St. Augustine's Catholic Primary School

UNICEF – Rights Respecting Schools

St Augustine’s is working with UNICEF on their Rights Respecting Awards programme for schools. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) UNICEF works with schools across the country. The Award recognises a school’s achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond.

UNICEF works with schools to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. The Rights Respecting Schools Award embeds these values in daily school life and gives children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.

Each week the programme focuses on some of the articles from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). We will share these with you through the newsletter and discuss them with children in School. We want our children to understand their rights and to be aware of the importance of them in our
lives. The website is full of interesting information, please do take a look
https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/

Unicef Article of the Week  
The articles we will be talking to children about this week are: 

The Convention on the Rights of the Child brings together a range of rights that all children aged under 18 are entitled to, no matter who they are or where they are born. These rights ensure that all children are given the support they need to develop and reach their potential and are protected from harm. Governments across the world have signed up to the CRC and have promised to make the rights within the CRC a reality for children in their country and a number of articles specifically mention what governments must do to make rights happen.  

Article 1 makes clear that everyone under the age of 18 has all the rights in the Convention.  

Article 4 states that governments must do all they can to make sure every child can enjoy their rights by creating systems and passing laws that promote and protect children’s rights. 

Article 41 states that if a country has laws and standards that go further than the present Convention, then the country must keep these laws. 

Please look at the link below to see further information for you to discuss with your child.