Two new time-travelling competitions with Time Steps on the Newsdesk. KS2 pupils can travel back to meet Vikings & Egyptians, to a Victorian school & Workhouse or on the Titanic. P3 & P4 pupils can explore School Long Ago, Victorian Washdays and WW2. Full details now on Newsdesk.

C2K Newsdesk Healthy Eating series will run every Monday in May. Bronagh from Bakehouse NI & pupils from St Mary's PS Bellaghy kick-off the series tomorrow with a special Ready Steady Cook programme. Carrot cupcakes, fruit smoothies and panackes. Log on to watch & get recipes.

I’ll be joined by Bronagh Mason from St Macartan’s PS for our TPL webinar looking at productive and creative ways to use the C2K Newsdesk in Key Stage 2 classes at 3.45 this Thursday. Any KS2 teachers who would like to join us can register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ks2-ne…

eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ks2-ne… Attention all Key Stage 2 teachers - join Bronagh Mason from St Macartan's PS and myself this Thursday at 3.45 for a TPL webinar to discuss ways to fully utilise the C2K Newsdesk as a classroom teaching resource in school and at home. Click to register!

Full details of two animal-themed competition activities for KS1 and KS2 now on the C2K Newsdesk. P5 - P7 pupils can help keepers at Belfast Zoo by designing an enrichment activity for their Moloch gibbon - and Wee Critters are looking at Hibernating Animals on Junior Newsdesk.

Wow! 900 entries later and we are delighted to announce the winners of our C2K Junior Newdesk competition in partnership with Wee Critters tomorrow. Three lucky schools will be welcoming Allan and all of his Wee Critters into their classroom very soon...will it be yours?

Huge thanks to the 500 pupils who entered the Newsdesk Belfast Zoo competition. Massive congratulations to Helena who has won a class visit from some of the animals and creatures from Belfast Zoo - and to Helen and Caoimhi who will be adopting a zoo monkey and red panda!

📣Primary teachers, read all about it! CCEA’s refreshed C2K Newsdesk Guidance is now available on our website: 🔎ccea.org.uk/c2k-newsdesk-g… This pupil-friendly #DigitalLiteracy resource provides topical news stories & fun activities to support digital citizenship. #CCEAPrimary

Day 24 of #Museum30 and it’s #OnScreen Over the last few years I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside the likes of David Huntley & CCEA, bringing history into the classroom via the small screen! #historyinschools #livinghistory

🌿𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦-𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝟮𝗞 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗞!📺 We have teamed up with the David Huntley to deliver a series of 10 educational videos, each Wednesday, focusing on 'wee ways to change the world'...starting with '𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙𝗙'!💡

⭐️🌟⭐️More C2k webinars available for registration 👇👇👇👇👇 Education Authority Learning Leaders Tuesday 24th January Using David Huntley in Key Stage 1 with Amelia Deehan Register here:events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfba5c18…

Monday 30th January Using David Huntley in Key Stage 2 with David Huntley Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b2a4ca0a…

🦉 𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦! 🏆 On Friday I visited Dundonald PS to see 2 of our David Huntley prize winners, Tom & Ella! This artistic pair won 1st prize & highly commended in our 'Animals in Autumn' competition and won an interactive animal education session!

Following from the huge success of Titanic People, the Newsdesk with Time Steps and NI War Memorial has launched a series of EATV programmes for KS1 & 2 around the topic of WW2. Home Front and Evacuees available now, with Rationing, Women in the workplace and Propaganda to come.

Supporting Learning NI are holding a 30 mins Teams webinar on Monday 30th Jan at 3.45pm entitled On Topic! The C2K Newsdesk editor will show KS2 teachers how to quickly plan and provide engaging whiteboard resources for range of WAU topics. To register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b2a4ca0a…

Tune into the David Huntley every Wednesday for our video series 'Wee Ways to Change the World'! 🥫🦨This week's wee way is to....𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘, 𝗥𝗘𝗨𝗦𝗘, 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘!🦉👕 There are even activity booklets that teachers can download!

A snapshot of just a few articles that have been published to David Huntley this week from Mr Bunting’s P6s. They have loved playing the role of journalists writing ✍️ on topics that are going on in the world 🌎 today! #writingforpleasure

Join us on the Newsdesk for Safer Internet Day - with lots of great ideas and suggestions from Sacred Heart PS Tattyreagh about how to be a good digital citizen. #SaferInternetDay2023

Saturday 22nd April is World Earth Day - and all this week on the Main and Junior Newsdesks we will be featuring a series of articles, features, videos, activities and a KS2 competition focusing on our planet and the environment. Great teaching resources for KS1 & 2

Teachers can join Allan the Explorer & Amelia from the David Huntley) as we take your class on a journey into the rainforest, meeting some special 'Jungle VIPs'...without ever leaving the classroom! Tune into the Newsdesk today!