Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 14: Developing skills of democratic participation
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Section 1: How can we make decisions as a class/year group/whole school?
Children should learn:
- about the different ways in which groups can make decisions
- to work together in groups to solve problems (NSE)
- that there are different mechanisms within the school for making decisions and allowing pupils' views to be represented, eg class/year/school councils
- reflect on their abilities as speakers in different situations (NSE)
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Section 2: How can meetings be made more effective?
Children should learn:
- how meetings can best be organised to enable the effective discussion of important issues
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Section 3: How am I represented in my school?
Children should learn:
- about the role of democratically elected councils and the qualities of an effective pupil representative
- about the different roles and responsibilities involved in running a campaign
- to adopt a range of different roles in talking (NSE)
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Section 4: How can we improve communication?
Children should learn:
- about different mechanisms for communicating within the school and in the wider community
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