Citizenship

Welcome

Citizenship at The Snaith School aims to give students the understanding and the tools to take an active part in modern society. Whether it is where to get help with consumer rights, or understanding what to do when voting in an election, we feel that Citizenship plays an important role in developing our students as young adults. Furthermore, the subject is designed to give students the experience of shaping their community and of having both power and responsibility.

So far Citizenship at GCSE has been extremely successful with 78% of students achieving A*-C in the first year of the GCSE.

The Subject Leader for Citizenship is Mr G. Gardner
The Key Stage 3 Citizenship Co-Coordinator Miss S Barr
Teachers of Citizenship – Mrs H Yates and Miss P Burrows

KS3 Information

In Year 7 Citizenship is taught as a discreet subject for 1 hour per week. Students study the following modules.

1. What is Citizenship and an introduction to Human Rights
2. Government, Elections and Voting
3. Participation in the Send My Friend to School Campaign

In Year 7 Students will also collaborate with Drama and RE for N2K.. N2K is a learning skills based set of 3 projects focusing on Teamwork, Effective Participation and Independent learning.
In Year 8 and 9 Citizenship is delivered through the PHSCEE program. Units include

• Year 8 – Diversity
• Year 9 – Conflict

KS4 Information

In Year 10 students study Citizenship through the PHSCEE program. Units include
1.    Positive Relationships
2.    The Criminal and Civil Justice System.
3.    Citizenship and Government
In Year 11 all students will take the OCR GCSE Citizenship Short Course. This course is 60% Coursework and 40% Examination.
The Coursework – Students will be actively involved in making an impact on their School or local community. They need to analyse a problem, take appropriate action and evaluate their impact.
The coursework will include 2 controlled assessments.
Students must collect evidence of their participation to send to the exam board.
The Examination – Will be based on a Unit entitled “Identity, Democracy and Justice “

Next Steps

• Government and Politics
• Law
• Selby College

• Sociology