The Rights Respecting Schools Award recognises a school’s achievement in embedding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in daily school life and beyond. Putting these values into practice in school helps give pupils the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.
As part of their work towards a gold award, Castlemilk High School library and Rights Respecting group promotes a themed book every month. Each book is chosen for content that highlights different UNCRC articles. This month’s book is the classic ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens, which links to a number of articles including:
19: Protection from violence, abuse and neglect
27: Adequate standard of living
28: Right to an education
This is the story of David, and his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to a becoming a successful writer.
David lives happily with his mother and his nurse, Peggotty. Then his mother marries Mr Murdstone, and he and his sister come to live with them. Suddenly everything changes.,,
Full of tragedy and comedy in equal measure and based in part on the author’s own life, David Copperfield remains one of the most enduring and popular of Dickens’ novels.
