Twice a month a new article/right will be announced on Twitter. Children who take time at home to research this article and create a poster/report or presentation about what it means will be awarded 50 house points by their teacher. This could be done in the form of a powerpoint presentation, a poster or even a solo talk that they are willing to perform with confidence to their class. We understand that younger pupils may require a lot more support with this task at home but if they have an older sibling in P4-7 they could work on the task together.

Children will continue to learn about rights at school however, this will be covered throughout various topics and Health & Wellbeing as well as other areas of the curriculum, rather than learning through lessons focused on specific rights.

Once a month children will have the opportunity to stand up at assembly and talk about/present the article they researched. These children will be chosen by their class teacher and will receive an additional 100 house points as a reward for their efforts.

Although this is an optional homework task we would really appreciate parental support with this as a key step in us achieving our Gold Rights Respecting School Status is that young people are talking to family members and the wider community about their rights. We hope that at the very least by announcing a different article from the UNCRC twice a month it will encourage families to talk about Children’s Rights.

See below for some great websites as a starting point for learning about the articles/rights:

https://www.cypcs.org.uk/rights/uncrcarticles

https://www.unicef.org.uk/

Often a quick google search with the article number and brief description of the right can bring up lots of relevant information.

The first “Right of the Fortnight” will be announced on Monday via Twitter and the blog.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Lawrence