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Virtual Assemblies are here to stay!

Following the announcement of school closures in March and knowing that schools would no longer be able to run their Picture News assemblies – we wanted to help, and...

Job Vacancies

We’re very excited to announce that we are looking for two new Picture News team members. We are a very friendly, small team based in North Yorkshire. At Picture...

Talking to children about racism by Katie Harrison

We’ve been asked by some of our schools for advice for how to talk about racism with children, for support with explaining what’s happening in the USA and the...

Picture News – 2 minute Training

We’re very excited to launch our brand new training videos! Each of the 6 videos are 2-mins long and provide an overview of what’s included in our packs and...

Picture News Discussion Aids! 🎥

By Jo Martin, Education Consultant As a teacher, don’t you just love it when you find a ready-made resource that does exactly what you need it to do and...

Picture News and ICSS Sponsorship

We are delighted and very proud to announce our sponsorship with the fantastic ICSS charity. ICSS run two supplementary schools in Newham and Tower Hamlets, London. The schools are...

Media Mastery: Respecting Opinions

Studies show that media literacy classes bring positive results. A 2012 meta-analysis of media literacy interventions in the Journal of Communications said, “Media literacy interventions has positive effects on...

We’re coming to the Education Show! 😃

For 4 days in January, we will be taking the Picture News team out of our North Yorkshire headquarters and travelling down to London for the UK’s biggest education...

The White Envelope Project

Using Picture News in EYFS – Floor books by Lisa Lodge

We were very impressed with the Early Years Picture News floor book at Stockbridge Village Primary School. Each week they record the children’s thoughts and feelings about the current...

Promoting School Journalism by John Dabell

Getting children interested in the news isn’t rocket science. They are surrounded by news all day long but don’t take much notice of it even though they are producing...

Emotion Response – How does it make you feel?

Picture News resources allow a fabulous opportunity to explore emotions; how we may respond differently to the same thing and how although we may not agree with someone else’s...