In this week’s Article of the Week  we’re taking a closer look at Articles 7 and 8. These ensure every child their right to be registered at birth, to have a name, nationality and identity.

Article 7 – Name and nationality

Children must be registered when they are born and given a name which is officially recognized by the government. Children must have a nationality (belong to a country). Whenever possible, children should know their parents and be looked after by them.

Article 8 – Identity

Children have the right to their own identity – an official record of who they are which includes their name, nationality and family relations. No one should take this away from them, but if this happens, governments must help children to quickly get their identity back.

Article 31 – Rest, play, culture, arts

Every child has the right to rest, relax, play and to take part in cultural and creative activities.

Article 1 – Definition of a child

A child is any person under the age of 18.

Article 4 – Making rights real

Governments must do all they can to make sure that every child in their countries can enjoy all the rights in this Convention

ANTI-BULLYING WEEK

Anti-Bullying Week is  taking place from 15 to 19 November, we’re exploring Articles 2 (non-discrimination), 12 (respect for the views of the child) and 19 (protection from violence, abuse and neglect).

The Week is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance in England and Wales, respectme agency in Scotland and The Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum. This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’, spreading kindness across the country.

Article 2 – No Discrimination.

All children have all these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what language they speak, what their religion is, what they think, what they look like, if they are a boy or girl, if they have a disability, if they are rich or poor, and no matter who their parents or families are or what their parents or families believe or do. No child should be treated unfairly for any reason.

Article 12 – Respect for Children’s Views

Children have the right to give their opinions freely on issues that affect them. Adults should listen and take children seriously.

Article 19 – Protection from Violence

Governments must protect children from violence, abuse and being neglected by anyone who looks after them.

Protection  in war

Children have the right to be protected during war. No child under 15 can join the army or take part in war.

Children’s Rights at Saint Joseph’s Primary 

As part of our journey towards achieving the Gold Rights Respecting School Award, we will be continuing to choose a different article/s from the Convention on the Rights of the Child each week to focus on and learn about.

Next Week our Right of the Week is Article 26 ( linked to Article 27)

Article 26 Social and Economic Help

Governments should provide money or other support to help children from poor families

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Article 27 Food, Clothing and a Safe Home

Children have the right to food, clothing and a safe place to live so they can develop in the best possible way. The government should help families and children who cannot afford this.

We are pleased to announce that Saint Joseph’s has received the RRS Silver award thanks to all the hard work from our pupils, teachers, parents and the local community, Our Next step is to work towards the GOLD award.

Welcome back to Primary 6-5

We have had a very busy first term! Our topic this term was the book Wonder! We enjoyed finding out about Auggie and how we should never judege a book by it’s cover or a person by it’s face. In Literacy we wrote reports on ‘Treacher Collins Syndrome’ and on ‘Bullying’.  We also used descriptive language to write character descriptions on Auggie and on his sister Via. In HWB we  found out about Peer Pressure and Stereotypes. We also created our own book covers for the novel Wonder. In Maths we studied 2 and 3D shapes. In Numeracy we investigated place value, addition and subtraction and negative numbers! We loved our STEM challenges and our Digital masterclasses, where we found out how to use SWAY, Scratch and how to programme Spheros. We also loved using Word Publisher in our writing lessons. It has been a busy term.

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

This day is held each year on October 10th 

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organisation with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.

Each October, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to mental illness and its major effects on peoples’ lives worldwide.

One article provides a particularly strong link this week:

Article 24 – Every child has the right to the best possible health.

Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment and education on health and well-being so that children can stay healthy. Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.