Rights Respecting School
We are very proud to be part of the UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Award scheme. Participating in the award scheme provides us, as a school, the platform to demonstrate our commitment to promoting the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). We encourage all of our pupils, families and school community to learn about children's rights and how we can use those rights on a daily basis.
Brackla Primary has already achieved the bronze award which acknowledges our commitment to promoting children's rights. We are now actively working towards gaining the silver award, where we provide evidence of the impact our commitment to children's rights has had on the school as a whole.
If you would like to find out more about the UNCRC and children's rights please use the following websites:
Children's Commissioner for Wales
UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools
UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools
Our new rights and values - written By James Samuel, Oskar Williams, Melissa Hughes and Evelyn Hamel
On 21st September, we had a discussion with Mrs John about changing some of the values and rights. We decided on having some new values and new rights for the year ahead such as generosity, creativity, kindness, and thoughtfulness. We mixed up some of the values from last year and added some new ones.
Each month, we will be focussing on a new right and value. The rights will be explored in assemblies and in classrooms, with Headteacher awards being given to children that have been nominated by their class teachers.
Our values and rights for the year are below:
Month | Article | Value | |
September | 15 | Your right to meet with friends and join groups and clubs | Friendship |
October | 14 | Your right to follow your own religion | Respect |
November | 12 | Your right to say what you think should happen and be listened to | Kindness |
December | 27 | Your right to a house, food and clothing | Generosity |
January | 6 | You have a right to life and grow up to be healthy | Happiness |
February | 19 | You should not be harmed and you should be looked after and kept safe | Responsibility |
March | 7 | Your right to a name and nationality | Confidence |
April | 3 | Everyone who works with children should always do what is best for each child | Thoughtfulness |
May | 31 | Your right to relax and play | Fun |
June | 29 | Your right to become the best you can be | Creativity |
July | 2 | All children should be treated equally | Independence |