Journalistic Writing

Journalistic writing is a key form of non-fiction writing used to report news and factual events.

Learning about journalistic writing is a key part of the English curriculum for KS2 children. In this section you’ll find useful resources to support in teaching your class about newspaper reports.

School Newspaper of The Year Competition 2020-21

13th May 2021

Is your school newspaper the best in the UK? Enter our competition to be crowned School Newspaper of the Year, win a trophy and feature in a special report.

Why the simplicity of ‘said’ is the top choice for journalists

23rd July 2020

Teachers encourage children to use words other than ‘said’ when they use speech in their creative writing but the simplicity of ‘said’ is top choice for journalists.

School Newspaper of The Year Winners

10th July 2020

We’ve had a fascinating time judging this year’s School Newspaper of the Year entries. Find out who won.

Newspaper Headlines KS2

8th July 2020

In this article we explain how to write the perfect headline, give examples and provide some newspaper headline activities to get you started teaching headlines to your class.

Journalistic Words and Phrases KS2

14th May 2020

This word bank of journalistic sentence openers and other words and phrases that are found in newspapers can be used to help students write their own newspaper reports.

How To Start a School Newspaper

13th May 2020

There are numerous benefits to setting up a school newspaper. Not sure where to start? Our handy step by step guide will help get your school paper off the ground.