Oakham Citizenship

This account is for students of GCSE Citizenship so we can collect current stories that illustrate topics covered by the syllabus

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Our thanks to the team at the National Justice Museum Nottingham for a great day reinforcing our learning about the criminal justice system @JusticeMuseum

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For the first time in nearly 20 years Form 5 got to meet with our MP whist they were visiting the Houses of Parliament. Many thanks Alicia Kearns for making the time. Look forward to hearing about it in Fri lesson @aliciakearns @oakhamsch

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F5 have made it into the Houses of Parliament - compulsory photo on the steps of Westminster Hall- looking very smart. Hope they noticed that the lions on the floor tiles all have no eyes near the steps unlike in the rest of the room. I'll explain why on Fri

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Some Citizen Action projects take longer than others - our box of sporting tops has finally arrived in Eswatini. We look forward to seeing them in use but this is a major step forward

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Form 5 Citizenship have made it to central London - and it's not raining! Making their way to Houses of Parliament for a 3pm visit. Who will they see? #citizenship #reallife #joyofschooltrips @OakhamSch

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This story links to every unit of the course https://t.co/Uyt1PT62Ks

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@aliciakearns dropped in to meet with a GCSE Cz group researching views on a proposal for a local wind farm for their Citizenship Action Alicia was an excellent model of the benefits of detailed research to support your arguments. Many Thanks @OakhamSch @ACitizenshipT

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These are the bills we will be discussing over the next 12 months though how is the image here from the BBC incorrect? https://t.co/3TrWxD4vkv

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@ZoeBowden3 This was another level - as much that the technology worked as anything else! We realised on Friday quite how difficult the situation is for girls and quite what this could mean - huge responsibility for them to pull this off.

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Sometimes Citizenship is amazing! Here is a group researching their Citizenship action by linking to the Kingdom of Eswatini to talk to Mike Drew OO and Mrs Nozipho Thorne who is the Programme Director for boMake Rural Projects More later @ACitizenshipT @OakhamSch

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Pressure groups and there action link to all aspects of our syllabus. One that has come to the fore since we looked at Pressure Groups specifically with F5 is Just Stop Oil
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There are lots of stories around over poor behaviour of MPs Here is one from Labour https://t.co/Dai3XsYvDY

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Good article for revision F5 https://t.co/AI6Q0z4dxr

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Royal Assent has now been applied to this Bill which we have discussed in class https://t.co/HW7BlOoYdE

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If the justice system is to operate under FRED (Fairness, Respect, Equality and Dignity) conditions should legal aid be more readily available?
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Unit 2 Democracy, Media https://t.co/dT4NbWlLFH

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Unit 1 Worker Rights and Trade Unions https://t.co/Z7ByNnSXXB

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An interesting example of protest https://t.co/aTdpj8zsjZ

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A good example of UN in action on its environmental goals https://t.co/0EVx2GCOZ0

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A good example to use for devolution - which is on the F5 exam paper https://t.co/qKUJOW0x66