The Year 6 Ambassadors met this week to look at the draft leaflets we had designed. We made some changes to the text and colours used. We are now going to ask all the RRS Ambassadors to share this with their class to gather their opinions and suggestions before we share this with our staff, […]
Read MoreRights Respecting School: ‘Global Citizens’
We are delighted to say we have added the key words to the large map outside the hall. The words supplied were in the response to ‘A Global Citizen is someone who…’ Thank you so much for contributing to this. Please look out for this when you visit the school. Stop and look at the […]
Read MoreRights Respecting School: ‘Want or Need?’
During assemblies this week we thought about the difference between a ‘want’ and a ‘need’. One of the activities we have is ‘Wants and needs Cards’. There are 20 different cards with wonderful new illustrations . The idea is for us to decide if the object on each card is a ‘Want’ or a ’Need’? Stephen […]
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Unicef UK have launched our new report, Healthy Air for Every Child: A Call for National Action . The report calls on the UK Government to take urgent action to protect every child from toxic air, putting children’s health at the heart of its work on air pollution. Over 4000 children have already written to […]
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Next week we are launching ‘The Theme of The Month’ as a result of our visit to Martins School. We have already been fully committed to the ’Thought for the Month’ for over two years but we have decided to combine this with the ‘Theme of the Month’. This will forge further links with both […]
Read MoreRights Respecting School: Why is it important to be a global citizen?
Global citizens must be aware of the world. They must respect diversity in order to further respect the global workings in society, cultures, and the environment. They must contribute positively to the world. Here are some of the words suggested by the children during assembly this week to describe a global citizen– respectful, responsible, thoughtful, […]
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On Friday 11th January we were invited to Martins Primary School. Our Year 5 & 6 ambassadors had a wonderful time. They have written comments about the trip. Gabriella The children told us how they became RRS ambassadors. It was really interesting to their displays and what they do in their school. I enjoyed meeting […]
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Today the Year 5 & 6 children visited Martins school in Finchley. The children were so excited. Martin Primary School is aiming to become a Rights Respecting School. As you are aware the Rights Respecting Schools Award programme supports schools to embed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child . We met Mrs Julie Taylor (Community […]
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Thank you to our RRS Ambassadors– children, parents and governors. We look forward to the coming term and the opportunity to visit other local primary schools. It has been a very busy half term and our aim in January is to publish our RRS leaflet and draw up a programme of events and assemblies for […]
Read MoreRights Respecting School — an email from Frances Bestley
The holiday season can be a tough time for many. From children in Yemen, who Unicef are supporting this winter to those living in places closer to home. We know 2018 has been a difficult year for many schools. Budgets continue to be cut, staff workloads are increasing and it can feel that too often schools […]
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