OUR Story Search reading scheme is proving a big hit with pupils in the Upper Junior class at Heathland College, Accrington.

The scheme, designed by our Newspapers in Education department, delivers our newspaper into the classroom for any three-week period and gives pupils 45 newspaper reading tasks to complete in a booklet for each child.

As an added incentive, pupils are rewarded for their efforts with free gifts of useful writing equipment.

And at the same time they gain valuable information on a huge range of topics covering many school subjects.

Class teacher Mrs Hughlock said that she was delighted with pupils' response to the scheme and would be using the material as part of a broader look at the topic of communication.

For further information on the Story Search project please contact Rita Shaw, NIE Co-ordinator at the address on this page.

New pack will help with maths

A BRAND new resource designed to motivate young people in using maths to solve everyday problems will soon be on offer to schools through our Newspapers in Education scheme.

A team of maths teachers from local schools is currently writing and designing a set of worksheets linking maths with the content of our newspaper. Information on the resource will be received by schools during this term - or for an early update on the pack ring Rita Shaw, NIE Co-ordinator, on 01254 678678 Ext 255, Fax 01254 680429.

Reviews book school prizes

KEEN young readers at St Barnabas CE Primary School, Darwen, have had remarkable success in a competition connected with books.

Following the publication of their book reviews in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, pupils in year 4 at the school were encouraged to enter a competition on the Internet.

Their teacher, Mr Dean, had found the competition in which children had to answer 10 questions about books and think of a slogan.

And two weeks later they were very surprised to receive an e-mail with the news that there was a first prizewinner and two runners-up in the class.

Marc Pemberton won £50 worth of books and two runners-up, Sophie Lovelace and Latthew Eastham (all aged nine) received a book each. They were all very pleased.

MARC PEMBERTON, Year 4, St Barnabas CE Primary School, Darwen.

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