Children's Rights
Broadfield Community Primary School have adopted the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Our school values and ethos already encompass many of these principles, but we are now more explicit in making children, staff and our community aware of how we were using them to underpin all aspects of our practice.
These core principles are:
Non-discrimination or universality - the rights of the child are afforded to all children without exception. All children have equal opportunities to develop their potential.
The best interests of the child are the highest priority in all decision making.
Right to life, survival and development - to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of health and living.
Respect for the views of the child.
Rights Respecting Schools recognise the UNCRC at the heart of the school’s planning, policies, practice and ethos. A Rights Respecting School not only teaches about children’s rights but also models rights and respect in all relationships.
We have been working on incorporating these principles into all aspects of our school life in the following ways:-
Classes have created class charters that link rights and responsibilities that the class consider to be important.
Planning for projects has been adapted to introduce children to the rights of the child and give children the opportunity to talk about and learn the vocabulary of rights and respecting rights.
Assembly themes incorporate many of the key rights.
We have formed a steering group to initiate ideas and monitor progress in embedding the key principles.
Further action will be to develop an action plan which incorporates some of the children’s ideas into school improvement planning.
Our aim is to develop as a school where children and adults use the values and language of the CRC to help them become rights-respecting global citizens.
We are happy that we have again achieved the Level 1 Rights Respecting School Award.
