Proven tips for citizenship and pshe webinar for optimus education.

2. Aims of the session
0 To equip all participants with ideas and tips on how
to improve the delivery of Citizenship and PSHE
education.

3. Background- Citizenship…
The best schools do not just
citizenship in classrooms, but help
pupils become citizens as well,
by giving them opportunities to take on
leadership roles in their school
community, through volunteering or
community action, or as part of a
school council.

4. Citizenship Provision…
0 Timetabled?
0 Drop down days?
0 Specialist teachers?
0 Lessons…?
0 Compulsory GCSE?

5. Raise your voice…
• Get a department
• Get a room
• Get tracking/assessing
• Get involved in open
evenings/parent
evenings
• Be seen/Be heard
• Status

6. Ideas…
0 Citizenship is more than getting students to raise
money for Charity… (although that is great too!)

7. Competitions…

8. Governors Grand…

9. Use of ICT…

10. Active Citizens…
0 Student Councils?
0 Learn to Lead?
0 O2 THINK Big?
0 Responsibilities?

11. Progression…
0 Link to A levels?

12. Useful Websites…
0 http://mraali.edublogs.org/useful-websites/
0 http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk
0 http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk
0 http://www.citized.info
0 http://mrpattisson.wordpress.com
0 http://citizenshipideas.org.uk
0 http://www.democraticlife.org.uk
0 www.tes.co.uk Citizenship Resources…

13. Background- PSHE…
Children with higher levels of
emotional, behavioural, social and
school well-being on average have
higher levels of
achievement and are more
in school, both
concurrently and in later years.

14. Not quite the same…
0 Value?
0 Not compulsory?
0 Still referred to in the latest OFSTED guidance…

15. Do not…
0 Discuss only…
0 Videos/DVDs only…
0 Tutor Time- ONLY…(!)

16. Do…
0 Teachers- National PSHE Qualification
0 Topics- Make them personal… Surveys?
0 Level?
0 Report?
0 Certify?
0 Meet?
0 EXPECT…!

17. Visitors…
• NURSE
• DOCTORS
• YOUTH
WORKERS
• POLICE
• SOCIAL SERVICES

18. Main Topics…
0 SRE- age specific
0 WRL
0 Drugs
0 Enterprise
0 Safety

20. Useful Websites…
0 http://www.pshe-association.org.uk
0 http://www.channel4learning.com/support/websites
/pshe.html
0 https://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandiniti
atives/teacherstv/
0 http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandle
arning/curriculum/b00223087/pshe
0 http://www.sexeducationforum.org.uk
0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/topics/sec
ondary.shtml#pshe

21. Don’t forget its all about
teaching!
0 Case Studies- Deptford Green/Didcot Girls
School/The Bulmershe School.

22. My toolkit…
0 www.cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk