Primary activity
Learning about courts
If people commit crimes, they can end up in court.
What do you know about court and what happens there? Why do some people go to court and what exactly does the judge or magistrate do.
To help you understand how a court works and also to think about the consequences of your choices and actions you are going to take a virtual trip to court.
Click on the directgovkids website (the link is in Find out more) and find the police station. You will then need to click on the door to activate the court exercise.
After you have all had a go at the exercise discuss what you have learned - what things do you know now that you didn't know before?
Does thinking about the consequence of your actions make a difference to what you do?
What do you think about the news story? Do you feel worried about crime? Let us know at Have your say.
Forty five percent of Londoners are scared of groups of teenagers but weapon wielding ones are rare - this picture is posed by models!
Picture: PA
Teachers' notes
Primary lesson objectives
- to learn about the consequences of their actions
- to encourage thinking skills and collaborative learning
Primary curriculum links
Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3-6)
Unit 11: In the media - what's the news?
Section 1: What's in the news?
Section 2: Making the news - informing our community
National Curriculum
Citizenship 2c, 3f and 4g
Glossary
Accurate correct
Acquisitive taking something
Immobilisers stopping movement
Law-abiding don't break the law
LSYVB London Serious Youth Violence Board
Number cruncher someone in charge of going through figures to work out what they mean
Perceptions how somebody feels and thinks about something
Recession state of the economy declines resulting in unemployment and less money around