Auchinleck Academy’s Right of the Month for February has been Article 29 (Goals of Education) – 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.
Rights Fact of the Month: Rights are INALIENABLE. This means that you cannot give them away or sell them, and no one can take them away from you.
In order to ensure that all pupils in our school enjoy this right and can reach their full potential, members of our Inclusion Group have planned a series of assemblies to raise awareness of the various different learning, health, social, emotional and behavioural needs that many of our young people have, and the support that they are entitled to. Last term we celebrated ‘Dyslexia Awareness Week’, and so far this term the focus has been on understanding Autism. Senior pupils have delivered presentations to pupils and staff in order to raise awareness of what Autism is and how we can all support Autistic pupils in our school to achieve their best, and to feel safe, happy, included and respected at Auchinleck Academy. Further work to raise awareness of Young Carers, Mental health, and Hearing Impairments is planned for the coming months.
In addition to this, Auchinleck Academy is continuing to support the children of Jebbeh Kiazolu school in Liberia to access their right to education, through our ongoing sponsorship. We recently received photographs and an update on their progress, and were pleased to learn that even more pupils there are now benefitting from a daily meal provided by Mary’s Meals. Being fed at school allows these young people to attend their classes on a full stomach and properly engage in their learning.
We have also recently launched the start of a new ‘Backpack Challenge’, an initiative to provide some of the poorest children with backpacks and other basic items for school, which will help them to access their right to education . Over the last three sessions Auchinleck Academy has sent 73 completed backpacks to children in Malawi and Liberia, thanks to the support of our pupils, parents, staff and members of the community. If you can help out with this again all donations would be much appreciated and can be handed in to the school office, or to Mr Deeney in the Technical department. It is not necessary to give a full backpack – even just giving a single item from the following list will help:
Backpack/school bag, exercise book/notepad, pencils, pens, crayons, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pencil case, towel, shorts/skirt & t-shirt, or dress, flip flops/sandals, small ball eg tennis ball, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, spoon.
