Article of the week

Welcome to Rights Respecting online assembly

Can you guess this week’s article from the pictures below?

It’s Article 28 – the right to education. Every child has the right to an education.

Primary education must be free and different forms of secondary education must be available to every child. Discipline in schools must respect children’s dignity and their rights.

Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.

Why is education so important? Click the link above. Below is a list of what education can achieve. It allows young people to:

• have skills to improve things and help people.
• form opinions and views about things.
• learn things, gain knowledge and pass exams.
• know how to stay safe and healthy.
• learn how to respect other people’s ideas and get on with other. people.
• get a job they enjoy and earn money.
• make informed choices.
• have more opportunities in life.
• learn about things that are important for the world.
• grow up to be responsible adults.

Possible Follow up activities

(Early Level)

Can you draw a picture of your favourite thing to so at Woodlands Primary School. Tell an adult what you are learning to do in the picture.

(First Level)

Although more children than ever go to school across the world, the quality of the education they receive is not always good enough. In the video Unicef’s Director talks about the importance of children learning at school.

Draw a picture of you in your school uniform in the middle of a piece of paper. Around the outside write down what you think is needed for quality learning to take place?

(Second Level)

Nelson Mandela said: ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’.

Malala Yousafzai campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of education for girls – can you highlight 3 key points about why it is important for girls to go to school. How might you use these 3 key messages to design your own campaign poster for girls’ education?

Extra Task

What makes a good teacher? Watch the video above – what does it tells us about the importance of the relationship between a teacher and a learner ? How did you feel after watching the video? is there something you feel you could be (or are!) really good at?

In the middle of a piece of paper draw a picture of an adult that helps you learn (it can be an adult at school or at home)! Around the outside write down in what ways they help you.

Reflection/Pupil Voice

Think about your own learning for a few minutes – your own learning in school and outside of school.

What do you love learning about the most?
What are you passionate about? What makes you excited to get up in the morning?
What are you good at? Or would like to be better at?
How do you learn best?

Now re-imagine a new kind of school that fitted you exactly. What would it be like? Would it be an actual building? A workshop? A studio? A virtual school? Or an outside space?

Let your imagination run…

Click to hear one of our favourites ‘just sing’.

Another assembly classic click on the link and ‘Check it’ out.