It's your choice

When we make The Guardian Foundation available to you online, we use cookies and similar technologies to help us to do this.

Some are necessary to help our website work properly and can't be switched off, and some are optional but support The Guardian Foundation and your experience in other ways.

You can find out more in our privacy policy and cookie policy, and manage the choices available to you at any time by going to Manage Cookies at the bottom of any page.

Are you happy to accept cookies?

To manage your cookie choices now, including how to opt out where our partners rely on legitimate interests to use your information, click on Manage my cookies.

Support the Foundation

Donate

Home
Programmes

NewsWise

Behind the Headlines

Emerging Voices Awards

Scott Trust Bursary

Incubator for Independent Media

Podcasting

Guardian News & Media Archive

Past Programmes
About

Our team

Our board

News and views
Impact

News literacy research
Support us

Trusts and Foundations

Major Donors

Corporate Partnerships

Supporter FAQs

NewsWise

Award-winning news literacy for children aged 7-11

NewsWise generates curiosity and critical engagement with news, equipping children with the skills and knowledge to make sense of the world

Bringing together news literacy, primary English and PSHE specialists from The Guardian Foundation, National Literacy Trust and PSHE Association, NewsWise offers free lesson plans, resources and workshops for schools, activities for families, high quality teacher training and opportunities to connect with real journalists.

(Welcome to NewsWise video produced with thanks to Grafton Primary School, Holloway, London)

Go straight to the resources

Find out more about our free resources and download them all, ready to use in your classroom straight away

To the resources

NewsWise has something for everyone! (And it's all for free!)

The NewsWise offer is split into two levels, with something for every type of school across the two levels. See what's available to you here:

Level 1: all primary schools, everywhere, can access:

Our online resources and lessons plans for ages 7-11

Virtual journalist visits

Our training videos and live CPD webinars, developed and run by news literacy experts

All our guidance and advice for creating an immersive learning experience in your classroom

In-depth CPD, delivered in-person or virtually for your whole school (UK schools only)

Find out more

Level 2: for primary schools in the UK with high rates of pupils eligible for free school meals, where teachers have completed our training (online or in person)...

A comprehensive support package following your teacher training, to help you deliver news & media literacy with your class, comprising:

Integrated teacher training: Reporting the news - how to write and produce news reports

An interactive workshop, delivered by the NewsWise team

Resources to turn your classroom into a newsroom and create an immersive experience, including posters for your displays and badges for your journalists-in-training

A Guardian newspaper for every child taking part

Ongoing support from the news literacy experts in the NewsWise team

Find out more

Supporting children's wellbeing

Our resources can help you support children's wellbeing in the context of upsetting or worrying news stories

Watch our training video about supporting children's wellbeing when talking about the news, presented with the PSHE Association. Check our online guidance and download our lessons on managing feelings about the news.

Training webinar

Safe climate guidance

Ages 9 - 11 lesson: managing feelings

Ages 7-9 lesson: managing feelings

More resources

All our lesson plans and other resources for schools, activities for families, and resources for librarians

School resources

Lesson plans, activities and teacher guidance for news literacy in the primary classroom

Journalist visits

Family resources

Become a fake news detective and produce your own news report with our fun activities to use at home

Library resources

News literacy tips and activities that work in community settings

Teacher training

Find out more about our free training offers and book your place

More from NewsWise

Journalists: support our work! Also, read about our impact and delve into our collection of pupil news reports

Volunteering opportunities for journalists

Our impact

Learn more about the difference the programme has made, and find all our evaluation reports

News reports from pupils

See what our NewsWise journalists have been writing about!

I have rarely seen children so engaged. They saw the power of the media in changing minds. They realised that they aren't powerless.

Year 5 teacher

Gospel Oak Primary School

I cannot overstate the impact the project has had on the children I teach. They are so much more engaged and questioning of the news, and they have been encouraged to go home and teach their parents and siblings about fact checking websites, how to conduct interviews without judgement, and how to assess whether a report is biased or not. It has been a hugely empowering experience for them.

Year 5 teacher

Grafton Primary School

The spotting fake news elements [of the unit of work] were superb! I didn't have the background knowledge, so this was invaluable. Having our Ambassador and our 'real' journalist interact directly with the pupils was an amazing opportunity for them - and me!

Year 6 teacher

Rhosddu Primary School

Our Awards

Selected initiative: World Forum for Democracy 2024

WAN-IFRA European Digital Media Awards 2021

Best Project for News Literacy, Guardian Foundation Education Centre and NewsWise

Nesta Democracy Pioneers Award 2020

Unesco GAPMIL Global Media and Information Literacy Award 2019