Rights Respecting Schools
We are a Rights Respecting School
In 1989, governments across the world adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This convention recognises that all children have the right to be treated with dignity and fairness, to be protected, to develop to their full potential and to participate.
We at St Anne’s are proud to be a Silver level UNICEF ‘Right’s Respecting School’. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is underpinned by the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and aims to help children grow into confident, caring and responsible citizens both within school and the wider community.
We continue to develop our Rights Respecting approach through three strands;
Strand A: Teaching and Learning about rights
Strand B: Ethos and relationships
Strand C: Participation, empowerment and action
We now aim to achieve the Gold Award during the next academic year.
Examples of how our pupils understand and use their rights;
• An ‘Article of the week’ focus.
• Class charters.
• Our Rights Respecting Council
• Harvest Donations for Cornerstones.
• Fund raising for charities such as Macmillan, Barnardo’s, Epilepsy UK, Cafod, St Joseph’s penny, Save the Children and many more.
• Assemblies to support special calendar events such as Anti-Bullying week and Odd socks day, Black History Month, Epilepsy Awareness Day and Caritas Days.
• Writing letters to residents of Maye’s Gardens during the Spring term lockdown period
For more information on RRS visit the Unicef RRS website
https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/
Report from RRS Silver Award
Week beginning 3rd July 2023 articles of the week –
This week we will be looking at articles 24 and 33. 24 – Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment and education on health and well-being so that children can stay healthy.
33 – Governments must protect children from the illegal use of drugs and from being involved in the production or distribution of drugs.
Sometimes the articles touch on some difficult subjects, but we appreciate you speaking to your children and using the powerpoint activities to help you explain these articles and why it is important for all children to be able to access these rights. The children continue to bring some brilliant work to school that they have completed at home related to the articles. Thank you for your support.
Week beginning 26th June 2023
Hi all this week’s article is 31
Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural activities. We will discuss this in school but we hope you can look at it with your children at home in more detail.