exPressions

Press, 5 February 1987, Page 19

exPressions

Kia ora, Teachers, Parents, Pupils, Welcome to “The Press’s” first exPresssions section. It is being produced as part of the Newspapers in Education programme and will appear regularly each Thursday. The purpose of exPressions is varied. It will provide ideas for using newspapers in the classroom by exploring the previous week’s issue of “The Press.” Work produced by classes using our newspaper programme will be published on the page and educational material developed by “The Press” Newspapers in Education department will be presented. Watch out for exPressions every Thursday. education express page Every Monday during term time, our Education exPress feature page will appear in “The Press.” The first six pages are devoted to using newspapers in the classroom. You will already have seen the first of this series (Newspapers — More Than Meets The Eye — “The Press” Monday, February 2, 1987). Next week we look at current affairs. Subsequent issues will cover producing a newspaper bulletin, designing a newspaper kaleidoscope (ideas for the primary and intermediate

school classroom), making a newspaper (sth form English syllabus), and creating a newspaper (a class or time era project). We will then feature Te Maori, an exhibition that will be attended by thousands of local school students, teachers and parents. This page will be a colour special and will include a gallery sheet for student activities. Each of our Education exPress pages has an Explore the Press section that highlights sections and pages of the newspaper of particular educational value. For instance, in forthcoming weeks there will be several features on Te . Maori exhibition before our feature page. NEWSPAPERS IN THE CLASSROOM We are offering a scheme whereby multiple copies of discount-priced newspapers are available for classroom use. The minimum order is 10 copies at 20 cents a copy for two weeks. Teachers who enrol in our scheme will receive gratis copies of "The Press” for two months and class sets will be delivered to their homes. Their schools will also be eligible as purchasers of our supporting educational resources at a reduced price. SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Supporting educational resources will be offered to all schools participating in the. programme. The first set of material will. be available to classes to coincide with the publication of Te Maori page on Monday, March 16.

This package includes reprints of the newspaper series pages (these can be used as attractive wall posters), a primary booklet, a secondary booklet, overhead projector transparencies and material for photocopying. SCHOOL VISITS

Our enthusiastic and experienced staff are keen to come to schools and explain our programme at staff meetings, department and syndicate meetings, school committee and parent teacher associations. We will also come to classes to present our nerwspaper material to students. Teachers, school committees and parent teacher associations are invited to contact us: Phone 790-940 Ext. 783, 146 Gloucester Street. We hope that our seminar room will be fully utilised by teachers and classes in 1987. NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME UNDER WAY “The Press” Newspapers in Education programme is now well under way. It has received a lot of encouragement and support from many groups and individuals in the education community. LEADING EDUCATIONALIST SUPPORTS NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION Ms Noeline Macdonald, the Regional Superintendent of Education (Southern Region), commented: “Early in 1987 ‘The Press’ will launch its ‘Newspapers in Education’ scheme. This will'mean that the two Christchurch newspapers will be producing cheap, curriculum-based resources that will be useful to teachers in their classrooms. ‘The Star’ began its scheme in October 1985.” “Newspapers in Education aims to complement textbooks as a teaching aid and to encourage teachers to use newspapers as a resource to help students develop not only their creative writing' skills but also their critical and interpretive faculties, so that they can express themselves logically and clearly. Like radio and television, newspapers provide instant up-to-date information for students. “Articles can be used in a range of subjects as well as providing themes which could be the basis for a ‘broad fields’ curriculum or an interdisciplinary approach. “Mr Defyd Williams has been seconded from Cashmere High School to co-ordinate ‘The Press’ Newspapers in Education scheme. During 1987 he expects to produce resources on such varied topics as: health studies, science, taha Maori, local studies, school sport, peace studies, the environment, politics, art and cartoons.”