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NewsWise offers lesson plans, activities and teacher guidance to engage pupils aged 7-11 with news and develop crucial critical literacy skills. Each lesson incorporates authentic skills from the newsroom, with pupils progressing through Journalist Training School as they complete the unit of work, culminating in them producing their own news report at the end of the project.

NewsWise lesson plans and resources are open to all schools, everywhere, for free. Complete a short registration form to access the resources.

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New resource highlight!

Fact and opinion

There are horses on the loose on the streets of London!

But what are the facts of the story and what is just a rumour, speculation, or someone's opinion about what has happened?

In our updated lesson, pupils use language clues to distinguish between fact and opinion on social media, and consider why it's important to know the difference.

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Get more from NewsWise

Take the NewsWise resources further. We have free opportunities for everyone across two levels of NewsWise

Sign up for free teacher training and journalist visits.

Schools with high rates of pupils eligible for free school meals can sign up for NewsWise level 2, with workshops, additional resources and support from the NewsWise team.

Visit our get involved page to find out more and sign up

Get involved

Key resource: NewsWise navigator

The NewsWise navigator is designed to help children check if they can trust what they are reading. Download the poster to display in the classroom and give to your pupils to use in class and at home as they develop their news literacy skills.

Download the navigator

Key resource: NewsWise values poster

The NewsWise values act as a reference point throughout the project and define what we believe news should aim to be.

Download the values poster

Developing a safe climate for learning about the news

How to ensure you are supporting pupils to engage with the news safely.

Some news stories can be upsetting or worrying for children, especially when there is also a lot of misinformation about the topic. Discover our guidance on discussing news safely in the classroom.

Read our guidance

NewsWise and your curriculum

NewsWise lessons and resources are planned by literacy, PSHE and news literacy experts. We make sure that all of our resources align with the national curricula of all four UK nations.

Visit this page for an overview of the relevant curriculum objectives that NewsWise will help you to meet.

Curriculum links

Before your class of brand new journalists can officially graduate from Journalist Training School, we need to put their skills to the test! Our short, online quiz checks their fake news detective skills and asks some more questions about what they've learned along the way.

Click the button below or share this link with your class: bit.ly/pupilpostnw2425

Take the quiz!

Complete the teacher survey too and you'll get a link to the quiz answers, so you can share these with your class. (We recommend completing the teacher survey shortly before, while, or soon after pupils complete their quiz, so you can share the answers with them in the same lesson.)

We'd love to see your pupils' finished news reports! Email them to us at newswise@theguardianfoundation.org - we might be able to publish them on our website!

Complete the teacher survey

Resources for schools

NewsWise lesson plans, activities and teacher guidance for 7- to 11-year-olds

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