Projects in this section involve students preparing a range of submissions to online news-sites.
Coordinator: UK – Dept. for Children, Schools and Families
Dates: ongoing
Levels: mid/snr
Effort/Time Req: 1 2 3 4 5
Description: A UK wide news agency producing news, features and comments by young people for everyone. Students research and write stories on issues that are important to them. All students can comment on any article. A participation tab within the site also details other projects that students can get involved in. The story library is also a great resource for finding authentic topics of interest to students.
Possible curriculum links: English, Social Sciences. Key Competencies: Participating and Contributing, Using Language, Symbols and Text.
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