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School Newspaper of The Year Competition 2020-21

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.

Journalistic Writing
Newspaper Headlines KS2

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.
Non-Fiction
Easy Ways to Introduce Newspapers into The Classroom

There are many benefits to reading non-fiction but how can you integrate newspapers into your lessons? Find out how easy it is to introduce newspapers to the classroom.
Cross Curricular
2020’s Young Innovator Education Pack

This Education Pack is about encouraging KS2 and KS3 students to identify problems (big or small) and use innovation to solve those problems; establishing the building blocks behind the brains that will shape the future.
Journalistic Writing
Journalistic Words and Phrases KS2

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.
Journalistic Writing
How To Start a School Newspaper

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.
Non-Fiction
10 Ways to Develop a News Reading Community in the Classroom

John Dabell talks about creating a schoolwide ‘buzz’ about reading for pleasure and news reading and how it can be achieved by setting up some simple initiatives.
Critical Literacy & Fake News
How to Teach Critical Thinking to Young Children

Here's a handy guide stacked full of critical thinking activities, tips and tricks to nurture problem-solving in young children.
Debating
Good Debate Topics for KS3

Need some help identifying interesting debate topics for key stage 3 children? Here’s some good debate topics for KS3 to get your started.
Debating
A Teachers Guide on How to Run Debates in the Classroom

Debating is integral to helping students develop their critical thinking skills but it can be tricky to know where to start when introducing debate into the classroom. This guide answers all these questions and more to help kick start your classroom debate.