This afternoon we have been thinking about our British Values, specifically democracy. We recapped what this means and linked it in with the Michael Rosen story – This is Our House. We discussed being fair and creating fair rules for everyone, we have the right to make choices and treat people fairly. We also linked this into Article 12 of our rights which is the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.

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Last week we led worship for KS1 and KS2 all about Christian Aid. We played a game about wants and needs. We held up picture cards to show the kinds of foods they grow and eat in Burundi. Evie told the story of Aline who lives in Burundi. She made her own business selling avacados and peanuts with the help of Christian Aid who supported her education in business. People are living in poverty all around the world and need our help. Poverty means people don’t have enough food, water, clean clothes and all the things we enjoy. It means you don’t have your basic needs met. These are our rights as children.

We are going to be holding an open session for all parents/carers to come and find out more about children’s rights and what we are doing to support them. There will be stalls and games where you can drop along after school (date TBC). We look forward to seeing you there.

St Michael’s Rights Ambassadors

Article 24 talks about how we have the right to safe water and nutritious food to help us stay well. In Reception we have been looking at how to stay healthy through the topics of Supertato and Handa. Look at the basket of healthy fruits we painted!

In collaboration with Earth Day last week, the Eco Council planned two days of activities. Children were invited to attend school wearing blues and greens. There was no charge for this but we let parents know that if they wanted to give a donation they could. We impressively raised £92. The Eco Council decided that they wanted to send the money to Team Seas, a charity that for every £ donated, a pound of plastic will be removed from the ocean. We are very excited that we have made such a big difference to the oceans, we hope to encourage more to donate to this good cause so our planet wins over plastic pollution. Thank you to everyone who donated. We have the right to protect out planet and have a voice.

This week within our class worship we shared the story of ‘Can’t you sleep Little Bear?’. We thought about how the Daddy Bear was caring for the Liitle Bear when he was feeling scared and couldn’t sleep.

We reflected on our own bedtimes and how our families help us to feel safe and nurtured when we are going to sleep. Some of us like having nightlights, some of us don’t. Some have the door open and some have it closed. We realise that we are all different and all have the right to feel safe and be cared for.

This term our right of the term is Article 1- the right to know and access our rights including making sure all adults can teach us about them. We are refreshing our knowledge of rights and making sure everyone knows about them!

In Year 3 we talked about who our duty bearers are- adults who are responsible for making sure we access our rights on a daily basis. We made cards to thank them for everything they do to help us and look out for us. We will be delivering them around school over the coming week 😀

Today we planned what we are going to do for the next few weeks and it is based around respecting people in need. We are going to be doing Christian Aid week, teaching our own lessons to other classes and fundraising for our own charity choices. Look out for our work on here and Facebook!

Year 2 have been celebrating Earth Day today, and we are all wearing green and blue! We have discussed the importance of protecting and caring for our planet and we linked this in with Article 29 – learning to live peacefully, protecting the environment and respecting other people.

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In a year One we have been learning that everyone had the right to freedom of thought and beliefs. We have been learning about Holi Festival which is a Hindu festival of colours.

We talked about the different ways that they celebrate by sharing special food and throwing powder paints.

We designed vibrant, colourful Holi T-shirts.

All children have the right to be protected from war. This also encompasses their right to shelter, good food and water, an education and to be cared for by their parents where possible.

In January, we explored the importance of Holocaust memorial day. We learned about what happened during the Holocaust and all the people affected by Nazi rule. We also learned about more recent Holocaust events in different countries and how many people around the world are still suffering the effects of inequality and injustice.

Our Rights Ambassadors learned a Rwandan peace dance which demonstrates their desire for peace and unity. They learned about the inequalities suffered by many Rwandan people and how this has affected the lives of children just like them. They performed the dance to KS2 and since January some of our classes have been learning the dance too.

The dance is being shared in Praise assembly on Friday so look out for it on our big screen 🙂