Together is an alliance of Scottish children’s charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Category Archives: Primary
Recognising and Realising Children’s Rights
Education Scotland has been commissioned by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, to develop a national professional development resource for adults working with children and young people.
What does the resource aim to do?
The resource aims to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) with the purpose of promoting rights-based values, attitudes, skills and practices among those adults who have a duty of care for children and young people.
What is contained in the resource?
The interactive training resource includes all the relevant materials to deliver a one-day programme. This programme will have the greatest impact when delivered within a single training day, however the materials and the schedule for delivery should be adapted to suit local needs, capacity and contexts.
What will be covered in the training?
The broad components of the training programme include:
- Welcome and introduction to children’s rights
- What are rights, and why are they important today?
- History of children’s rights and the current context
- Familiarisation with the articles of the UNCRC
- Reflection and self-evaluation
- Next steps, implementation and sharing practice
- Supporting resources and further reading
Global Citizenship
Global citizenship brings together education for citizenship, international education and sustainable development education and recognises the common outcomes and principles of these three areas. All curriculum areas can contribute to developing the skills, attributes and knowledge that will create active global citizens.
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View the Global Citizenship blog
Rights Resource Pack
Aged 11 and under
Rights resource pack
A variety of resources to support children under 11 years old to know and understand their rights. Continue reading Rights Resource Pack
Scottish Youth Parliament
The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. We are a young people’s parliament, designed by young people and led by young people for the benefit of young people. We are committed to ensuring young people are heard by the decision makers of Scotland and we are determined to campaign on the issues which matter most to Scotland’s youth.
Visit the SYP website for uptodate information, campaigns, events and resources.
Me + Us
Me + Us engages children in an exploration of what makes them unique and what connects them to others. Though their personal and group investigation children document their cultural identity, heritage and discover the meaning and experience of sectarianism in Scotland’s communities. Children work together to explore how we might make Scotland an inclusive nation; the best place to grow up. Every child produces a portrait and artist statement which reveals to their audience of peers and adults who they are.
For the past few months children in 6 Local Investigation Teams have been working on their Me + Us project. Check out the map below to see where the teams are based. Examples of their work can be seen in the Me + Us GALLERY
At the beginning of Me + Us workshops, the children shared their initial thoughts by interviewing each other for this video.
Me + Us Resource Pack
You are invited to use this pack to facilitate your own Me + Us project. Click on the Arrows to open panels where you can download the different PDF parts of the Resource Pack.
Human Rights Belong to All of Us
This paper gives a bit of history, considers the legal context and importantly for us focuses on how we might create a culture in our public and private services – as
well as in our communities and in families – which are consistent with the intuitive idea of human dignity.
Children’s Parliament
Children’s Parliament gives children the opportunity to voice their ideas, thoughts and feelings so that their concerns and opinions can be listened to and included in our social and political landscape.
Children’s Parliament gives ideas a voice.
The Children’s Parliament works with children from birth to 14 years old. This also means engaging with their families, schools and communities.
We use the creative arts and have developed a thematic and holistic approach. We develop open and honest relationships with children; valuing their worth
and their views.
We create opportunities for children to feel safe, challenged and trusted.
By offering children the tools with which to develop and communicate their own opinions we also provide adults with a unique, valuable insight into the concerns and hopes of today’s children.
Their passions and concerns are important. Children are experts in their own lives and we can use the information they share with us to help make Scotland a great country to grow up in.
Visit the Children’s Parliament website.
View Children’s Parliament’s ‘Seen+Heard’ brochure.
Email: info@childrensparliament.org.uk | Tel: 0131 558 9030
Children’s Rights in Wales
Huge resource to support local practitioners, policy makers, managers and strategists develop their understanding of children’s rights and how to adopt a children’s rights perspective to their work.
Full training presentations with guidance for CYP, professionals from many multi-agency partners, parents and elected members.
Primary School Assemblies
This set of 21 assembly plans focuses on child rights and special days of the year, such as World Refugee Day, International Day of Disabled Persons, and World Health Day. They feature stories from children around the world and include suggestions for pupil participation.
