Y3/4 (A): Citizenship
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Y3/4 (A): Citizenship
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of recycling.
- Know that there are different groups within the local community and how they use community buildings/places.
- Be able to describe in simple terms the role of a local councillor.
- Be able to justify why one issue might be more important than another to local people.
- Understand the need for rules and the reason for having consequences of breaking rules.
- Understand how charities support the local community and how people can help.
- Understand what human rights are and why they are important.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (A): Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Recycling / reusing
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Local community buildings and groups
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Local council and democracy
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Rules
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Rights of the child
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: What are human rights?
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Unit resources

Knowledge Organiser – RSE & PSHE Y3: Citizenship
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y4 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