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Picture News Autumn Workshops
Following the success of our spring and summer workshops, we’ve decided to run a few more for the autumn term! We’re running our ‘Using the News to Inspire Young...
Read MorePicture News – a resource for dialogic classrooms by John Dabell
Great News It’s back to school and that means you will be getting your classroom ‘ready’ but what do you display? How you design your classroom matters because this...
Read MoreReflecting on a year of posters…
As we move closer to the summer break and move through the final weeks of term, we’ve been thinking about our posters and news stories from the year and asking...
Read MorePupil premium and the real world
If you work in education it’s highly likely that you are aware of pupil premium funding, perhaps your school has become hugely reliant on this additional income stream in...
Read MoreNight Zookeeper – Partnership
We are very excited to announce our new partnership with the fantastic online writing tool Night Zookeeper. At Picture News, we are passionate about using both images and current...
Read MorePicture News on tour!
This week we ran our first “Picture News: Using the news to inspire young minds” workshops in Pontefract and Hull, we were delighted with the engagement and positivity from...
Read MoreTop 20 reasons for using Picture News!
Compiled by teacher and writer, John Dabell Picture News is an excellent resource for developing spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and can boast many benefits: Accessible to all children...
Read MorePicture News events: Using the news to inspire young minds!
We’re getting ready to launch into the world of CPD and share our love of teaching the news with schools around the UK! We’ve spent a long time working with...
Read MoreTo the ERAs!
We are delighted to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for the Primary Resource Award at the Education Resource Awards held next month at the NEC in Birmingham. The winners...
Read MoreMeet Mbali!
At Picture News, all of the schools we work with are based in the UK where every child is lucky enough to have an education provided free of charge, until...
Read MoreThe journey of a Picture News tube!
Have you ever wondered about how our weekly tubes are put together and what goes on behind the scenes at Picture News HQ? If so – this post is...
Read MoreTop tips for teaching the news
At Picture News, we really value the learning that can be gained from the news. We think that the lessons children can learn from real-life situations is incredibly powerful but we...
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