Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline Charity

June 25, 2016 Dr Cannon Leave a comment

Michael Lafferty, from Chernobyl Children’s lifeline charity, visited Ardrossan Academy this week to talk to pupils about the charity and its work. Children from areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have visited Ardrossan Academy in the past and it was a fantastic experience for everyone involved. A group of children will be visiting the school this August and we look forward to welcoming them.

Here is a link to their website.

http://www.ccll.org.uk/ayrshire/

Refugee Week 20th – 24th June 2016

June 25, 2016 Dr Cannon Leave a comment

This week in Personal Support we have been focusing on refugee week. The resources we have been using are listed below.

As part of refugee week we have been discussing refuweegee – an organisation that welcomes refugees to Glasgow and makes them feel welcome. On arrival in Glasgow, refuweegees are given a welcome pack with essential items and a “letter fae the locals” welcoming them to the city. Pupils from Ardrossan Academy used this as inspiration to write their own letters fae locals. Some of them are shown here. Their efforts and kind words were also acknowledged by the people from refuweegee on twitter.

Child Labour Focus Week 13th-17th June 2016

June 25, 2016 Dr Cannon Leave a comment

This week in personal support our focus has been raising awareness of child labour and article 32 of the UNCRC. The resources covered during this week are shown here.

Child Labour Friday 17th June (1)

Child Labour Monday 13th June

Child Labour Thursday 16th June

Child Labour Tuesday 14th June

Child Labour Wednesday 15th June

At the end of the week pupils were asked to write down one thing that they had learned about child labour during the focus week. A summary of their responses is shown in this word cloud.

Raising awareness of child labour is really important, children have the right to be protected from exploitation and harm. The pupils of Ardrossan Academy were also asked to comment on how they could help to prevent and discourage the use of child labour.

Their responses are summarised in this word cloud.

It was clear that our pupils wanted to stop the use of child labour. Their ideas to achieve this included; raising awareness, education, buy Fairtrade, impose sanctions and tougher penalties.

Ardrossan Academy Day for Change May 2016

June 25, 2016 Dr Cannon Leave a comment

On Friday 13th of May pupils and staff from Adrossan Academy collected every penny of loose change they could find to support UNICEF “Day for Change.” We raised over £130, which is an impressive amount of loose change that will help to keep children safe all over the world.

Supporting this important cause is part of our commitment to children’s rights and placing them at the heart of our school. Ardrossan Academy is currently working towards the UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA). This award recognises achievement in putting the UN Convention on the Right of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of a school’s practice to improve well-being and help all children and young people realise their potential. The award is based on principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation.

If you would like to be involved in helping Ardrossan Academy to demonstrate our commitment to children’s rights, please contact the school.

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