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Forthcoming Events

‘Learning to Make a Living’ - Free Entry!
PSHE: Economic Well Being and Financial Capability Conference
Friday 17th October 2008

In the true spirit of partnership working in Hertfordshire, a ‘trailblazing’ Autumn Conference has been organised by Youth Connexions Hertfordshire, the LSC, Hertfordshire Education Resources Council (HERT), the PSHE Association, the 14-19 Strategy Team and Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg). More...

What's New

Channel Mogo

Channel Mogo New Hertfordshire Children's Trust Partnership's online information site for young people in the county which covers a range of topics related to PSHE & Citizenship. This inter-active website also offers vidcasts, mp3 downloads, competitions and opportunities for discussion and webchats. It is free to join and provides a safe online community for young people in Hertfordshire.

Get Savvy!

Get Savvy! is a citizenship and cultural awareness programme for educational, voluntary and commercial organisations involved with young people. More...

KS4 No-Ur-Rites Educational Pack

The pack can be used for individual pupils to use in spare time / group work and whole class activities. It can be used for varying abilities and some games may also be suitable for younger children as well. The website allows for current topics to be introduced and discussed. More...

Oxfam Resources

Oxfam has three new education resources available for teachers to tackle issues that are in the news:

• Climate Change 'Summer Week' Activities KS3 & KS4
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Poster Competition Closing date is 2 July 2007
• G8 Teaching Materials

Politics - The Untangled Web 

The Untangled Web is a weekly bulletin designed to increase political awareness and discussion in schools and is targeted at pupils in years 11 to 13. More...

Assessment Activity

Thanks to Diane Turner, AST Citizenship and PSHE & Citizenship Co-ordinator Hitchin Girls School for this Year 9 Assessment activity linked to Goverment and Elections More...

Lesson Plans

Thanks to Diane Turner, AST Citizenship and PSHE & Citizenship Co-ordinator Hitchin Girls School for these new Lesson Plans:

• KS3 Citizens in the Community
• KS3 Political Parties
• KS4 Environmental & Social Issues Concerning Animal Welfare

These have been produced by students teachers at the Institute of London on its Citizenship teachers' programme.

• KS3 The Law and Animals
• KS3 Rights and responsibilities & The Use of the Internet
• KS3 Democracy and Parliament
• KS3 The Local Community
• KS4 The European Union

 

DirectgovKids: Giggles, Gigabytes (and Government)

DirectgovKids is a website for children from 5 to 11. It aims to encourage children to think of themselves as young citizens with a range of rights and responsibilities. It invites children to explore a self-contained world, full of online games and activities. These games introduce important ideas such as citizenship, democracy and political participation. There is a 'Teachers Area' with lesson plans and activities for Citizenship, PSHE, ICT and Science.

• www.direct.gov.uk/kids

 

News Archive...

 

The information and links on these pages are intended to provide basic information for teachers and/or students in county schools. Whilst every effort has been taken to guarantee the accuracy and appropriateness of both factual content and external links, users should be aware that citizenship information is constantly evolving and that the content on linked pages may well change over time.

Information and links on the website will be monitored on a regular basis, and amended as appropriate. Users are cordially requested to support us in this effort by checking material and links prior to classroom use and by notifying us of any problems with information or links that become apparent. We would be particularly grateful for any suggestions about further areas or material which users believe it would be helpful for us to include as we further develop this web area.