Citizenship

Who we are
 
Mr S. Tomlinson
Ms R. Davidson
Mr M. Greensides
Ms S. Khanom
Mr M. Smithers
 
What we do
 
The Aims of Citizenship

The three strands that permeate Citizenship at Central Foundation Girls' School are:

• Social and moral responsibility.
• Pupils learning from the very beginning self-confidence and socially and morally responsible behaviour, both in and beyound the classroom, towards those in authority and towards each other.
• Community involvement.
• Pupils learning how to become helpfully involved in the life and concerns of their neighbourhood and communities, including learning through community involvement and service.
• Political Literacy.
• Pupils learning about instituations, issues, problems and practices of our democracy and how citizens can make themselves effectives in public life, locally, regionally and nationally, through skills and values as well as knowledge - this can be termed political literacy, which encompasses more than political knowledge alone.

Where do students learn citizenship?

Citizenship has such a breadth of reach that there is hardly any aspect of a student's life that does not involve them developing their knowledge, skills, attitudes and understanding of citizenship.

• At home from interactions with family.
• Discrete curriculum time through Citizenship lessons.
• Teaching Citizenship through and in other subjects/curriculum areas.
• Citizenship activities and school  events e.g. Happiness Day.
• Tutorial time and assemblies.
• Educational visits.
• Curriculum

Currently Citizenship lessons are taught to each student for 100 minutes once every two weeks.

Course Outline

Click here for Citizenship Programme of Study

Assessment

Edexcel Code 3280 GCSE Short Course in Citizenship Studies.

There are two parts to the course:

Examination Paper 1 hour and 15 minutes 60%
Coursework (consisting of a four page response form with supporting evidence) 40%

The exam consists of three sections:

Section A - This section will consist of short answer questions based on data that may consist of written material and/or graphs, graphics, photographs, pictures etc...
Section B - This section will consist of short answer questions based on data that may consist of written material and/or graphs, graphics, photographs, pictures etc..
Section C - This section will consist of short answer questions based of the specified themes and an extended answer on one question chosen from one of these themes.
Useful website links:

Edexcel

Click here for a copy of the specification (syllabus); examiners reports and sample examinations papers and mark scheme.

Current Affairs

• BBC Website
• Guardian Newspaper
• Times Newspaper
• New York Times
• Newsround

Young People's Newspapers

• The News Paper
• The Headliners

Globalisation

• International anti-poverty agency
• Links to global educational resources
• Action Aid
• Oxfam

Environment

• Sustainable development from the BBC
• Environmental charity
• Ecological Footprint calculators

Trading Standards

• The smart shopper guide

Refugees

• UN Refugee Agency
• UK Refugee Council

Human Rights

• Campaigning organisation to protect human rights worldwide
• UN Human Rights
• UK Campaign for Human Rights
• Campaign for Human Rights in Tibet
• Campaign for Human Rights in Burma
• Human Rights Watch

Politics UK

• UK Parliament
• Towerhamlets Council
• Greater London Authority
• Labour Party
• Conservative Party
• Liberal Democratic Party
• UK Independence Party
• Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist Party)
• Scottish Nationalist Party

Politics Global

• European Commission
• Association of South East Asian Nations
• United Nations
• American Democratic Party
• American Republication Party
• NATO

Law

• UK Courts
• UK Magistrates
• Metropolitan Police
• Home Office
• International Court of Justice