Y1/2 (A): Citizenship
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Y1/2 (A): Citizenship
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand the rules in the classroom and school and the purpose of these rules.
- Understand some similarities and differences between themselves and their peers.
- Understand that we all belong to different groups and can identify some groups they belong to.
- Understand the roles people have in the local community.
- Understand what makes a good school environment and how everyone has a responsibility to maintain it.
- Understand some jobs people do to keep the local environment pleasant.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2 (A): Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: Rules
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: Similar, yet different
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: Belonging
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: Job roles in the community
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Our school environment
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Our local environment
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Unit resources

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

Knowledge Organiser – RSE & PSHE Y2: Citizenship
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

RSE and PSHE: Assessment spreadsheet — mixed-age
An assessment spreadsheet to record teacher assessments - aimed at those following our mixed-age curriculum.

RSE & PSHE: Assessment spreadsheet
Record teacher assessments for each lesson of the standard or condensed RSE & PSHE scheme in this easy-to-use assessment spreadsheet.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
Pupils should be taught to:
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates
English: Writing – composition
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