For Teachers – Every Day is a Yay! Day

The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔

How to use Yay! Jersey

Everything on the site is free, requires no login, and works on any device. Here are the most popular ways teachers use it.

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Morning News Circle

Start each day with Today's news story. Ask: What happened? Why does it matter? What would you do? Links to PSHE, Citizenship and Jersey Studies.

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Weekly Quiz Challenge

Use Friday's quiz as a whole-class activity. Display on the interactive whiteboard, vote on answers as a class. Builds general knowledge and listening skills.

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Maths Game Stations

Fraction Lab and other maths games work as independent learning stations. Kids self-pace and the difficulty levels match KS1–KS3.

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Topic Research Starters

Each Learning Hub page gives key facts, images and vocabulary for a topic. Use as the entry point for a new topic before going deeper with books and resources.

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Jersey Studies Projects

The Places section covers every parish. Assign pupils a parish to research, using Place pages as a starting point for a Jersey Studies project.

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Reading Comprehension

News articles are written at age-appropriate reading levels. Use as reading comprehension exercises — ask pupils to summarise, find key facts, or identify bias.

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Year Group Filtering

All content is tagged by age group (5–7, 8–10, 11–12, 13–14). Filter news and quizzes to match your class year group precisely.

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Event Planning

Browse upcoming Jersey events and add relevant ones to your class calendar. Many are free or subsidised for school groups.

Content by Key Stage

All content is tagged — filter any section by age group

KS1

Ages 5–7

Simple news stories, counting games, Jersey animal facts, easy quizzes with pictures.

KS2

Ages 7–11

Most Learning Hub content, the daily quiz, Fraction Lab, geography facts, Jersey history.

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Ages 11–14

In-depth news analysis, hard quiz mode, WW2 Jersey, Impressionist art, global topics.

Work with us

Let's build something together

We believe schools are the heartbeat of Jersey's community. We want Yay! Jersey to feel like an extension of the classroom, not a distraction from it. Here are ways we can partner:

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School Game Challenges

Run a school-wide quiz or game competition through Yay! Jersey — we'll feature the top school on the leaderboard and publish the results as a news story.

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Student Journalism

Pupils can write news articles, which we publish (with teacher approval) under their byline. Brilliant for literacy, digital literacy and real-world publishing experience.

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Photo Competitions

We run seasonal photo competitions for Jersey kids. Schools can enter as a class. Winners' work is published on the site.

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Jersey Knowledge Quiz Bowl

We can host an inter-school quiz event — either online via Yay! Jersey or in person. Contact us to register your school's interest.

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Curriculum Content

If there's a Jersey Studies topic you need better resources for, tell us. We'll commission a Learning Hub page to match your curriculum.

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Promote School Events

Submit your school's open days, performances, sports days and trips to our Events section — free, and reaches thousands of Jersey families.

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Teacher Resource Pack

We're preparing a free teacher resource pack including lesson plan templates, quiz question banks, and a Jersey Studies curriculum map. Sign up to be notified when it's ready.

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Register your school

Register your school with Yay! Jersey to get early access to school features, inter-school competitions and the teacher dashboard (coming soon).

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