Rights Respecting
What is a Rights Respecting School?
Our school is currently a BRONZE Rights Respecting School. This means we place an emphasis on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in our school curriculum. We promote these rights and empower them to become global citizens, recognising that all children around the world should be entitled to these rights. These rights are based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. As Rights Ambassadors, we have considered how the following rights are key priorities and we have listed some examples here of how we show we respect them.
How do we demonstrate these respecting these rights in school?
Here are some examples of how these rights are respected in our school.
Article 12: Every Child has the right to give their opinion and for an adult to listen and take it seriously.
- Pupil Parliament meetings
- Rights Ambassadors meetings
- Peer feedback and marking
- Suggestion boxes
- Classroom and Playground charters
- Jigsaw PSHE lessons
- Show and Tell or Wonderful
- World of Me sessions
- Voting opportunities
Article 19: Every child has the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, in body or in mind.
- Trained first aiders
- Trained mental health first aid staff
- Buddy system
- Clear safeguarding policy for staff
- Supportive, restorative conversations to fix mistakes
- Zero tolerance for bullying; taking part in Anti-Bullying week
- My Happy Mind and Jigsaw PSHE lessons
Article 24: Every child has the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food and a clean and safe environment
- Provision of healthy meals cooked on-site
- Access to safe water to drink
- Agreement to keep all areas tidy and safe
- Playground charter agreement to play safely with equipment
- Safe, clean playgrounds
- Play Team and teaching staff supervision
- Online safety lessons for all children
Article 28: Every child has the right to a good quality education
- High quality teaching and learning consistently in all classes that focusses on inclusion
- An exciting and challenging curriculum that inspires everyone
- Opportunities for all children to learn independently, with partners and in small groups
- High quality, effective feedback from staff
- Daily practice of core skills in number facts, reading, spelling and handwriting
Article 29: Every child has the right to use and develop their talents and abilities
- Children’s involvement in clubs
- Class assemblies
- Celebration assemblies for outside achievements
- Participation in a wide range of sporting and non-sporting events
- with other schools
- Depth of learning within all subject areas
- Recognition of personal skills to in the arts, music or sports, for
- example
Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, rest and play
- Consistent daily routines
- Breaktimes in safe environments and at times that are appropriate for the age and needs of all children
- Use of a range of equipment at break and lunchtimes, particularly open-ended, imaginative resources
- A play charter that focuses on fairness, respect and inclusion
This information is available to download in the leaflet below