At Green Gates Primary School, we always encourage the children to be respectful towards each other, staff, parents and the local community. With this in mind, we are proud to announce that we have become a ‘Rights Respecting School’.
We have already achieved Gold Status in March 2022.
Here’s a copy of our report:
Green Gates Primary GOLD REPORT
– Develop to the fullest
– Be protected from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation
– Participate fully in family, cultural and social life
2. Devotion to the best interests of the child
3. A right to life, survival and develpoment
4. Respect for the view of children
We are continuing to work with the children to teach them about global issues and have held various fundraising events across the year to help in such issues.
What can you do as parents?
Please support us by discussing the rights of the child with your child, and help to teach them how to respect their rights and the rights of others. Please support them to follow their class charter so that Green Gates can be a happy place where everyone’s rights are respected. For more information about Rights Respecting Schools please visit the website: http://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools
- Article 12: Every child has the right to say what they think in all matters affecting them, and to have their views taken seriously.
- Article 16: Every child has the right to meet with other children and young people and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.
Through our Buddies scheme, pupils are trained to provide help to other pupils who are unhappy or lonely at play and lunchtimes. They are not there to tell people what to do. They provide support by listening to and helping individuals to think their problems through and consider their options.
Some of the things that Buddies do:
– help new students to settle into school
– run activities at lunchtime so that students have a safe place to be
– are available for any pupil to go and have a chat to about a worry they have
Our curriculum includes lots of links to the articles. Here are a few examples:
- World Book Day – All children are provided with a T Shirt to design.
- Pupils learn about plastic pollution.
- A variety of visitors come into school to help our children learn about different cultures.
- We learn how to stay safe.
- We support our local food bank.
- We learn how the police help our community.
- Anti Bullying Week.
- Our assemblies are linked to the Rights of the child.
- Our assembly programme is linked to the Rights of the child.