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The LearningNI Newsdesk is delighted to offer your Key Stage 3 pupils the chance to take part in a Titanic competition, where they can win a class trip to the new Titanic Belfast visitors centre. The Newsdesk is a topical and engaging online classroom resource accessed through LearningNI, with appropriate daily news articles, lesson activities, topic packs and fact files for Key Stage 3 pupils. The competition will involve pupils researching and writing a document of up to 500 words focusing on one of the following Titanic areas: construction, voyage, sinking, inquiry, fascinating facts and Titanic people. Research materials are available through a Newsdesk Fact File and a Titanic Town lesson pack, with links to a range of other useful and appropriate websites. The judging will by the NI Newsdesk editor and Education Officer from Titanic Belfast. Winners will be based on quality of research, writing and presentation of information. Full competition details can be found on the Newsdesk, via the LearningNI icon on school computers or at https://learningni.net from outside of school. Entries should be sent electronically via the Be a Reporter section on the Newsdesk by March 23. |