Our rights ambassadors have been exploring the term ‘inherent’ in more detail by looking at it as a human right, not just a children’s right. They went on a visit to Bishopsteington House residential home to visit the residents and spend some time getting to know them. The ambassadors have been teaching the school that inherent means everyone is born with rights and are starting to learn about ‘inalienable’ which means rights cannot be taken away. They were brilliant at socialising with the residents and talking to them about their own lives and the memories they have. The children taught the residents some new games and the residents enjoyed joining in with colouring activities with the children. It was a brilliant hour where different generations were able to share and interact.

While the ambassadors were visiting they also took the opportunity to share their plans for our library refurbishment. The ambassadors have been working very hard on plans they would like to incorporate into a new library design and were so confident in sharing their ideas and explaining how it will help every child access their right to an education.

Article 24 – The right to the best health and nutritious food! Year 2 have been enjoying their free fruit at break times.

Year 3 have been using their English lesson today to do some reasearch. Our Right of the term is Article 17- the right to information. We have been researching different women from the book Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World using Google and the book to support us.

Every child has the right to information and to find out things that might affect them. Our research today opened a discussion about whether we can always trust the information we can find and why there is more information available on the internet than there is in books.

We gathered together our ideas and will continue the discussion in Guided Reading next week when we look at how to trust a website.

Earlier this term, Year Six discussed Holocaust Memorial Day. They learnt about why the Holocaust was so devastating and shocking and why the Memorial Day is so important. Some of their reflective responses can be seen below.

Article 2 – People should not experience discrimination

Article 8 – People have the right to an identity

Article 14 – People should be able to have freedom of thought and religion

In Year 5 we have been thinking about our rights and have created an acrostic poem about respect- linked to article 29: the right to eduction and respecting other people’s rights and values. We thought about what respect means to us and how we can show respect to others.    

    
    
    
    
 

The Rights Ambassadors have met this week to discuss a new project that they are passionate about. They have requested that we update our library and book corners to make them more exciting for the children in our school. This week they are making brainstorms of all their ideas ready to share with the school management in the next few weeks.
They will also be looking at fundraising ideas to help pay for the upgrades.

Each week we can bring in something to talk about for show and tell. We all have different favourite toys and we all access different things at the weekend. On a Monday morning we share what we have and what we have done. We all respect each other by listening and understanding that we all enjoy different things.

Article 12 – the right to have a say in decisions that affect you. This week Year 2 have explored the new lunch menu and completed a survey to have our say!

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Article 24 – You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help you stay well.
Year 2 loved having their delicious Christmas lunches in the classroom today!

Our Rights ambassadors have been making links with our community by visiting Bishopsteignton house residential home. They went to make Christmas decorations for the residents tree and shared the work they have been doing to promote children’s rights in our school. The residents loved being able to listen to what the children have been up to and really enjoyed being able to spend some time together. The children loved getting to know the residents and sharing their creative art work.

We are always looking for ways to spread our message about children’s rights and ensure that everyone is aware of the important work the children are doing. We will be visiting Bishopsteignton House again in March and will be looking for other community links in the new year. If you want to get involved send a messae to Mrs Buff via the office.