Citizenship  -  these are the things you should be trying to do and keep getting better at:

(a)     Understanding about the ways people should behave towards each other and how the things you believe are right or not right affect the ways you can be a useful person in our society

(b)    Understanding how our society works – things like local and national government, businesses, and how you can be an ‘active citizen’ by getting involved in things that affect our society

(c)     Understanding that there are many different cultures in the world and in our own country and that it’s important to understand these and to show you respect and value different cultures and the people who are part of them

(d)     Understanding the effects – either good or bad – that technology has on the way we all live

(e)     Understanding how to manage some things in your own life and what you need to be able to do this; understanding how to manage money

L is for Learning

Learning  -  these are the things you should be trying to do and keep getting better at:

(a)     Getting to know about the ways you learn about things and which ways you find it easiest to learn (like reading, looking at pictures, talking, doing things); making sure you are always learning new things as you go through your life – we call this ‘lifelong learning’

(b)    Learning how to think about things so that you can work things out for yourself, think about ideas and the things you hear and read about

(c)     Finding out about the things you are good at doing – all kinds of different things, like sport, art, music, design, drama, writing, planning, organising and so on.  You should also be finding out the best ways you can use your talents or ‘creativity’

(d)     Getting to enjoy learning because it’s interesting and fun and because it helps you to understand yourself more

(e)     Becoming really good in writing, reading, maths and developing a good sense of the way everything fits into its own space

(f)     Getting good at using computers and other technology and knowing about how they work

I is for Information

Information  -  these are the things you should be trying to do and keep getting better at:

(a)     Knowing different ways to find information you need, sort out what’s important and what’s not, and then use the information in whatever way you need to

(b)    Understanding how you think about information carefully and being able to come to your own decisions about what’s being said

P is for People

People  -  these are the things you should be trying to do and keep getting better at:

(a)     Understanding how to work with, and behave towards, other people in all kinds of different situations, sometimes ones where you’re in charge, sometimes when other people are in charge, and knowing how people together can get things done

(b)    Understanding how to work in a team of people and the different ways in which you can be a good team member

(c)     Understanding how you can help other people to get better at things – people of your own age or younger people

(d)     Knowing different ways of communicating with other people and how you choose the best way of doing this at different times in different circumstances

(e)     Being in control of your own emotions and managing your personal relationships well

(f)     Understanding ways you can make things better when there is a lot of stress or argument about things

S is for Situations

Situations  -  these are the things you should be trying to do and keep getting better at:

(a)     Understanding why it’s important to be able to manage your time well and knowing different ways to do this

(b)    Sometimes we have to make – or we want to make – changes in our lives, or we are caught up in changes that other people make, so this competence is about finding different ways that you can manage different kinds of changes

(c)     Understanding the importance of celebrating good things that happen but also knowing how you cope when you are disappointed

(d)     Understanding how to develop your own ideas about things and how to use your ideas in effective ways

(e)     Understanding about taking risks and how you deal with risk and with not being sure about things in lots of different circumstances