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BBC News School Report motivates 11 to 14-year-olds to make their own news reports. Supported by BBC staff and English-mapped resources, teachers help students make TV, radio or text-based reports.

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Conduct in-depth textual analysis of four extracts from Robin Jenkins' novel, The Cone-Gatherers, looking at themes, characters, style and structure.