Year 2: Citizenship
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Y2 Citizenship
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Recognise that different rules apply in different situations.
- Explain what makes a good school environment.
- Recognise that everyone in school has a responsibility to maintain the school environment.
- Identify some jobs that people do to keep the local area pleasant.
- Recognise some local job roles that help the community.
- Recognise similarities and difference between people in the local community.
- Explain that differences should be respected.
- Explain how the school council works.
- Share their opinions on things that matter.
Suggested prior learning
Y1 Citizenship
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Rules beyond school
- To recognise the importance of rules.
Lesson 2: Our school environment
- To identify ways to look after the school environment.
Lesson 3: Our local environment
- To recognise the roles people play in looking after the environment.
Lesson 4: Job roles in our local community
- To begin to understand the roles people have in the community.
Lesson 5: Similar yet different – my local community
- To recognise similarities and differences between people in the local community.
Lesson 6: School council
- To begin to recognise how democracy works in school.
Lesson 7: Giving my opinion
- To share and justify opinions by presenting ideas about how the school could be improved.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- write sentences by:
- saying out loud what they are going to write about
- composing a sentence orally before writing it
- sequencing sentences to form short narratives
- re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense
- develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
- writing for different purposes
- articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates’
British values: Rule of law, Mutual respect, Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs, Democracy, Individual liberty