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If a newspaper or magazine article is biased, it means that it takes sides and does not give a fair representation of both sides of an argument.

If a newspaper or magazine article is balanced, it means that it does not take sides and it considers both points of view in an argument or situation equally.

Year 6 were asked to have a go at writing two articles, one that presents a biased opinion of a news story and one that gives a balanced opinion. See Amy and Felicity's work below:

As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo. 

Year 6 were asked to imagine that they were Billy, writing a letter to Joe, telling him about what Joe has missed since he died.

Masha did a great job of getting into the mind-set of Billy in their letter:

As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo. The class were then tasked with writing a letter as Billy to his brother Joe.

Here is Lucas' well thought-out piece:

For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.

Masha and Lucy created this powerful poem:

For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a  poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.

Amy thought through her choices of language carefully to create a sombre tone to her poem:

For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a  poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.

Arsalan has written a sorrowful piece on the poppies that grow over unmarked graves: