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NEWSPAPERS
IN EDUCATION
An
established learning concept Using newspapers as a flexible Resource involving,
teachers, schools, Education Business Partnerships, Education Action Zones
Discover
how children learn through the medium of newspapers.
Gifted children
.. News Day 1
.. News Day 2
What the papers
say
Local
Education and Unitary Authorities: Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire,
Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Warrington, Halton, Blackburn with Darwen
and Blackpool.
Education
Business Partnerships:
Working in partnership with most E.B.P's in the
north west.
Partneships:
TEC's and E.B.P's in the north west.
Aims
and objectives of Newspapers In Education
Learning
Through Newspapers
For
Schools :
- Introduce
local and national newspapers to children, teachers and parents as a
fun and easily accessible learning experience.
- Enhance
the national curriculum and support reading and literacy programmes,
in addition help with G.C.S.E., A Level, N.V.Q. assignments and generally
provide hands on experience of the world of newspapers and media.
- Provide
in service and teacher development opportunities.
- Help
to deliver basic core skills in literacy, I.C.T, Numeracy, business
links, Gifted & Talented, Education Action Zones and other cross curricular
subject areas.
- Workshops
for custom built programmes i.e. media studies, citizenship, teacher
placements, newspapers and the internet, curricular projects, newspapers
days, students projects and career guidance.
- Activities
for schools book and art weeks plus many other flexible projects.
Cost
: Day sessions from £200, half day from £110 and twilight from £50. plus
travelling

For
local Education Business Partnerships, Education Action Zones and LEA's
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Provides teacher placements
- Increases
industrial/education awareness
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Brings newspapers and schools together for focused projects and programmes
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Increased PR into the community about E.B.P. activity N.I.E.
Learning
Through Newspapers activities
- Gifted
& Talented Programmes:
Sessions that support Gifted & Talented children projects.
- Reading
Passports: Available for students aged 6-12 in five versions both
at school or home
- Summer
School: A variety of challenges and fun activites for the Summer
School programme
- Newspaper
Days and writing workshops: Activities involving a whole range of
projects based within the school
- Newspapers
and the internet: Demonstrations of the electronic newspaper and
access to other internet media information.
- Classroom
visits: Short talks, activities and lots of ideas for newspaper
classroom projects, book weeks, literacy, reading assignments, arts
weeks and summer schools.
John
East, 26 Stanley Drive, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 2EL.
Tel/fax 01254 771957Mobile 07885 595189
email:
niescout@cwcom.net
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