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 | We would like to introduce you to "Learn the News", a FREE e-mail newspaper for primary school children, produced by the South African Press Association, aimed at encouraging reading and interest in current affairs.
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LEARN THE NEWS … is an e-mail newspaper written in language children can easily read and understand. It goes out FREE OF CHARGE on Tuesdays and Thursdays during school terms. Visit Site: www.learnthenews.com Download Newsletters below September 2009
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Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free The master edition comes out in English and is partly translated into Afrikaans and isiZulu. There is also a mid-week worksheet, in English, of exercises that can be used in the classroom or as homework, based on the contents of the newspaper. The newspaper is produced by the SA Press Association and funded by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa. It aims to promote reading, encourage interest in current affairs and promote general knowledge. News is sensitively selected to avoid the horror stories that appear in the mainstream media but major world stories are covered using carefully selected angles to stories. Each newspaper has five news pages: World News; Africa News; Environment News; Business News; Sport News. There is also a Today in History page. Each issue is illustrated by children from a different school. Children also sometimes contribute their own news stories.
News stories are rewritten in the form of a child’s bedtime story, followed by two quiz questions, the answers for which can be found in the “adult” wire copy. Difficult words in this “adult” copy are highlighted and explained in their context in a glossary. This way, there is something in the newspaper for readers at different levels of literacy. The newspaper makes its way into several school libraries and classrooms. Its stories are also often displayed around a world map with ribbons linking the text to wherever in the world the stories come from. To subscribe, e-mail
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CONTACTS:
Learn the News
SA Press Association
P.O.Box 7766
Johannesburg
2000 Telephone: 011-782-1600
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