We have continued on our Rights Respecting journey over the last few months and the RRSA committee have worked hard to think of activities and ideas to help our pupils to learn more about different rights.

Climate Change

Article 24 – Children have the right to good health care, nutritious  food and clean drinking water

Article 27 – Children have a right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical and mental needs.

Global Goals –

During the COP 26 conference pupils took part in many activities that allowed them to learn more about the effects of climate change on our planet and how children’s rights are being affected.

P1a enjoyed learning and singing a song about how they can take small steps to help stop climate change.

P4b telling us what they can do to reduce their Carbon Footprint.

P5 made their own ‘Protest Banners’ and learned how peaceful protesting can help raise awareness of important issues.

Anti- bullying Week

Article 2 – All children have rights without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status.

Article 12 – Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views respectfully considered and taken seriously.

The children took part in ‘Anti-bullying Week’ and made the link between this and articles from Rights of the Child.

P4a discussed what respect looks like, feels like and sounds like. They created excellent Mind Maps demonstrating how they can show respect to others.

Children in P6/7 made Anti-bullying posters to be displayed around the school and community.

They also used scenario cards to open up discussion on different types of bullying.

P4b made a class Anti-bullying acrostic poem.

Now that we are few weeks into our new school year, and our pupils have had time to settle into their new classes,  we would like to ask them to complete a simple well-being check in form as part of their homework this week. Children will be told about this in school and shown the form.

This form will allow us to check how our pupils are feeling based on the 8 well-being indicators -Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included.

This is a simple form that P4-7 children should be able to complete independently. However, we would encourage parents to sit alongside their P3 children as they complete this and support where needed.

Our P2 pupils will complete this in class.

Our new  P1 pupils won’t complete this activity until Term 3: giving them more time to learn about the wellbeing indicators.

If pupils could click on the link below to complete the form before Friday 1st October that would be much appreciated.

We have been working hard during the last year helping our children learn more about their rights.

We took part in Outright 2020 which focused on the affect of climate change, we celebrated International Women’s Day as well as celebrating and embracing Inclusion and Diversity. We placed a huge focus on mental health and celebrated Children’s Mental Health week by sharing lots of videos and activities to support this.

Each month the RRS school committee will continue to choose a ‘Right of the Month’ that will be delivered to each class to focus on and discuss. These will continue to be put on the blog and school app for everyone to  learn about.

Please have a look at our SWAY,  which shows our work so far with Children’s rights Our RRS Journey

Here is a reminders of the United Nations Rights of the Child.

Huge well done to the boys and girls and their families that took part in our Easter Community Orienteering Challenge organised by the RRS/Health Committee.

Jandre Coetzee P1a, Jackson Stevens P1a, Finlay Muir P1b, Seren Anderson P1b, Darcie Mair P1b, Harry Irwin P2a, Riley Smith P3a, Jessica Gemmell P4, Jayden Smith P5 and Ava Kiltie P5.

The Easter holidays are here!

The Rights Respecting school committee were out and about in Drongan today taking  pictures in and around our community.

We have put all the pictures together and we are encouraging you to get together with your friends or family and go on an orienteering hunt around the village to find the images. When you find them, tick them off and take a picture or a selfie of you at the spot. Some are trickier than others!

Click the link below to open document.

Community Photo Orienteering – Drongan

Send any pictures and completed sheets to Mrs Bradley melanie.bradley@eastayrshire.org.uk 

There will be a small prize for all entries.

Happy Hunting!

Rights Respecting School/Health Committee

Now that we have welcomed all our pupils back to school, we would like for them to complete a simple well-being check in form as part of their homework this week. Children will be told about this in school this week and shown the form.

This form will allow us to check how our pupils are feeling based on the 8 well-being indicators -Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included.

This is a simple form that P4-7 children should be able to complete independently. However, we would encourage the parents of our P1-3 children to sit alongside them as they complete this and support where needed.

If pupils could click on the link below to complete the form before Friday 2nd April that would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Today is International Women’s Day. Let’s celebrate the achievements of women all around the world and help raise awareness of inequality between men and women and boys and girls in less developed countries of the world.

Click on the SWAY below…

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements of women and girls worldwide. In some developing countries around the world, women and girls are still treated unfairly compared to men…

Go to this Sway

International-Women’s-Day-Quiz 1

Read the true story of Malala’s life growing up and the struggles she had to cope with on a daily basis.

There are activities that go alongside the book and a fun quiz to try. P4-7 you could pair up with a parent or sibling at home to do the quiz.

Enjoy learning about and having discussions about International Women’s Day and what it’s all about.

Let’s all make our world a more inclusive place to live!

This week we celebrate World Book on the 4th March.

There are lots of connections between World Book Day and your rights, especially your rights to access reliable information, the right to develop your talents and abilities and the right to relax and play.

Have a look at the PowerPoint link below. It explains the links between articles 17, 29, 31 and World Book Day.

Try out the activities in class or at home.

RRS Article of the Week – World Book Day

Celebrating diversity and inclusion is hugely important at Drongan Primary School. Inclusion is at the heart of our school values and we aim to provide a learning environment that allows all pupils and staff to celebrate their differences and to embrace who they are without judgement or prejudice.

This week we are celebrating this by engaging in some simple activities that help to raise our awareness of what diversity and inclusion mean.

Please complete the activities in the SWAY below. (Click on the picture) There are different stories and activities for certain stages but feel free to try out any of these.

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion SWAY

P4-7 remember to send your completed work to your teacher.

Rights of the Child

Article 2 – Non-Discrimination

Article 13 – Freedom of Expression

Today is Internet Safety Day

We learned a lot about Online Safety last term in Health & Well-being.  As it it Internet Safety Day today, let’s  remind ourselves about how we can stay safe online.

We all know the Internet can be wonderful for children and young people and they are using it more and more whether at home, in school, on their mobile phones or on a games console. But online access also comes with risks, like inappropriate content, cyberbullying and online predators.

With this in mind, Internet safety and knowing how to help protect children and young people online is essential. Just as we want to keep our child safe in the ‘real’ offline world, we will want to do the same in the virtual online world. It is important that we understand enough about the Internet to keep our children safe from harm but it is equally important that we equip our children with the skills they need to keep themselves safe so they can experience the Internet positively and responsibly.

Have a look at some of the useful advice and information in the link below. It also contains some fun activities to do as a family.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/