Year 3: Citizenship
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Y3 Citizenship
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain that children have rights and how these benefit them.
- Explain the responsibilities adults have for supporting children’s rights.
- Discuss the benefits of recycling.
- Recognise some of the different groups within the local community and how they use local buildings.
- Explain how charities support the local community.
- Describe how democracy works locally and how this affects us.
- Recognise the need for rules and the consequences of breaking rules.
Suggested prior learning
Y2 Citizenship
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Rights of the child
Lesson 2: Rights and responsibilities
Lesson 3: Recycling
Lesson 4: Local community groups
Lesson 5: Charity
Lesson 6: Local democracy
Lesson 7: Rules
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Cross-curricular opportunities
British values: Individual liberty, Democracy, Rule of law
English: Reading – comprehension, Spoken language