Year 1 Citizenship
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Y1 Citizenship
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain why the class and school rules are important.
- Discuss the different needs of a range of pets.
- Describe some of the needs of babies and young children.
- Recognise some similarities and differences between themselves and others.
- Identify some groups which they belong to.
- Recognise that different individuals belong to different groups.
- Explain why voting is a fair way to make a decision involving a lot of people.
Suggested prior learning
Y1 Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Rules
- To recognise the importance of rules.
Lesson 2: Caring for others: Animals
- To understand that animals have different needs and how to care for them.
Lesson 3: The needs of others
- To recognise some of the needs of babies and younger children.
Lesson 4: Similar yet different
- To begin to recognise ways in which we are both the same as and different from other people.
Lesson 5: Belonging
- To identify the range of groups that people belong to.
Lesson 6: Democratic decisions
- To begin to recognise how democracy works.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

RSE & PSHE
Knowledge Organiser – RSE & PSHE Y1: Citizenship
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the Y1 unit "Citizenship"

RSE & PSHE
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y1: Citizenship
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Year 1 Citizenship'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
- notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
- find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
- describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.’
See National curriculum - Science key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Democracy, Rule of Law, Mutual respect, Tolerance of different cultures and religions.