Rights Respecting Schools Award
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What does it mean to be a Rights Respecting School?
On the 20th November 1989 the world made a set of promises for every child on earth.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international statement of all of those promises.
UNICEF protects and promotes those rights.
Those rights try to make sure that every child is healthy, educated, treated fairly and listened to. They also make sure that all children are protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.
Our school is a Rights Respecting School
As pupils and staff we know our rights and how to respect those rights in others. We work together to make sure that every child in our school has those rights and knows how to respect the rights of others.
This means we all have a part to play and we try and work as a team to support each other.
Some of the rights we are focusing on in our school are:
* I have the right to an education (article 28).
* I have the right to relax and play (article 31).
* I have the right to clean water and nutritious food (article 24).
* I have the right to be the best that I can be (article 29)
* I have the right to give my opinion and for adults to listen to me (article 12).
* I have the right to learn how to use my rights as I grow up ( article 5)
Article of the week
UNICEF are currently providing weekly resources linked to the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Although these are aimed at our older children, we hope that you find them of use.
Article 29 - Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures and the environment. ACTIVITY
Article 23 - if you have a disability, you have the right to live a full and decent life with dignity, and as far as possible, independence, and to play an active part in your community. ACTIVITY
Article 17 - you have the right to reliable information from a variety of sources, and governments should encourage the media to provide information that children can understand. ACTIVITY
Article 30 - you have the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of your family whether or not these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where you live. ACTIVITY
Article 2 - you have rights without discrimination, whatever yourethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever you think or say, whatever your family background. ACTIVITY
Article 19 - you have the right to protection from violence, abuse and neglect. ACTIVITY
Article 42 - you have the right to know about the Convention on the rights of the child. ACTIVITY
Article 24 - you have the right to the best health possible and to medical information that will help you to stay well. ACTIVTY
Article 12 - you have the right to express your views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting you, and to have your views considered and taken seriously. ACTIVITY
Article 7 - you have the right to to a name and nationality, which you should be granted at birth. It also says that you have a right to – as far as possible – know and be cared for by your parents. ACTIVITY
Article 14 - you have the right to freedom of thought, belief and religions. ACTIVITY
Article 28 - you have the right to an education. ACTIVITY
Article 15 - you have the right to meet with other children and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights. ACTIVITY