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17/01/25

Our Year 12 students at Durdle Door after completing a day of physical geography fieldwork on Chessil beach!#geographyfieldwork pic.twitter.com/n5WB9Nq30y

16/01/25

Our Year 12 students have been reflecting on their Human Geography fieldwork exploring regeneration in Boscombe, Dorset!🏘️🔍A great opportunity to analize real-world impacts and bring their studies to life. Fantastic work,everyone! pic.twitter.com/T7hLbJdtnl

16/01/25

A big thank you to Hayley Dawson for delivering an inspiring assembly to our Year 10 students about Post-16 Options! 🌟 The session provided valuable insights to help our students plan their next steps. pic.twitter.com/60PQiWcBBV

15/01/25

Huge congratulations to Zoe in Y12, who completed in Cyclocross and became the British Junior Women's Cyclocross Champion on Sunday!🌟👏 An incredible achievement-we are so proud of you, Zoe!#CyclocrossChampion https://t.co/bhkSKyq2iO pic.twitter.com/tBHxTI1QO8

14/01/25

We’re excited to welcome our Year 9 students and their parents/carers to the GCSE Options Information Event this Thursday.🌟 🕟 Gates open via the student entrance from 16:30 to 18:00. See you there as we help guide your next steps!#HASU pic.twitter.com/6HcKNJ2TCJ

13/01/25

Join Harris Federation for a day dedicated to exploring career pathways for teachers, at all stages of your career! Register here: https://t.co/D5brHBkB4q pic.twitter.com/hxnoAdKdx9

13/01/25

Having loved Safiyyah's War Aaila and Mobina were so excited to find more stories about Muslim girls on our library shelves🤩📚 pic.twitter.com/wcgAGBeqmJ

20/12/24

Our latest Newsletter is out now. Catch up on all the exciting updates at HASU. https://t.co/BZXFtiisec#HASU pic.twitter.com/gIlYHJLOAU

20/12/24

Our Xmas Jumper Day at HASU set the festive vibes off the charts! From reindeers to snowflakes, sparkles to pom-poms, everyone brought their A-game with their cozy and creative Christmas jumpers. Wishing all our students, staff, and families a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄 pic.twitter.com/iFCzlCOZvI

20/12/24

Students from computing classes across the school took part in the annual UK Bebras competition in the month of November. We are very proud of everyone’s achievement.  A big well done to our 503 students who won Gold , Distinction and Merit Awards.🌟👏#HASU pic.twitter.com/idaXJWNhY2

20/12/24

The HASU Robotics Christmas Raffle! … and the winner is………. pic.twitter.com/IhrZdiw5dw

20/12/24

HASU Robotics Society hosted teams from across the SE of England to the INTO THE DEEP Scrimmage. It was another great day of co-opertition and collaboration. Thank you and good luck to all teams taking part this season! pic.twitter.com/s4KPRzmnT5

11/12/24

The dress rehearsal for our Winter Show was a great success! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!🎄 pic.twitter.com/mVj1HE24zy

10/12/24

🎶 Yesterday’s Year 7 Celebration Assembly was truly special! 🌟 The highlight? Their beautiful all-year singing performance – such talent and unity on display! 👏💛 Well done Year 7 – you’ve made us all so proud! pic.twitter.com/SfC6Qk9f4L

10/12/24

Field set up prep! pic.twitter.com/TA0UGpBTsE

06/12/24

Thank you to for visiting Harris Academy Sutton as part of UK Parliament week. Mr Taylor spoke to the Year 11s about his role of the new MP for Sutton and Cheam and how he represents the constituency in Parliament. pic.twitter.com/1CjfTSq4oS

04/12/24

🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Celebration Evening yesterday! It was a fantastic night honoring our students' achievements.🌟Congratulations to all the award recipients – you’ve made us so proud! 🏆👏 pic.twitter.com/SosvAVv40V

02/12/24

Our big day tomorrow! Join us for our HASU Celebration Evening as we present the incredible achievements and successes of our students with a variety of awards.🏆 We’re excited to celebrate together and look forward to seeing you there!#HASU pic.twitter.com/jy8BjvQMVK

02/12/24

Sutton Community Awards 2024💜 🏆 Thank you to everyone who attended the Sutton Community Awards last night. It was once again a magical evening meeting everyone who was shortlisted. pic.twitter.com/hjt7fsddNB

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Citizenship

What is Citizenship?  

Citizenship at HASU is the study of the relationship between individuals and the state. Citizenship encompasses the rights and responsibilities that we all have as members of society and how we in turn are impacted by society around us. We study democracy, government and law as well as many more topics that prepare all students to become functioning and contributing members of British society.  

 

Why do we teach Citizenship at HASU? 

The Citizenship curriculum at HASU has been designed to give students a foundation of knowledge of the key pillars that allow society to function. Citizenship forms an integral part of HASU’s Personal Development Curriculum, with lessons taught during tutor time. In these lessons, students are provided with powerful knowledge and concepts of democracy and active citizenship, amongst others, that prepare them for later life. At Key Stage 3, this includes human rights, privacy, individual liberty and different types of electoral system. The topics covered ensure that all students gain understanding of society and the role that they play within it. 

 

At GCSE, this foundational understanding is developed and expanded upon. GCSE Citizenship students gain the ability to recognise bias, critically evaluate arguments, weigh evidence, and look for alternative interpretations and sources of evidence, all of which are skills that will benefit them in higher education and employment. Citizenship at HASU also develops students’ skills to allow them to create sustained and reasoned arguments, present various viewpoints, critical analyse opinions and plan practical citizenship actions to benefit society.  

 

How do we teach Citizenship at HASU? 

At HASU, Citizenship is taught by:  

 

  • Ensuring all students have a breadth and strength of knowledge of the key concepts of citizenship. This is supported by the use of comparative case studies which allow students to consolidate and demonstrate their understanding through their use and evaluation of specific and real examples. The use of retrieval practice and assessment for learning techniques such as questioning will also allow students to consolidate and broaden this knowledge and enable them to formulate and express substantiated opinions and judgements.  

 

  • Consolidating student understanding through practical activities, such as curriculum trips such as to the Supreme court and Houses of Parliament. Exposure to democracy in action is vital in allowing students opportunities to engage with practical examples of what has been only theoretical within the classroom. Students also study a topic on active citizenship, which allows students to become involved with community issues and try implement positive change within the local area. 

 

  • Developing skills to that students can form substantiated opinions, critically analyse alternatives viewpoints and to form conclusive judgements. This is done through classroom debate and discussion throughout the course. 

 

What exam board do we study? 

Students studying Citizenship at HASU follow the AQA Citizenship Studies (8100) specification. 

 

How do we assess students in GCSE Citizenship? 

Students will be assessed through a combination of practise exam style questions that reflects the variety of style and content breadth each citizenship theme covers. This can range from multiple choice questions, short answer, source analysis and extended answer questions. Formative assessments will be used to reflect students’ progress and understanding. It will also allow for supportive reflection of areas to improve and weaknesses which will allow students to improve and develop their responses. These formative assessments will take place twice per half term, with more formal assessments taking place twice a year, where practice exams will be sat with questions from the exam board.  

 

How do we use homework in GCSE Citizenship? 

Students will be set a variety of activities for homework to engage them with learning outside of the classroom. Homework will not only consolidate their classroom learning, through a mix of tasks ranging from quizzes and exam style questions, but they will also engage with case studies and research that can be discussed and dissected in the classroom following completion. Homework will also involve revision of previous topics, development of revision materials and practical work as part of the active citizenship topic.