As you may be aware there is some concern that Citizenship may be dropped from the National Curriculum. David Blunkett has put forward an Early Day Motion (EDM) in support of Citizenship. I’ve written to my MP, David Lammy asking him to sign (support) the EDM:
FOR THE ATTENTION OF:
David Lammy MP
TottenhamWednesday 8 December 2010
Asher Jacobsberg
61 Clonmell Road
London
N17 6JTDear David Lammy,
I am writing to you to ask you to sign David Blunkett’s EDM 1142 on Citizenship Education. As a governor of Welbourne Primary School, a member of the Haringey Schools Forum and someone who works in schools across the UK I am acutely aware of the need to ensure that Citizenship stays a national curriculum subject.
Citizenship is a subject that equips young people with the skills and knowledge to enable them to take control of and play an active in their communities. By showing all young people the important role they play in society it can reach out to young people who find more traditional subjects off-putting.
I hope you will sign this EDM to help ensure that every young person in society can see that politics and active citizenship is for them, not just those who go to Eton or Westminster.
Yours sincerely,
Asher Jacobsberg
If you want to find out more about why Citizenship is so important, have a look at www.democraticlife.org.uk – an organisation we’re on the board of which is campaigning for citizenship education.
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