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INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
We encourage the children in Glenurquhart Primary to be human rights defenders and wish to support parents as duty bearers in understanding, respecting, protecting and fulfilling children and young people's rights.
What is the United Nations? The United Nations is made up of 193 countries. It is often called the UN. It was set up in 1945 after the Second World War as a way of bringing people together and promoting peace.
What is the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child? The UN Convention of on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an international treaty that all the countries in the world have signed up to. It explains the rights that all children up to 18 years old are entitled to. These rights help children to be healthy, happy and safe and take part in all sorts of activities and decisions that affect them. The UNCRC is the most widely and rapidly ratified UN document in its history. Children's Parliament have created a child-friendly version, titled the Wee Book of Promises below.
Wee Book of Promises
Wee Book of Promises
Wee-Book-of-PromisesChildrens-Parliament-2019.pdf
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS RESPECTING CITIZENSHIP GROUP BLOG
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS RESPECTING CITIZENSHIP GROUP BLOG
ABCDE of Rights
ABCDE of Rights
abcde-of-rights_nov-2023 (3).pptxABCDE-of-Rights-guide-1.pdfRIGHT OF THE MONTH
RIGHT OF THE MONTH
Each month:
The right of the month is detailed in our monthly newsletters and introduced to the children through whole school assemblies, in class work and experiences and through our citizenship groups.
Discuss with your family:
What the right means in your own words.
What it might look like in school, at home, in the community.
Experiences you or your family have had that would show the right be upheld or not.
Discuss any of the stories that we have heard in school that relate to this right.
What could we do to ensure this right is upheld?
Resources to support discussion and activities based on the articles outlined below can be found on Unicef's page opposite. These are used within school to help introduce the right of the month to the children and to carry out some of the activities.
Right of the Month ~ November
Right of the Month ~ November
Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Right of the Month ~ October
Right of the Month ~ October
Article 2 (non-discrimination) The Convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, sex, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background.
Right of the Month ~ August/September
Right of the Month ~ August/September
Article 4 (implementation of the Convention) Governments must do all they can to make sure every child can enjoy their rights by creating systems and passing laws that promote and protect children’s rights.
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