Section 1: What's in the news?
Children:
- show awareness of issues of current interest
- take part in discussions about issues in the news that are of interest to them
- express personal and group views on topical local or national issues
- develop enquiry questions as they investigate issues
- begin to recognise that newspapers and other news sources target their stories at particular audiences
- write a short newspaper article about a topical issue
- compare and evaluate the ways that different sections of the media present information
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Section 2: Making the news - informing our community
Children:
- begin to appreciate that publishing information involves responsibilities
- recognise that representatives can be chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group
- communicate and express personal and group views on issues
- begin to appreciate the important role of the media in presenting information to the community and society
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Section 3: How do the media present social issues?
Children:
- use different ways to communicate personal and group views on social issues
- recognise their own and other people's feelings, and use their imagination to understand other people's actions and experiences
- know what we do that makes others happy, sad or cross, and what helps and what hinders friendships
- know that people live their lives in different ways, and that different cultures may have different ways of dealing with issues
- recognise that honesty, loyalty, understanding and respect are important in relationships
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