DOBCROFT INFANT SCHOOL

Rights Respecting

The Rights Respecting Council, chaired by Mrs Holmes and Miss Hughes, is made up of 2 elected pupils from each class from Year 1 & 2. These councillors attend half-termly meetings and discuss issues and ideas they have to make our school even better. They hold class meetings to ensure all their classmates’ views are listened to and taken onboard and feed this back at the next meetings. Over the past few years we have collected food for the Catherdral Archer Project that helps local people in need, raised money for different charities and met with Taylor Shaw who produce our school dinners to taste test new options and report back with our class’ opinions. The Rights Respecting Council have also ran an initiative to try and clean up paths around our school grounds.

Rights Respecting

Dobcroft Infant School is proud to be a Silver Level Rights Respecting School.

What is the Rights Respecting School Award?

The UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) supports schools across the UK to embed children’s human rights in their ethos and culture. The award recognises achievement in putting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of a school’s practice to improve well-being and help all children realise their potential.

The award is based on principles of equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation.

RRSA at Dobcroft Infants

Becoming a Rights Respecting School has involved the children learning about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The children have learnt about their rights and about the importance of respecting the rights of others.

The children learn about their rights through assemblies and the curriculum. They also take part in theme days in which the children learn about their own rights and ways to help all children to access theirs.

The Rights Respecting School council meets regularly with Mrs Holmes and Miss Hughes. It is made up of 2 elected pupils from each Year 1 and 2 class. They discuss issues and ideas they have to make our school even better. They hold class meetings to ensure all their classmates’ views are listened to and taken on board and feed this back at the next meetings. Over the past few years we have collected food for the Cathedral Archer Project that helps local people in need, raised money for different charities and met with Taylor Shaw who produce our school dinners to taste test new options and report back with our class’ opinions. The Rights Respecting Council have also ran an initiative to try and clean up paths around our school grounds.

 

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