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:
Article 17, Access to information from the media –
Every child has the right to reliable information from a variety of sources and governments should encourage the media to provide information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.
Article 19, Protection from violence, abuse and neglect –
Governments must do all they can to ensure that children are protected from all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and bad treatment by their parents or anyone else who looks after them.
Please look at the link below to see further information for you to discuss with your child.