What is Newspapers in Education?

The award-winning Fairfax Media Newspapers in Education programme provides New Zealand teachers with high-quality, motivating, curriculum-based resources. NiE mini newspapers are written by teachers who understand the curriculum and the pressures facing today's teachers.

The NiE programme consists of 8-page mini newspapers aimed at five different curriculum levels and supported by teacher notes.

The five programmes are:

  • Go Zone Junior - curriculum level 1 (Year 1-2 students)
  • Go Zone - curriculum level 2 (Year 3-4 students)
  • i-Site - curriculum level 3 (Year 5-6 students)
  • Newslinks - curriculum level 4 (Year 7-8 students)
  • Zoned In - curriculum level 5 (Year 9-10 students)

All five NiE programmes are based firmly on the curriculum and are easily implemented into your literacy programme. The teacher notes supporting each topic provide relevant curriculum links and include scaffolding suggestions, activities and ideas for further extension. We aim to support teachers in the classroom rather than add to their workload.

Newspapers in Education for your Activboard

Great news for busy teachers! Fairfax Media NiE now produce extension flipcharts to complement their regular mini-newspapers for subscribers. The flipcharts are available for 5 different curriculum levels and support the monthly topics for each level. Written by teachers, for teachers, these will build to a useful library of classroom resources throughout the year.

Go to Promethean Planet to download these free lessons for the ActivInspire software.
Use NiE as the Keyword in the Search Options to see all the Newspapers in Education flipcharts, and sort by Date for the most recent ones. You can also search by Level using the NiE categories.

To download flipcharts you need to be logged in to Planet – registration is free!
If you don't have an ActivBoard, you can download the Personal version of ActivInspire and view the NiE flipcharts.

Visit the NiE homepage to learn more
http://www.newszone.co.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



NiE Competition Winners"Win an ActivBoard" competition winner

During term 3 NiE ran a competition in conjunction with ACTIVboardNZ where a teacher or student could win a 78" ActivBoard and new ActivInspire software.

The winning entry came from Mrs Jeanette Wilson of Levin School in the Horowhenua region. NiE representative Michael Conner and ACTIVboardNZ Director Murray Thoms attended an assembly run by the Hinua Tahi class on Thursday 22nd October to present Jeanette with her prize which will be fitted into her new entrant's classroom.

Top Image: Colin Offord, Levin Primary School Principal, and Murray Thoms, ACTIVboardNZ Director, standing in front of the ActivBoard which was won by Levin School.

Bottom Image: Murray Thoms, Michael Conner and Jeanette Wilson, the teacher who put in the winning entry.

 

 

 

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