YOUNGSTERS from a Darwen school discovered how words and pictures arrive on newspaper pages during a visit to our head office in Blackburn.

More than 40 pupils in year 3 at Sudell County Primary School have become avid newspaper readers thanks to out Super Story Search literacy project and, as an extension to this, they made a train journey to see how the news comes to them.

The newspaper-based literacy pack is available to any school in East Lancashire including summer literacy projects.

Eight year old Sonia Morante and her classmates pick up some tips on newspapers from sub-editor Joyce Haworth.

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