Ages: 15-18 (Y10-13)
Minimum students: 21
Maximum students: 28
Delivery method: onsite at The Guardian, Kings Cross, London
Timing: 4 hours. Normally 10am - 2.30pm
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your time slot to check into the building.
In this four hour workshop (plus 30 minute for lunch), students research, write and edit stories for a four page newspaper in teams of up to seven, responding in real time to the day’s breaking news stories. The students take on the range of reporting and editing roles necessary to produce a newspaper. Each team includes an: overall editor, home news editor(s), world news editor(s), entertainment & culture editor, science & technology editor and a sports editor.
Company health and safety guidelines require 3 members of staff to be present for this workshop. Please only book if you can guarantee the attendance of 3 colleagues.
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Our workshops are planned and delivered by qualified secondary school teachers. Workshops are differentiated, where necessary and possible, to cater for students from Key Stages 3 - 5 and SEN students.
Please ensure you have read our visitor guide, including the risk assessment and related documents.
Groups should arrive 15 minutes prior to their start time to check into the Guardian building.
Teacher/pupil ratio: there should be a minimum of 3 adults regardless of group size.
Please note we have limited availability of all workshops and will give priority to schools that have not previously had a workshop, particularly state schools with high numbers of pupils on free school meals.
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