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KS2 Citizenship: Our Democracy | Voting, Parliament & Having a Say

Teach children how democracy works - deciding together, voting, who makes decisions (school councils to Parliament), and how to have their say. Taught with political impartiality. Assembly + six no-prep Circle Time sessions + six full lessons, all with decks. For Years 3-6, 2028-ready. Aligned to the statutory Citizenship programmes of study for the National Curriculum in England (Department for Education; (c) Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0; source: gov.uk) and informed by the active-citizenship approach associated with the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT; (c) ACT; source: teachingcitizenship.org.uk). This resource references those approaches as concepts and does not reproduce ACT's published materials or any programme-of-study text beyond fair citation. Taught with balance and political impartiality, in line with the duties in the Education Act 1996. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced by the Association for Citizenship Teaching or the DfE. All lesson content, slides, artwork and wording are original to Verity Education. (c) Verity Education 2026. Licensed for use within the purchasing school.