S1 pupils participated in the UNICEF Outright campaign. Outright aims to help young people talk about their rights and pressurise the government to make change. Pupils in S1 delivered lessons to their peers on children in emergency situations and all pupils wrote a letter to the Prime Minister to share their concerns in advance of the first ever World Humanitarian Summit. The summit will try to find new ways of supporting children and families affected by emergencies such as conflict or natural disaster. We believe it is vital that the voices and views of young people are heard by decision makers.

Congratulations to Abbie L in S1 for winning the S1 Fairtrade poster competition, promoting Fairtrade to our school community.  Our Fairtrade committee works to sell and promote Fairtrade products to ensure that farmers in developing countries are given fair pay for the work that they do.

During the month of November, S6 pupils entered the Micro-Tyco enterprise challenge and raised over £600. The competition helped students to practice and learn fundamental business principles. The teams had one month to turn £1 seed capital into as much money as possible. All money created is invested by WildHearts in micro-loans for poor entrepreneurs in the developing world. For further information please visit http://wildheartsinaction.org/microtyco/

As part of the S2 Changing Face of Scotland topic in Modern Studies pupils have been learning about elections. Pupils organised themselves into political parties, selected candidates and produced a manifesto after conducting research. Parties had a range of impressive ideas about how to improve the school and local community. On polling day the winning candidate from each class delivered a speech at a special assembly followed by a vote which was open to the whole school.

The winning candidate was from the Right Life party closely followed in second place by the candidate from Aequalis.

Well done to all pupils who participated and campaigned on behalf of their own parties.

S2 Pupils in RME enjoyed learning about the Jewish Passover Meal this week by trying some of the foods to learn about their symbolism and significance for Jewish people.

Well done to Liam G and Kevin G for promoting Mary’s Meals at the recent S1 parents evening. Many children receiving Mary’s Meals don’t have basic learning tools such as pencils and notepads therefore we are collecting items to send by December.

As a Level 2 Rights Respecting School, Woodfarm High is committed to ensuring that all our young people and the school community have a thorough understanding of child rights.

Our committee plans to review our school charter to include the new S1 pupils and ensure that rights-respecting attitudes and language continue to be embedded across the school.

The committee also plans to develop global citizenship opportunities by developing links with a school in France to

promote the UNCRC. The committee will support our cluster primaries with their journey to achieve the award by presenting at assemblies and organising lesson activities.