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.

Download these free lessons for the ActivInspire software from the Promethean Planet website.
You need to be Registered on Planet and logged in to access these and other great classroom-ready resources.

For information about NiE and instructions for Searching the Resources on Planet go to the NiE Partner Resources page: Planet > Resources > Partner Resources > All Partner Resources > NiE

If you don’t have an ActivBoard you can download the Personal version of ActivInspire from Promethean Planet and view the NiE flipcharts.

Apply for a free Teacher Consent Licence to allow you to run ActivInspire on your interactive whiteboard.

Visit the NiE homepage to learn more
www.fairfaxnie.co.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

"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.