Citizenship KS1
12 Key Free Teaching Resources
RSPCA
Free teaching resources to help you develop informed, responsible and active citizens.
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PDSA
PDSA provides a free interactive resource, with lesson plans, videos and more.
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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home produces free educational resources across the curriculum
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Sports Relief
Sport Relief’s inspiring early years, primary and secondary learning resources are a great way to help your students understand the challenges that some children in the UK and Africa face every day.
Friends of the Earth
Friends Of The Earth Lesson Plans And Resources For Teaching About Environmental Issues
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Eco Schools
Resources For Becoming An Eco-School And Enabling Children To Take Responsibility
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PETA Foundation
An extensive range of teaching resources including posters, videos and more
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BFI
Using Television To Teach Citizenship Guided From The British Film Institute
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The teaching of Citizenship at Key Stage 1 seeks to develop childrens ability to take responsibility for themselves and work successfully alongside others. For example, promoting skills in taking turns, sharing, helping others, recognising right and wrong choices as well as being able to resolve simple differences. This builds on their experiences in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
At Key Stage 1, children develop skills across four strands: Developing confidence and responsibility for themselves; preparing to play an active role as citizens; developing a healthy lifestyle and forming positive relationships with others based on respecting differences.
These resources can support children engaging in the current breadth of study in the National Curriculum and developing skills in the above strands. The lesson plans and resources included here also offer opportunities for teachers to not only deliver discrete teaching in this area, but can be used to support cross-curricular teaching and learning with a strong Citizenship dimension.
