Create a NewsWise display to track pupils’ learning. This could include:
NewsWise values poster
the NewsWise Navigator
favourite news articles
fake news stories the class has identified
pupils’ own work
photos of them as journalists in action.
Create a NewsWise display to track pupils’ learning. This could include:
NewsWise values poster
the NewsWise Navigator
favourite news articles
fake news stories the class has identified
pupils’ own work
photos of them as journalists in action.
Create your own press passes for pupils to wear when they are learning about news and producing their own reports. Reporters gain access to more people and places when they have a press pass!
Use deadlines with your pupils to replicate the experience of the newsroom and add energy and pace to activities. A countdown timer works well, along with news jingles for sound effects.
Hold a news conference each morning to discuss the day’s news and gather each other's opinions on the different stories.
Display clocks from different timezones. Timeanddate.com is a good online source for this. You and your pupils can select cities that are meaningful for your class using the personal world clock settings.
Use “breaking news” bulletins to introduce challenges, questions, new learning.
Use newsy music. YouTube has several royalty-free examples including Top News Broadcast, Breaking News, News Music Bed and The Headlines.
Change the layout of the classroom to reflect a real newsroom setting.
