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Pupil 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...
Read MoreEvery school is different!
Having worked in schools both through teaching directly and through visiting many different schools in training and support roles, the Picture News team fully appreciate how varied schools can be....
Read MoreWhy should we teach children about the news?
At Picture News we believe that what’s going on in the world can provide many real life learning opportunities for children that they not only find interesting but can...
Read MoreWhy Pictures?
When we first came up with our concept of sending weekly news stories alongside teaching ideas for schools, we wondered – how else we could make this engaging? We...
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