Citizenship and PSHE

Developing Citizenship: about the project

Global citizenship and critical thinking were key elements of this three-year collaborative project

Using PE to boost cross curricular skills

Improvement in PE and sport can have cross curricular benefits across a pupil's school career. Lisa Symonds looks at how a rejuvenated look at sport had a positive impact on SEN and G&T students, as well as on PSHE and self-confidence, at three schools across the UK

A qualification for life skills development

Do your pupils struggle to reap the benefits of GCSEs? Would your school benefit from courses which reward your students' personal effectiveness and social skills? Bedminster Down School in Bristol feels that it did

Using ASDAN to reward PSHE

The ASDAN curriculum offers pupils a unique opportunity to achieve recognition for personal and social development skills. Chief Executive Roger White charts the development and benefits of this curriculum framework and explains why it is as relevant today as when it started

Teaching citizenship in six easy steps

How can you create an exciting series of citizenship lessons that will develop knowledge and understanding amongst your key stage 3 students? Catherine Johnson discusses her successes

Primary Assembly: Fairtrade Fortnight

This citizenship assembly explains the concept of Fairtrade, setting it in the context of what we mean by “fairness” in our dealings with other people.

Positive Thinking: Celebrating success and achievement

This SEAL activity for key stage 3 encourages students to celebrate success and achievement

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Encouraging citizenship values through sport

Helping primary students engage with the key stage 2 citizenship curriculum can be challenging. One tactic is to use sport as a vehicle for understanding rules and fairness. This example looks at cricket

Secondary Assembly: Rights not Wrongs

Human rights is the focus of this assembly, as Brian Radcliffe invites students to consider the 60th birthday of the launch of the UNUDHR, discussing its relevance today and why it is important for young people to be aware of it

Linking personal and social development to curriculum aims

What is the role of personal and social development, or PSHE, in delivering national outcomes for children and young people? Marilyn Tew, chair of NSCoPSE discusses

Secondary assembly: Why do we remember “Black History”?

This secondary citizenship assembly acts as an introduction to Black History Month, while examining the value of studying history in general. It also tells the story of the first black person to drive a London bus, Joe Clough

Secondary assembly: Proud to be a Brit

What does it means to be British? In this citizenship assembly for key stages 3, 4, and 5, students are invited to consider national identity, in the light of the government’s proposal for a “British” bank holiday

Promoting healthy eating in children

The statistics regarding childhood health and overweight children are alarming, says Roger Smith. Here are some practical suggestions to promote healthy eating habits in children

Community cohesion: what does it mean for primary schools?

Can schools realistically play a part in creating cohesion in their community? Dave Weston considers this question in the context of an increasingly diverse country

A careers education lesson: Equal pay

Exploring thinking skills in a learning process that is also a social experience. This activity will encourage pupils to acquire information, ideas and skills and develop values, ways of thinking and the means to express themselves

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Secondary Assembly: Charity appeals

How should we react to charity appeals − particularly those that we see on television? This PSHE secondary assembly compares the different public responses to the recent disasters in Burma and China and asks how we should respond

Secondary Assembly: A woman's place is in the lab

The issue of sexual equality is explored in this secondary assembly, using the example of female scientists and the problems they may experience within their chosen career - notably the dilemmas of a work-life balance. It challenges listeners to consider their own priorities

Enrichment Activities: Managing sunlight and saving buildings

One of these enrichment activities looks at global warming, the other at endangered buildings read more

Secondary Assembly: What is panic and why do we feel it?

Exploring the instinct of panic with your students touches on both SEAL and PSHE issues. This assembly looks at the emotion within the context of national fuel crises

Primary Assembly: Lost and found – the £2 million violin

Well known violinist, Philippe Quint, left a Stradivarius violin in a New York Taxi. He was frantic, until it was returned to him next day by the taxi driver

Secondary Assembly: Naturally high!

Whilst touching on the harmful affects of drugs and alcohol, this assembly examines the different ways in which people seek to feel a 'buzz' in life - some in healthy ways and others more harmfully

Primary Assembly: Disasters in China and Burma

This assembly looks at how the two countries have responded to the disastrous cyclone and earthquake, and how foreign aid workers are trying to help read more

Primary Assembly: The biofuel debate

This week's assembly explores the debate about biofuel. It gets pupils thinking about their everyday use of fossil fuels and discusses the possible alternatives read more

Secondary Assembly: Are politicians servants of the people?

