Citizenship in Action

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Citizenship in Action

• St. Josephs Primary

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Todays aims

• To look at
• Getting started / Moving forward
• Examples of Citizenship in St Josephs
• Curriculum development, reflecting on use of
  support material
• Next steps

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St. Josephs Primary

• Located in Busby, East Renfrewshire
• Pupil roll of 356
• Staff of 35 Teachers, Classroom assistants, 2
  network support, special needs auxiliaries
• HT, DHT, 2 PTs. 1 class committed

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CitizenshipWhere did we start?

• STEP 1
• Support at authority level
• Citizenship Co-ordinator identified
• Audit tool
• Consultation
• Whole school approach

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CitizenshipGetting Started

• STEP 2 Gathering evidence
• It should be emphasised that much of education
  for
• Citizenship reinforces existing good practice in
  schools, and a
• great deal of new work is not anticipatedthe
  purpose of
• the orientation activities is to familiarise
  staff with the
• language of education for citizenship, to provide
  time for
• links to be made with existing activities and to
  discuss
• possible development priorities.

• Page 5 Education For Citizenship In Scotland
  Primary Audit Materials

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CitizenshipAuditing Practice

• Audit document split into 5 sections
• Introduction
• Notes for Completion of the Audit
• Education for Citizenship in Scotland Where are
  we?
• Education for Citizenship Audit Primary Schools
  
• Pupils Evaluation of Education for Citizenship

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CitizenshipAuditing Practice

• School audit section split into 4 areas
• Participation by young people in decision making
• Studies in specific curricular areas
• Cross-curricular activities
• School-community links

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Citizenship in action

• Participation by young people in decision making
• EcoSchools

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Citizenship in action
Communication for Life Charter Winning the
Gold Award
Studies in specific curricular areas
LANGUAGE Operation Collaboration
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Citizenship in action

• Studies in specific curricular areas
• The Holocaust

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Citizenship in action
Anti-Racism
Show Racism The Red Card Competition
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Citizenship In Action
The Provost's Debate
Community Award
Communication For Life Charter
Sharing with parents
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CitizenshipUsing the evidence

• STEP 3 Using the evidence
• Audit document compiled and submitted to
  authority QDO
• Development Plan
• Staff Development/opportunity

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Providing the Citizenship Experience
Enterprise
Pupil Council
Drama
EcoSchools
Environmental Studies
Creativity
Assembly

• P.S.H.E.

Religious Moral Education
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CitizenshipAuditing Practice

• School audit section split into 4 areas
• Participation by young people in decision making
• Studies in specific curricular areas
• Cross-curricular activities
• School-community links

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Citizenship in action

• Global Citizens
• SCOTLAND
• meets
• AFRICA

Uganda
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Citizenship in action

• Cross-curricular activities / School-community
  links
• Uganda

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Citizenship in action

• Cross-curricular activities / School-community
  links
• Uganda

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Citizenship in action

• Cross-curricular activities /
  School-community links
• Uganda

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CitizenshipResources

• Citizenship The Challenge!
• Progressive programme of classroom activities
  with photocopiable worksheets
• Strategies for developing a whole school approach
• Guidance on using childrens literature

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CitizenshipResources

• Citizenship and the Law Primary
• Progressive programme of classroom activities
  with photocopiable worksheets
• Strategies for developing a whole school approach
• Areas for Community Police support/input
  identified

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CitizenshipNext steps at St Josephs

• Authority steering group policy
• Auditing the audit
• How Good Is Our School? E series Education for
  Citizenship

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Citizenship Websites

• Learning Teaching Scotland
• www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship/
• BT Education
• www.bteducation.bt.com
• Citizenship Foundation
• www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/