At Blaby Stokes Primary School we are committed to ensuring children’s well-being is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to help our pupils grow into confident, caring, resilient and responsible young people both in school and within the wider community.
 

We are a Silver UNICEF Rights Respecting School, and we will soon be working towards achieving the Gold Award. We are embedding further the UN Convention on the Rights of the Children (UNCRC) within our whole school ethos.

 

 

What is the UNCRC?

In 1989 UNICEF established a set of 54 Articles known as the Convention for the Rights of the Child. The convention applies to every child under the age of 18, without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background. Almost every country in the world has signed this convention to uphold the Articles within their country and do all it can to protect children’s rights. The convention underpins everything UNICEF does around the world.

The convention recognises that all children and young people have the right to be treated with dignity and fairness, to be protected, to develop to their full potential and to participate. Every adult is a duty bearer, and it is their responsibility to ensure children’s rights are protected.

 

 

What is the Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA)?

The RRSA focuses on children’s rights in schools and takes a whole-school approach to child rights and human rights education. A UNICEF Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.

By learning about their rights, our pupils also learn about the importance of respecting the rights of others i.e., their responsibilities. Pupils at Blaby Stokes are encouraged to reflect on how their behaviour and actions affect those around them which allows us to build and maintain a positive and safe learning environment for all.

RRSA links with our School Values and British Values as well as the work we do promoting Global Citizenship and Equal Opportunities. The RRSA also supports and promotes Healthy eating.

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - UNICEF UK Link to the website

Child friendly Pocket Book of Human Rights

 

Our Rights Respecting Mascot

This year, we have decided to use a mascot to help us learn about our rights. Our winning mascot is called Measha.

 

 

Steering Group

The steering group consists of our lead RRSA ambassadors from Year 3 to Year 6. Their role is to ensure that the whole school is aware of the Rights Respecting Schools Award, to provide a link between the children, all staff members, the governors and the wider community and to plan and deliver events to help our children become Rights Respecting Global Citizens.

 

Committees

This year, our Rights Respecting Ambassadors have decided to work as committees. We have three committees that each run a different working group around school to further extend the role of the steering group:

• Environment committee
• Community committee
• Health and Wellbeing committee
   

Class Charters

Every class in school has discussed, agreed on and designed their own class charters. These consist of three articles that the whole class agree to focus on and incorporate into their day to day lives. The children have discussed what both the adults (Duty Bearers) and the children (Rights holders) have to do to ensure the rights are met and have included these on their charters.