What difference could you make, during your life, to society? That is the question this assembly asks pupils, with particular regard to the politician Gwyneth Dunwoody whose life and work it remembers

Secondary Assembly: What's democracy about?

This citizenship and PSHE assembly for secondary schools looks at the concept of democracy, getting pupils to consider what democracy means and how living in a democratic society affects their lives

Secondary Assembly: What is your identity?

Personal identity is the subject of this free assembly, which focuses specifically on the debate around identity cards and asks pupils to reflect on what is meant by 'identity'

Legal basics: giving your pupils advice on sex and contraception

Ingrid Sutherland outlines controversial new guidance on the provision of sexual health services in schools

Fair Trade Fortnight 2008

Thousands of events are taking place throughout the UK as part of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 which runs until the 9th of March

Young sporting ambassadors

In the countdown to 2012, the Young Ambassadors programme is striving to ensure the much-vaunted legacy of the London Olympics becomes a reality

Creating a generation of lifesavers

Jon Handcock outlines the latest British Red Cross initiative for acquiring first aid skills read more

African-Caribbean views on slavery

History can help young people to see the ‘big picture’ about enslavement, says E Kay Traille read more

Developing 'citizenship-rich' schools

School leaders need a national strategy for citizenship education if they are to build on the excellent practice of those who have grasped citizenship as a tool for school transformation argues Tony Breslin, chief executive of the Citizenship Foundation

Relevance of storytelling in schools

Storytelling can offer a range of opportunities for learning across all ages and ability levels. Fred Redwood explains how

Build skills and stop gang culture

Entrepreneurial activities can help young people gain respect, says Madeleine White

Educational equalities: raising the stakes

Schools can develop strategies to improve fairness and freedom in terms of their students' future education and employment opprtunities, says Diane Bebbington

Education in the Commonwealth

Empowering young people throughout the Commonwealth to become active citizens is one of the goals of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth. Gertrude Shotte reports on its work read more

Values education resource: the National Curriculum Statement

The National Curriculum statement of values has been misunderstood, says Graham Haydon read more

Facing up to loss

How can we help young people deal better with the losses they experience? Secondary drama teacher and SEAL coordinator Julie Leoni reflects on her own experiences read more

Primary assemblies guidance I: Values

Gerald Haigh begins a three-part series on primary assemblies by looking at values

Human rights education: what should you be teaching?

Rights literacy is core to inclusion and wellbeing and should underpin schooling, argues Hilary Hunt, who here explains what you need to know about human rights education

Talking about cancer with young people

Dealing with cancer in PSHE can promote health and allay fears, says Chris Rushbrook

Babysitting: an Irish Red Cross project

Looking after other people's children is responsible work, says Sue Dale Tunnicliffe read more

Informed decision making and IT

New technologies offer an interactive approach to developing social skills in schools and colleges, as Les Cowan explains read more

Teaching global citizenship in school

Teaching citizenship helps children to understand rights and responsibilities - their own and others' - as well as how society works and how they can play an active role. Margaret Collins discusses, suggesting ways in which she believes schools can help to make society a better place

Managing loss, grief and bereavement

This sensitive area should be part of every setting’s PSE programme, says Margaret Collins

How well is diversity promoted in the curriculum?

Diversity and Citizenship in the Curriculum: Research Review is a recent DfES research briefing that looks at the way in which citizenship and diversity is taught across the curriculum. read more

The 'fitness and wellbeing' MOT

Fred Redwood reports on a fitness profiling computer system for schools and colleges read more

World heritage - examining the threats

Anjana Khatwa explores the implications of acquiring World Heritage Site status read more

Teaching human rights to combat discrimination

Julia Frankl argues that studying the abolition of slavery and human rights challenges modern day discrimination

Community cohesion - will history help?

‘Community cohesion’ is now a legal obligation on school governors and we must make the best of it, says Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). He asks how teaching of history could contribute to this objective. read more

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