Rights Respecting Schools Award

What does a Rights Respecting What does a Rights Respecting Schools Award do?Schools Award do?

It puts the United Nations Convention on the It puts the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of the schools Rights of the Child at the heart of the schools culture and ethos. It improves well-being and culture and ethos. It improves well-being and develops every childdevelops every child’’s talents and abilities to s talents and abilities to their fullest potential as Global Citizens.their fullest potential as Global Citizens.

What is the United Nations What is the United Nations convention on the Rights of convention on the Rights of the child?the child? The Convention sets out the rights of The Convention sets out the rights of

every young person under 18 and how every young person under 18 and how those rights should be metthose rights should be met

These rights are something everyone has These rights are something everyone has as a result of being born. No one has as a result of being born. No one has power to give them to you or take them power to give them to you or take them away from you. There are no conditions away from you. There are no conditions attached to them. attached to them.

How are these rights How are these rights realized?realized?

Adults bear the responsibility for ensuring that these rights are Adults bear the responsibility for ensuring that these rights are known about, understood and realised. (Article 42)known about, understood and realised. (Article 42)

This means that: This means that: Everyone working with children and young people needs Everyone working with children and young people needs

to be fully aware of the Conventionto be fully aware of the Convention

parents and carers are responsible for ensuring they parents and carers are responsible for ensuring they model rights respecting behaviour in bringing up their model rights respecting behaviour in bringing up their children children

schools are responsible for promoting a rights respecting schools are responsible for promoting a rights respecting environment environment

children learn to become rights respecting global citizenschildren learn to become rights respecting global citizens

What differences will we see What differences will we see at Chisenhale if it becomes at Chisenhale if it becomes a Rights Respecting School?a Rights Respecting School?

How adults talk to children.How adults talk to children.

How children talk to adults.How children talk to adults.

How the children have an understanding How the children have an understanding of not only their own rights but also the of not only their own rights but also the rights of their friends, community and rights of their friends, community and nationally and globally.nationally and globally.

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