Help children to become aware of their responsibilities, duties and rights as potential citizens, incorporating a knowledge of democracy and justice, and respect for the rule of law.
Prepare them for the future, utilising ICT skills and the Internet to promote learning and communication.
Develop their potential to the full, emphasising social, moral and academic dimensions.
Support their development from dependent children to independent citizens.
Increase co-operation between schools and the police and promote good educational practice.
Stress the importance of the roles played by schools, parents, governors, religious groups, police, statutory and voluntary agencies, local and national government and business and industry.
Enable children to acquire and understand relevant information and provide them with opportunities to investigate and interact with many aspects of community life. By using ICT and the Internet, it will broaden the scope and base of the project, allow other interested parties to have an input into the scheme, and accelerate the transfer of information and data.
At its simplest, this site operates on three levels:
- Children exchange ideas through a scrolling notepad (school forum). They are also given the opportunity to display artwork and ideas of citizenship
- Teachers are able to download Citizenship lessons from the site and obtain information from colleagues regarding Citizenship education
- Police Liaison Officers are able to select lessons which will assist them in their work in schools
All lessons are selected as good examples of good practice and have been 'field tested' in schools by teachers, police officers and children.
Every primary school in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland is being invited to join in this project to share good practice and to contribute to the site. A panel of representatives from the core group of schools will be sifting through the submissions to share the best with other registered users.
This site is much more than children, police, teachers and the NSPCC working with the Internet and the WWW. It is about action in the community and that really is at the heart of the project. It is hoped that children will learn to become more involved in activities which will allow them to grow into more caring citizens.
The purpose of this website
- To provide a site for Primary Schools as they develop a Citizenship Curriculum
- To create a platform for lesson plans, project ideas, and an opportunity for children's work to be displayed
- To stimulate discussion in the classroom and to lead to action in the community
- To create children who realise they have a part to play in their community and want to become involved
The Schools that have given their support and input include:
St. John Fisher, Sheffield
Bamford Primary, Lancashire
Ilfracombe Junior, Devon
Wimbledon 1st School, London
Barlborough Hall School, Derbyshire
Lhanbryde Primary School, Moray, Scotland
and...
Harold Girls' School, Dublin. St. Mary's Primary, Sunderland. All Saints Primary, Hampshire