The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments. All the rights are connected, they are all equally important and they cannot be taken away from children.

Please click on the link  below to download a handy leaflet on the UNCRC, which includes a summary of all 54 articles.

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child leaflet

Cathedral Primary has been embedding the UNCRC articles into the life and work of the school community for some time through ‘Growing Cathedral Citizens’. Posters highlighting different articles are displayed strategically around the school building and in classrooms, the articles are regularly referenced and explored at weekly assemblies and the articles are directly linked to the various activities in the school’s bespoke ‘Rose Trainer Achievement Award’.

Given that Cathedral Primary has already made significant progress embedding a child rights approach into all aspects of school life, we have decided to work towards formal accreditation through the UNICEF ‘Rights Respecting Schools’ award. As you will see in our Action Plan for ‘Silver’, we will very quickly achieve Bronze and are already well on our way to achieving Silver:

Cathedral PS Action-Plan-for-Silver

To achieve Silver (Rights Aware), Cathedral Primary will be assessed by a UNICEF Professional Adviser.

From next week, we’ll begin to link our newsfeed posts to the UNCRC articles. We look forward to sharing regular updates over the coming months on Cathedral’s journey towards Rights Respecting Schools.