NewsWise is a free, cross-curricular news literacy project for 7-to-11-year-olds across the UK. It is designed to help children develop their critical literacy skills within a real-life Journalist Training School context. The whole unit consists of 15 lessons which allow pupils to develop, consolidate and apply reading, talking and listening and writing skills in an holistic way. The real-life, “world of work” journalism context is an engaging way for teachers to help their second level pupils to understand, critically navigate and report real news. As well as developing most of the main CfE literacy organisers and sub-organisers, it also integrates essential learning within Technologies and Health and Wellbeing (Mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing). Find out more and download this free resource by clicking here. It includes:

• curriculum-based lesson plans
• posters and all necessary resources for the lessons
• exciting school workshops
• opportunities to speak to real journalists.

NewsWise was funded by Google, and developed by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with the Guardian Foundation and the PSHE Association.