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
To begin to understand the UN convention on the rights of the child
Lesson 2: Rights and responsibilities
To understand the responsibilities of both children and adults to help all children benefit from their rights
Lesson 3: Recycling
To understand the environmental benefits of recycling
Lesson 4: Local community groups
To understand the groups which make up the community
Lesson 5: Charity
To understand that charities care for others and how people can support them
Lesson 6: Local democracy
To begin to understand how democracy works in the local area
Lesson 7: Rules
To understand why we have rules and the consequences of breaking rules at school and home
Key knowledge
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Cross-curricular opportunities
British values: Individual liberty, Democracy, Rule of law
English: Reading – comprehension, Spoken language