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Visual Literacy by John Dabell
Children are consuming images at an extraordinary rate and it is therefore imperative that they learn how to ‘read’ them and develop the skills of exploration, critique and reflection....
Read MorePicture News win ‘New Business of the Year’ at the Press Business Awards!
At the Press Business Awards last week, Picture News were announced the winner of the ‘New Business of the Year’ category. Around 30 different companies were shortlisted and whittled...
Read MoreA Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words? by John Dabell
We have been producing images for thousands of years and long before the written word was introduced. Prehistoric or primitive art was a form of communication through images and...
Read MoreThe News Is Fake, Totally Fake by John Dabell
False, bogus, phony, sham, hoax, artificial, mock, pseudo, spurious….take your pick but the one word that has upended all of these synonyms is ‘fake’ and it’s a word we...
Read MorePicture 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...
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