Throughout the month of March we had a focus on ‘LGBT Awareness’ linking with linking with the UNCRC  Articles 2 ‘All children have these rights no matter what their differences are’ and Article 13 ‘I have the right to find out and share information’.

Some experiences we carried our to support this:

• Dress up – Opportunities for children to express themselves and explore their identity through choosing or designing their own clothing.
• Using paper or photographs of themselves as templates for children to use to dress “themselves” using different art materials.
• Design a rights respecting flag.
• Acts of Kindness – Setting a challenge for children to participate in a small act of kindness.

Largs & Millport Article – LEYC Silver Award

We are so proud of this achievement! Well Done to all staff and children for working towards gaining this accreditation 🌟.

Throughout the month of February we had a focus on ‘Mental Health Awareness’ linking with the UNCRC  Article 24 – ‘I have the right to be as healthy as possible’.

Some activities we did throughout February were:

• Abigail’s group had a ‘Show and Tell’  focusing on their strengths and achievements for e.g. ballet, singing, looking after pets.
• Making Valentine’s Day cards and Thank You cards for someone we love or for a kind friend.
• Keygroups listened to the story ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today?’ And spoke in their group about what would fill their bucket or empty it.
• Yoga sessions at the woods.
• Using breathing buddies at the library and quiet rooms.
• Spending time outdoors dancing and singing.

Som helpful links below:

• https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

   – https://youtu.be/pOJy8-OC0iU?si=yqcxSwomZTvnOl-U (Have You Filled a Bucket Today?)

To celebrate achieving our UNCRC Silver Rights Aware Award, Natasha and the children made their own medals. The children talked about their own achievements that was meaningful to them. The children were very proud of their creations.