Progression in Personal Development and Mutual Understanding

Theme 6:Rules, Rights and ResponsibilitiesKey Stage TwoStrand One: Mutual Understanding in theLocal and Wider CommunityLearningIntentionsWe are learning to:Sample Learning ActivitiesThinking Skills andPersonal CapabilitiesSuggested ResourcesConsider ourrights andresponsibilities asmembers of thecommunity.Understand thatrules are essentialin an orderedcommunity andthe need fordifferent rules indifferent contexts.Take part in or organise a community event.Take part in campaigning for the rights of others either locally or globallye.g. upgrading local facilities, protecting natural resources, Fair Trade orSend My Friend to School.Further develop understanding of wants and needs in relation to the localcommunity.Investigate the range of local ‘community rules’ e.g. park rules, recycling orlocal club rules.Visit to or invite representatives from local organisations (e.g. council, PSNIor Emergency Services) to further develop understanding of communityrules.Self-ManagementBecome self-directed by workingon their own or with a group.Thinking, Problem-Solving andDecision-MakingDiscriminate between factand opinion and question thereliability of evidence. Examineoptions and weigh up pros andcons.Years 5, 6 and 7 Thematic Units:Liquid GoldFair EnoughActions Speak Louder.Years 5 & 6 ICLs: Where I Liveand The Blue Planet.Years 6 and 7 ICL: Needs andWants.Joined Up (NICIE).www.nicie.orgExamine theeffects of antisocialbehaviour.Use drama and ICT to explore local issues relating to anti-social behavioure.g. littering, graffiti, underage drinking or vandalism.Being CreativeLearn from and build on own andothers’ ideas and experiences.Working with OthersWork with their peers to reachagreement.Appreciate howand why rules andlaws are createdand implemented.Create rules for an imaginary civic society, perhaps linked to fiction e.g.the ideal island in Joined Up (NICIE, p 117).Self-ManagementMake links between theirlearning in different contexts.17