Aims of Course
To enable students to lead confident, healthy and independent lives so that they can become informed, active and responsible citizens. To encourage students to be helpfully involved and effective in the life of their Schools, neighbourhoods, communities and the wider world. To enable students to understand what are the main political and social institutions affecting their lives.

Organisation
Citizenship is delivered in diverse ways:

• Through other National Curriculum subjects, and as discrete units – for example, within the Humanities faculty, History – why did both men and women struggle to win the vote in the past? What is the point of voting today?
• Through wider curriculum activities and off timetable mornings and events.
• Through discrete Citizenship and PHSE lessons.

Homework/Independent Study Homework will be set and marked as appropriate during the delivery of citizenship.

Assessment
All students are assessed in Citizenship and the end of Key Stage 3. This assessment is based on their achievement throughout the entire Key Stage. The expectation is that by the end of Key Stage 3 pupils should be able to:

• Demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of topical events that they study; the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizens, the role of the voluntary sector, forms of government, provision of public services, the criminal and legal systems.
• Take part in school and community based activities, demonstrating personal and group responsibilities in their attitudes to themselves and others.
  

How Parents/Carers can help

• discuss these exciting topics with your children.
• value your child’s efforts and opinions
• encourage your child to take part in active citizenship, and assist them where necessary
• provide equipment needed e.g. pen, pencil, coloured pencils, eraser and ruler.
  

Contact: Subject Leader – Mrs C Gay

Course Content
Throughout Key Stage 3, the following topics will be studied:

• Active Citizenship
• Human Rights and Responsibilities
• Britain – a diverse society
  Local and Central Government, elections, voting – nationally and locally
• Leisure and sport with the community
• Issues, including crime and animal welfare
• The significance of the media in society today