Rights Respecting School - News

Thank You to the Rights Respecting Ambassadors for creating some beautiful cards to send to the children at Martins school. On 20th November 1989 something incredible happened. Against the backdrop of a changing world leaders came together and made an historic commitment to children – they promised to p protect and fulfil the rights of […]

The Outright campaign this year is celebrating 30 years of the Conventions on the Rights of the Child. 1989-2019.  30 years after its adoption, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most ratified UN Treaty and has played a central role to improve the lives of children around the world. […]

World Children’s Day celebrates the power of children to change the world. This World Children’s Day is extra special. It marks the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. On 20 November, we celebrate 30 years of children’s rights and demand that every child has every right. Children have their […]

As we approach Anti– Bullying Week here is a very important message. As a Gold Rights Respecting School we believe… Kind words. A friendly smile. A helping hand. Small changes have the power to make a big impact. By making simple changes, we can create a safe environment for everyone. At St Catherine’s  we believe… […]

On Friday 4th October, the Rights Respecting ambassadors went to visit St Catherine’s School in Barnet which is also a Gold Rights Respecting School. The children at St Catherine’s took us on an exciting tour of the school. We saw all of the classrooms which were quite different from ours. The children were allowed to […]

Did you know? Day in, day out, our children are breathing dangerously high levels of air pollution. Across 86% of the UK, children are breathing in harmful levels of toxic air. Toxic air can harm their lungs, damage the development of their brains and stunt their growth. And it could leave them with lasting problems like […]

The Rights Respecting Ambassadors met on Tuesday to plan the coming weeks.  Next  Friday we plan to carry out a learning walk around the whole school looking for evidence that we are a rights respecting school. This is in preparation for our visit from Martins School. We were delighted to welcome the new children . […]