For Key Stages 3 and 4 PSHE and Citizenship students
Key Stage 3 and 4 Curriculum Topic areas: PSHE and Citizenship
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» The Feel Good Factor
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Teenagers and their place in society |
PSHE Planning |
» Being a teenager
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Adolescence, puberty and personal hygiene, self image |
PSHE Planning |
» Looking after yourself
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Exercise, dental hygiene, skin care in the sun, healthier, safer lifestyles |
PSHE Planning |
» Knowing yourself: the right choice
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Education, skills and careers guidance |
PSHE Planning |
» Selling yourself
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Filling in application forms and writing a CV |
PSHE Planning |
» The world of work
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Employment and employment sectors, company organisation |
PSHE Planning
Key Stage 3 Citizenship
- the functions and uses of money, the importance and practice of budgeting, and managing risk.
Key Stage 4 Citizenship
- income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings
and pensions, financial products and services, and how public
money is raised and spent.
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» Being part of our society
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Rights and
responsibilities, voting,
schools councils,
youth parliaments,
Parliament, legal
and human rights |
Key Stage 3 Citizenship
- the development of the political system of democratic
government in the United Kingdom, including the roles of
citizens, Parliament and the monarch
- the operation of Parliament, including voting and elections,
and the role of political parties
- the precious liberties enjoyed by the citizens of the United
Kingdom
- the nature of rules and laws and the justice system, including
the role of the police and the operation of courts and tribunals
- the roles played by public institutions and voluntary groups
in society, and the ways in which citizens work together
to improve their communities, including opportunities to
participate in school-based activities.
Key Stage 4 Citizenship
- parliamentary democracy and the key elements of the
constitution of the United Kingdom, including the power of
government, the role of citizens and Parliament in holding
those in power to account, and the different roles of the
executive, legislature and judiciary and a free press
- the different electoral systems used in and beyond the
United Kingdom and actions citizens can take in democratic
and electoral processes to influence decisions locally,
nationally and beyond
- other systems and forms of government, both democratic
and non-democratic, beyond the United Kingdom
- the different ways in which a citizen can contribute to
the improvement of his or her community, to include
the opportunity to participate actively in community
volunteering, as well as other forms of responsible activity.
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» Business and the environment
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
The use of natural
resources, big
business, fair trade, the
environment and the
global economy |
Key Stage 3 Citizenship
- the functions and uses of money, the importance and
practice of budgeting, and managing risk.
Key Stage 4 Citizenship
- local, regional and international governance and the
United Kingdom’s relations with the rest of Europe, the
Commonwealth, the United Nations and the wider world
- human rights and international law.
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» Being safe
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Health and safety,
consumer protection
law, product
development and
testing |
Key Stage 3 Citizenship
- the nature of rules and laws and the justice system, including
the role of the police and the operation of courts and
tribunals.
Key Stage 4 Citizenship
- human rights and international law
- the legal system in the UK, different sources of law and how
the law helps society deal with complex problems.
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» The Feel Good Factor
Topic |
Curriculum subject content references |
Teenage concerns |
PSHE Planning |