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On this page: Issues for Church schools | What are PSHE and Citizenship? | The law | Guidance | A whole-school approach | Challenging areas | FAQs | Resources
At Key Stages 1 and 2, PSHE and citizenship are linked. At Key Stages 3 and 4 they are set out in separate guidance material.
The Framework for PSHE and Citizenship at Key Stages 1 and 2 has four components:
PSHE comprises all aspects of schools' planned provision to promote pupils' social development, including health and wellbeing (Preparing Young People for Adult Life, 1999 - the report of the National advisory group on PSHE, available from DfEE Publications, 0845 6022260, order reference RPPSHA).
Education for citizenship at Key Stages 1 to 4 comprises three interrelated strands - social and moral responsibility, community involvement and political literacy.
Church schools will want to provide a Christian framework and environment within which the aims of the Framework can be fully expressed. PSHE and citizenship should explicitly reflect the values and ethos of the Church school. The school ethos embodies the Christian values held by the school and provides the atmosphere for life in and beyond the school itself.
The requirement to teach is covered by regulation, not statute. It can, therefore, be amended by further regulation if deemed necessary.
Collective worship provides a daily opportunity to enhance pupils' spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development. It can and should identify, promote and celebrate Christian values of the school.
The personal and social development of children can be enhanced by a school environment that allows them to feel safe and for which they have some responsibility. PSHE and citizenship can provide opportunities for children to become involved in developing proposals for improving the school environment. Social and moral responsibility can be developed through encouraging positive behaviour and relationships, anti-bullying strategies, environmental and recycling projects with local authorities, businesses and communities. Children and young children need the self-awareness, positive self-esteem and confidence to:
At Key Stages 1 and 2, the Framework emphasizes the development of social and moral responsibility, community involvement and some of the basic aspects of political literacy, for example, knowing what democracy is and the basic institutions that support it locally and nationally. These are essential preconditions of citizenship as well as PSHE. In Key Stages 3 and 4 the political literacy strand has greater weight than in Key Stages 1 and 2. The Framework also allows schools to link their work in PSHE and citizenship with other initiatives. Some of these are listed in the Resources section along with other sources of guidance and support.
A whole-school approach is effective because pupils' personal and social development is influenced by many aspects of school life. The Framework for PSHE should therefore play a central part in the cycle of whole-curriculum planning and development.
The National Healthy School Standard (1999) which is based on a school self-improvement model, suggests ten key elements for a whole-school approach:
Successful implementation of the Framework requires four steps:
Schools that have addressed these will want to review their arrangements in the light of the Framework.
Taken from Personal, social and health education at Key Stages 3 and 4: initial guidance for schools (QCA, 2000, page 6).
The issue of timetable time will prove challenging at all Key Stages. Mapping the curriculum helps to identify opportunities for PHSA in all subject areas.
Assessment recording and reporting are broad areas in the QCA document and will need refining by individual schools.
'In PSHE and citizenship there are two broad areas for assessment:
- children's knowledge and understanding, for example, information on health, understanding of rules, understanding of health and safety procedures, and the meaning of ideas including democracy;
- how well children can use their knowledge and understanding in developing skills and attitudes, for example through participating in discussions, group tasks and activities, managing conflict, making decisions and promoting positive relationships.
Clearly defined learning outcomes based on the Framework assist the assessment process.
Assessment in PSHE and citizenship should not imply that children are failing as people or citizens. It should not be a judgement on the worth, personality or value of an individual child or their family. This can be particularly important in working with children from diverse backgrounds or who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. A record of children's progress and portfolios of work will provide evidence for reports to parents that might include their child's awareness of topical events, exercise of responsibility and contribution to the life of the school.'
Personal, social and health education and citizenship at Key Stages 1 and 2: initial guidance for schools (pp 15-16, QCA, 2000)
Where will it happen across the curriculum?
| Organization | Contact details |
|---|---|
| Qualifications and Curriculum Authority | For publications: 01787
884444 www.qca.org.uk |
| The National Curriculum (includes information on PSHE) | www.nc.uk.net |
| Citizenship Foundation | 15 Swithins Lane,
London EC4N 8AL 020 7929 334 fax: 020 7929 092 www.citfou.org.u info@citfou.org.uk |
| Connexions is the UK Government's strategy to ensure every young person gets the best start in life. | DfEE Publications, PO
Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley, Nottingham NG15
ODJ 0845 60 222 60 fax: 0845 60 333 6 www.connexions.gov.uk |
| Community Service Volunteers (CSV) Education for Citizenship | CSV Education for
Citizenship, 237, Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JN
020 7278 660 fax: 020 7713 0560 www.csv.org.uk education@csv.org.uk |
| Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC) | CEWC, 15 Swithins Lane,
London EC4M 8A 020 7929 5090 fax: 020 7929 5091 www.cewc.org.uk info@cewc.org.uk |
| Institute for Citizenship (note especially Junior Citizenship Project) | 62 Marylebone High
Street, London, W1M 3AF 020 7935 4777 fax: 020 7486 9212 www.citizen.org.uk info@citizen.org.uk |
| National Standing Committee of Advisers, Inspectors and Consultants of Personal and Social Education (NSCOPSE) | www.nscopse.org.uk |
| The Hansard Society | St Philips Building,
LSE, Sheffield Street, London WC2 2EX 020 7955 7459 fax: 020 7955 749 www.hansardsociety.org.uk hansard@hansard.lse.ac.uk |
| School Councils UK | 2nd Floor, Lawford
House, Albert Place, London N3 1QB 020 8349 245 fax: 020 8346 0898 www.schoolcouncils.org info@schoolcouncils.org |
| National Health Education Group | National Health
Education Group, John Bennett, Birmingham LEA,
Advisory and Support Service, Martineau Centre, 74
Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham B32 2E 0121 303 8133 |
| National Healthy School Standard | HDA, Holborn Gate, 330
High Holborn, London WC1 7B 020 7413 1929 www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk wfh@hda-online.gov.uk |
| Drug Education Forum | Drug Education Forum,
Joanne Butcher, Coordinator, 8 Wakeley Street, London
EC1V 7QE 020 7843 6016 www.ncb.org.uk/drug.htm |
| Sex Education Forum | Sex Education Forum,
Simon Blake, Coordinator, 8 Wakeley Street, London
EC1V 7Q 020 7843 6052 www.ncb.org.uk/sexed.htm |
| Educare M - 'advancing the spiritual, moral and relational development of children and young people' | PO Box 166, Westbury on
Trym, Bristol BS9 1Y 0117 968 8008 fax: 0117 968 8222 www.educarem.org.u info@educarem.org.uk |
| National Children's Bureau | 8 Wakeley Street,
London EC1V 7QE 020 7843 600 www.ncb.org.uk |
| Financial capability | |
| Financial Services Authority (FSA) | FSA Consumer Education,
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14
5HS 0845 606123 www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer |
| Personal Finance Education Group | 51 Gresham Street,
London, EC2V 7H 020 7261 755 fax: 020 7696 899 www.pfeg.org.u pfeg@abi.org.uk |
| ProShare (not for profit org; promotes responsible share-based investment) | 020 7600 098 proshare.challenge@pearson.co.uk |
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