Click play to watch back a Live Lesson from 2022 celebrating 50 years of Newsround.
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This Live Lesson celebrated 50 years of Newsround with a cross-curricular programme for 7-11 year-olds. We travel through time, reflecting on news reports from the past, exploring stories of the present and imagining headlines of the future.
Presenters Mr Smith and Newsround’s very own De-Graft Mensah look at how Newsround has covered key events to illustrate how to turn a story into a news item.
With links to history, citizenship and literacy topics, this interactive programme investigates what goes into making a Newsround report. Pupils will learn what goes into researching and writing factual stories and news bulletins, whilst becoming familiar with journalistic practices such as impartiality.
We also ask pupils to switch on their imaginations by thinking about what the news might look like in another 50 years. From the weird to the wonderful, we hope this inspires children to write and present their own news report for friends, family or even their class.
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