This week in Year 2, we have been thinking about Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. As a school, we are focusing on 40 Days of Kindness. We have a Kindness Tree in our classroom and every time somebody goes above and beyond to be or do something super kind, we add it to our tree. This links in to Article 15 where we have the right to choose and play nicely with our friends and Article 19 where we have the right to be protected from being hurt in body or mind.

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Article 13 – Children have the right to share freely with others what they learn, think and feel, by talking, drawing, or writing.

As part of children’s mental health week the children drew pictures of their outer and inner selves, exploring what they show the outside world and what they keep inside.

Holocaust Memorial Day is a day when we think about the bad things that happened to the Jewish people during world war ll. 

Last week for Holocaust Memorial Day on 27^th January we made candles, and wrote the names of people who had sought justice in our world.  There were lots of different people who we learned about, from Anne Frank to Martin Luther King.  We decorated the candles and then used them to update our display in the hall. 

On the day we took assembly for KS2 and we learnt more about the day and why it is so important.  We then watched a video, with survivors and their families taking part in a rememberance service at Trafalgar square.  It was lit with the colour purple and all the people present had a candle. 

In KS1 we wrote the names of people we are grateful for on the candles and in our classes, we talked about how it is important to be kind to people even when they are different to us. 

As part of the assembly each class was given 2 candles so that we too could take part in the act of remembrance.  We remember so we can make sure that these awful things never happen again. 

Article 38, Children have the right to be protected during war.

The Reights Team