What is a Rights Respecting School?
The Rights Respecting Schools Award supports schools to embed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC or CRC) in their practice to improve well-being and help all children to realise their potential. The award is based on the principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation.
At Star, we learn about our rights and embed these values in daily school life giving children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens. Children’s rights are promoted and realised with everyone in the school community working together towards this goal. We believe that it is important to respect and value our own rights and, equally the rights of those around us.
What are the ABCDE of rights?
- A: Rights are for all children (universal)
- B: Rights are there at birth (inherent)
- C: Rights cannot be taken away (inalienable)
- D: Rights do not have to be earnt (unconditional)
- E: All rights are equally important? (indivisible)
What does it involve?
- The whole community learns about rights and sees them as underpinning our Star values and relates these to our holistic curriculum.
- Mutual respect for rights informs all practice and relationships in school.
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Rights focus: Our exciting topic this half term is Media Mayhem – learning about news literacy. Our aims are to empower children with the skills and knowledge they need to make sense of what they read, see and hear in an era of fake news. We want children to enjoy engaging with the news, to feel confident in asking questions and challenging misinformation, and to form their own values and opinions about what is happening in the rapidly changing digital world. Article 13 – Freedom of expression Article 16 – Right to privacy Article 17 – Access to information from the media
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Useful UNICEF Links:
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