Community involvement
The Government is addressing gaps in learning and introducing citizenship education into the National Curriculum. Citizenship education is now part of the Personal, Social and Health Education & Citizenship framework in primary schools and a compulsory subject from September 2002 in secondary schools.
Citizenship Education has three strands:
- social and moral responsibility: pupils learning from the very beginning self-confidence and socially and morally responsible behaviour, both in and beyond the classroom, towards those in authority and each other
- community involvement: pupils learning how to become helpfully involved in the life and concerns of their neighbourhood and communities, including learning through community involvement and service
- political literacy: pupils learning about the institutions, issues, and practices of our democracy and how citizens can make themselves effective in public life, locally, regionally, and nationally, through skills and values as well as knowledge.
Available Support
QCA has sent support materials to all schools. This includes schemes of work for Citizenship education allowing schools to teach the required programmes of study in numerous ways, to build on good practice and continue to be innovative. The schemes support and illustrate how citizenship can be taught through other subjects, as a discrete subject and through additional timetable activities. They include:
- examples of good practice, e.g. community involvement
- guidance on curriculum planning
- references to useful resource materials for schools.
The package also includes tips for schools on extending opportunities for young people to become actively involved and learn through the experience.
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