SPRING TERM ACTION
Global Citizenship School
supporting the
Right Here Right Now Rally
(Photo Cahersiveen: Co. Kerry)
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Spring 2023 Action
Spring 2023 Action
In this school based action we are encouraging you to Rally locally, around your class, your school or indeed your community to raise awareness of Children's Rights. We aresupporting the Right Here Right Now Rally that hightlights children's rights that is being called for by the ARK
We believe that children should be heard and seen and this can best be done by holding a rally where they are as they explore children's rights.
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Our Lesson is divided into 4 distinct parts
FIRSTLY we would like you to do is to explore what exactly are children's Rights by
Reviewing the Poster Below.
Followed by a discussion.
Watch the Video
Children’s rights include the right to health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living and to be protected from abuse and harm.
There are four general principles that underpin all children’s rights:
Non-discrimination
The best interests of the child
The right to survival and development
The views of the child
you can read a little bit more here
We would then invite you to DISPLAY and DISCUSS the poster of the Children's Rights with the children in your class. This can be found here and below
UNCRC_Poster_English.pdfThis poster can be printed and displayed or just put up on a whiteboard.
For further explanation you can watch this short child-friendly video that helps to explain Children's Rights.
SECONDLY we would like you to help your students to speak to other classes or indeed at a school assembly on what they have learned about Children's Right with a view to preparing for their Right Here Right Now Class / School Rally.
WHAT NEXT?
We would then encourage the children with their teacher to explain to other classes / or at a school assembly what Children's Rights mean to them and why we should be all concerned about Children's Rights.
In this way others might be encouraged to join them in a Rally!
In order to prepare for the rally / march.....
We must....
Prepare Posters.
Slogans.
Advertise the Rally and encourage others to join in.
What about creating a song or a poem for the Rally.
THIRDLY we would like you to help your students to organise and hold the RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW Rally
And when the rally is on...
Record the Event with photos or video and then post photos, slogans, videos to the #ShareTheLove
FOURTHLY we would like you to help your students POST A PHOTO of their Rally to the hashtag #RightHereRightNow.
Click the Article below to read more about the The Ark Right Here Right Now Rally
Spring 2022 Action
Spring 2022 Action
Spring 2021 Action
Spring 2021 Action
All Different All Equal Human Rights Actions
All Different All Equal Human Rights Actions
S'iad gach atá Difriúl ná gach atá Comhionann
(8ú to 14ú Feabhra 2021 - Lá Vailintín!)
is our proposed lesson for all primary school classes.
We ask schools to focus, in a positive way, on children in Ireland or abroad who might be seen as different or marginalised. Timeframe is this Valentines Day (14th Feb) and we urge the pupils to focus on the links between Valentine’s Day, Difference, Equality & the hashtag #SpreadTheLove.
Our suggestion, is that the children look at the short videos in our lessons below, chat about the videos and then write a Valentines rhyme & transfer one verse to a nicely decorated poster/card, pose for a photo behind the poster (without pupil faces visible) and use #SpreadTheLove on Twitter or share the photo to info@GlobalCitizenshipSchool.ie for us to disseminate using our Global Citizenship School's media network. Please add your school name and address.
Spreading the children's work and making the children aware of the results lets them know that local actions can help with positive global changes and that each one of us has the ability to effect change.
CHECK out our '#SpreadTheLove' lesson HERE (for Juniors) and HERE for Senior primary classes.
Na ceachtanna thuas trí Ghaeilge Anseo (Na ranganna sóisearacha) agus Anseo (sínsearacha).
Spring 2020 Action
Spring 2020 Action
The 2020 Human Rights Action Day (for Homelessness) was on February 14th 2020
St.Mary's Primary.mp4St. Mary's National School speak about homelessness
Click on the photo above to view the Riverview ETNS video
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SCHOOL has organised our 2020 Human Rights Action Day for this week, leading up to Fri. 14th February 2020.
The theme for this is: #AHomeForEveryone.
BACKGROUND:
A home is not legally a Human Right for Irish adults but it is a legal right for Irish children! Children (birth to 18 yrs) are entitled in Irish law to have the security of a home but unfortunately there are c.4,000 homeless children in Ireland today. A hotel room is not a home. There are homeless children in primary schools throughout our wealthy country. Across all continents there are millions of homeless people and many suffer or die in camps, many are in transit.
SCHOOL ACTION:
We are asking classes/schools to discuss “Homelessness" or "A Home For Everyone” and to make a short simple video (possibly 1 or 2 mins) of children giving their views and showing the video in-school and among the whole school community, maybe via school website. This action requires some organising, a smart phone and is potentially a very rewarding and effective action.
NOTE:
Discretion is important as there may be children in your class/school who are currently homeless but who do not wish to be identified as homeless. Video participants will need parental approval in line with school policy.
REQUEST:
Please post your school action on Friday 14th February to #AHomeForEveryone.
MORE INFO:
Pages 6 to 9 of the Focus Ireland/INTO "Homelessness in the Classroom" pack below provides good information for teachers as a backdrop to class discussions.
Please participate in our Human Rights Action, make & post a short video & save this website for future actions!
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