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Important
These lessons have been refreshed to keep the content current and relevant. They will be fully reviewed and updated when the new National Curriculum is published in 2027.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify some of the groups and communities they belong to and recognise that people can belong to more than one community.
- Recognise that some groups or communities are chosen and some are not.
- Give examples of how people contribute to a community and compare different ways people contribute.
- Name jobs people do in the local and wider community and describe how they help people or communities.
- Explain why jobs are important and what might happen if nobody did them.
- Identify what money is used for and explain how it is used to buy goods and services.
- Identify and compare different ways adults get money, recognising that adults do not all get money in the same way.
Suggested prior learning
Citizenship: How can I help others and the environment?
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Where do we belong?
Lesson 2: How can different people contribute to my community?
Lesson 3: What jobs do people do in our local community?
Lesson 4: What other jobs might people do?
Lesson 5: What is money?
Lesson 6: Where does money come from?
Key skills
Key skills
- Describing some
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Key knowledge
To know:
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Key vocabulary
community (Y1/2)
skills (Y1/2)
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Wonder box 1
- Sugar paper 8
The equipment below is optional
- Counters As needed
- Glue stick As needed
- Video or audio recording device As needed
- Real or replica coins and notes
- Bag containing three to six job-related items, such as a whisk, a spanner or a paintbrush 1
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – RSE & PSHE Y2: Citizenship: How do people belong to a community and earn money?
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'How do people belong to a community…
Vocabulary display– RSE & PSHE Y2: Citizenship: How do people belong to a community and earn money?
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit ‘'How do people belong to a community and earn money?'
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
British values: Democracy, Mutual respect and Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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