RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOLS AWARD

We have already received our Bronze Award for being Rights Committed at Port Charlotte and we are now working towards our Silver Award, which means we would be Rights Aware.

We are currently working to embed Children’s Rights in our school which aligns perfectly with our Gold Nurturing School Award.

Our Clans are all taking turns at leading our RRS work. So far Clan Machair and Clan Saligo  have been leading our RRS activities in term 1 and term 2 and have made some great progress this session so far. Here are some of the things we have been doing:

  • To advocate for children’s rights in our community we have started a regular donation to our local foodbank. We created a space for the food to be stored near our school entrance.
  • To advocate for children’s rights across the world we did some research and chose to raise money for UNICEF’s children in Emergencies Fund and raised £165 on Friday 13th September
  • We started a ‘Right of the Month’ at our whole school assemblies to help us learn more about the different children’s rights.
  • We created a new wall display keeping everyone in our school up-to-date with what we are working on in school with regards to children’s rights.
  • We created posters linking to different rights to be displayed around our school.
  • We started learning all about the ABCDE of Children’s Rights and created a poster display about this.
  • We have learned what Equity means and talked about this at our whole School Assembly.

This term Clan Ardnave is leading our Rights Respecting Journey. So far they have led our Children’s Rights Week which involved;

  • An assembly on Dignity where we made everyone a special Dignity coin to wear as it is so special.
  • A parent workshop on Article 31 where parents enjoyed doing a variety of different play activities and mindfulness with their children.
  • A visit from our nearby school Keills Primary and their RRS Steering committee who shared their learning about rights so far. Clan Ardnave did a great job of talking about our rights work in Port Charlotte and taking them on a tour of the school. P4-7 listened carefully and asked questions about what Keills have been learning regarding Children’s Rights and then they all enjoyed some rights games and activities together.
  • Right of the Month Assemblies continue each month.

We have lots more ideas and are looking forward to continuing to embed Children’s rights into our school curriculum further. However as Lila in P3 said ‘It is not about an award it is making sure that all children feel loved across the world and helping children in need.’

Some Photos of our Rights work at Port Charlotte

Our Wall Display showing our Clan Responsibilities which our 4 clans rotate around. This ensures our Pupils at Port Charlotte’s views are heard and listened to for the running of our school in line with Article 12 (You have the right to be heard and for your opinions and views to be taken seriously).

An example of a Whole School Children’s Rights Assembly with a focus on our ‘Right of the Month’

Ardnave Clan giving out our special Dignity coins after their whole school assembly.

Our new local food bank initiative which continues with biweekly collections at school to give to Mr Burnham our visiting minister.

An example of how we plan our Rights Activities and assembly speeches using our Clan Floor book.

Our successful fundraiser planned by Clan Machair for UNICEF’s Children in Emergencies Fund.

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