NewsWise teacher training

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Our full, in-depth CPD for schools

Expert CPD from news literacy and PSHE specialists

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rated webinars as excellent (78%) or good (22%)

Online training

Live webinars, led by news literacy experts from the NewsWise team.

Attend our webinar and you'll qualify for NewsWise level 2, with an interactive workshop for your class.*

How to produce an authentic news report: getting great writing outcomes

Tuesday 16 September, 3:45 - 4:45pm

Tuesday 21 October, 3:45 - 4:45pm

The NewsWise unit of work for ages 9-11 culminates in pupils producing their own written news reports. Join this free training to understand how to use the NewsWise resources to get authentic outcomes. Full of expertise and tips from the Guardian newsroom.

Book now: How to write a news report

How to produce an authentic audio news broadcast: getting great oracy outcomes

Thursday 18 September, 3:45 - 4:45pm

Thursday 23 October, 3:45 - 4:45pm

The NewsWise unit of work for ages 7-9 culminates in pupils producing their own broadcast news reports. Join this free training to understand how to use the NewsWise resources to get authentic outcomes. Full of expertise and tips from the Guardian's audio team.

Book: How to produce an audio news report

*To qualify for NewsWise level 2, schools must meet our free school meal threshold and participating teachers must attend one of our free training sessions

In-person training: London schools

As part of our Untold Stories project, teachers in London are invited to in-depth, in-person training. This is open to all primary teachers in London, including those taking part in Untold Stories. This training is free.

The training takes place over two sessions:
Session 1: Tuesday 30 September, 13:30 - 16:00
Session 2: Thursday 6 November, 13:30 - 16:00

In session 1, we will look at the importance of teaching news with a critical literacy approach in primary school. You will then get to try our practical activities for exploring different elements of news literacy in the classroom.

In session 2, we will look at how to produce authentic news reports, with participants having a go at writing a news report in real time!

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In-depth CPD

Register for your interest in an in-school training via the button below and we will be in touch with more information.

This training is ideal for: English/ Literacy leads, PSHE leads, Key Stage 2 class teachers, ECTs

How to teach the structure and language for writing effectively [was useful]. How to engage children and teachers! The resources were fantastic, so helpful that we had the opportunity to trial all these resources.

CPD attendee

About the training

Two half-day training sessions delving into critical literacy, using and adapting NewsWise resources in the classroom, how to teach news writing for successful writing and oracy outcomes.

In between the two sessions, teachers are asked to try a NewsWise activity with their class, and bring their reflections to session two.

Training can be run as a whole-staff event in school, or with teachers from several schools attending one centrally-located training session.