ABSTRACT
The study of the media in primary schools has not had the same impact as in secondary schools. Secondary English departments have long recognised the importance of media as an aspect of English that has direct links with pupils’ daily lives. For primary teachers the difficulties have included the fact that much print media requires the ability to read between the lines. However, for children at the top end of Key Stage 2 this is actually a good reason to use media sources, as it challenges children’s understanding and encourages them to make inferences and deductions ( Chapter 5, ‘Analysing texts’).
