 2020
I will try get a star becuse Iβve never got one beffore , so I made a post so I please make sure you check it and mabe Iβll get a star
30 Sep 2020
I hope I get a star and hope I come first and HOPE my school come first too!!
04 Oct 2020
Wait I have a question, why do we have stars βοΈ on the BNC,and does only the best questions get stars or all of the questions get stars?
Hi terrific_raccoon - take a look at this post by us - https://burnetnewsclub.com/issues/american-election-2020/the-discussion/how-win-skill-stars-hub/ - it should explain everything!
Okay thank you I will take a look, and also,HOPW TO GET A STAR
13 Oct 2020
Thank you Tom
15 Oct 2020
Thanks!
15 Oct 2020
Thanks!
15 Oct 2020
Thanks!!!
15 Oct 2020
Thanks Tom that is very helpful
16 Oct 2020
Very helpful tom
17 Oct 2020
Very helpful Tom thanks
18 Oct 2020
Thank you tom this is very helpfulπππ
19 Oct 2020
Thanks tom! I've never earned a star before so this is very helpful for me!
20 Oct 2020
Thanks Tom i am sure this will be very helpful
22 Oct 2020
Thanks again I cat see my comment
22 Oct 2020
i have a question
who ever gets the most stars what will they get to do?
There is an awards ceremony at the end of the year for students who have won lots of stars but also for those who have made lots of progress or impressed us in different ways!
Hi Olivia,
When exactly is that ceremony and is do schools also have a ceremony as in which school gets most stars?
selfassured_journalist
It's at the end of the school year and schools can have their own ceremonies if they wish- maybe one to talk to your teacher about!
22 Oct 2020
Wow thanks Tom this really helped!
22 Oct 2020
Thank you Tom, I didn't know how to earn the stars so this is really helpful to me.
22 Oct 2020
not knowing what to do first I think it helped a lot
02 Nov 2020
Thank you for the explanatory video.
03 Nov 2020
This is very handy. Thanks for this Sir.
04 Nov 2020
Thanks for the video Tom!!!
04 Nov 2020
Thank you Tom, this really helps i also now got 2 stars and 2 post so this really helps and i hope this alson helps other people
05 Nov 2020
I am selfassured_journalist and I have 2 things to say.
Firstly, thank you Tom because using this post I now have 4 stars.
Secondly, I was wondering, is there any place or period in life that we would need to use all 4 skills?
Thanks again,
selfassured_journalist
So glad you asked, selfassured_journalist - scroll down to the bottom of this page to read why we focus on them: https://economistfoundation.org/news-literacy/
I would love to hear what others on the Hub think about the importance of these skills!
Thank you Tom!
selfassured_journalist
trusting_dragonfly | Whyteleafe School E
06 Nov 2020
Thanks Tom! I can't wait to earn more stars!
09 Nov 2020
i have 8 stars . how many do u have? im on the leader board as impartial_shark
10 Nov 2020
Thanks π
cheerful_skill | Whyteleafe School E
10 Nov 2020
Thanks
grateful_lobster | Whyteleafe School D
17 Nov 2020
good video I will make the most of it
18 Nov 2020
Thanks Tom, that really helped. : )
19 Nov 2020
Thank you for sharing this.This is really helpful.Thank you
19 Nov 2020
Thank you Tom for sharing this information,
It means allot.
Thank you again.
20 Nov 2020
Thank you Tom this really help now i can try and get some stars!!
23 Nov 2020
Thank you Tom , this will really help me earn some skill stars.π
24 Nov 2020
How do I get an idea to make a post about? I'm desperately thinking of a post that is original and is hopefully, discussion starting but I don't know how to get the idea for my post.
Good question, spirited_insect! When we create new posts, the first thing we do is research. Have a look at some different news stories and see what they are saying about work. If anything looks particularly interesting, then that's probably a good thing to post about! Check through existing posts before you do though, just to double-check that nobody else got there first.
Thanks, Katie. I found a news story yesterday about work but thought it wasn't very interesting so now maybe I'll make a post about it.
champion_tamarillo | Whyteleafe School C
30 Nov 2020
This really helps. Thanks! :)
04 Dec 2020
This really helps thank you Tom:)
09 Dec 2020
This is really helpful! Thanks Tom! :D
16 Dec 2020
Thank you this was very helpful !
20 Dec 2020
I think my thank you is a little late (I already have 5 stars!) but still this was very helpful, Tom!
01 Jan 2021
I believe i will not get a star on this but i just wanted to say well done everyone for the post stars and comments you made a smikle on my face and it just make me learn.It croweds that i learn new ideas and how things impacted on peoples life.Corona has changed alot
.people work on the own
.people start stealing
.spreading gurms
but if you all lisen we could finish corona and we will have a happy 2021.BNC helps us to impac othere ways to help us. America Election:found out what Trumps doing
Future of work:whats hapning to the world and whats happning in the future[robots]
corona:sickness eveywere.
things has impacted on peoples life and we can change that BNC so if you agree :thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
01 Mar 2021
Thank you Tom so much because of this I got 5 stars so far!
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