Our Rights Respecting team contribute greatly to our school ethos. We place a great emphasis on being respectful to others and ensuring all adults and children respect each other and are aware of each other’s rights. We have excellent role models in our Rights Respecting team who can always be relied upon to set an example for others.
In our school, our Rights Respecting team work together to ensure that there is a strong understanding of our rights and those who display this in their behaviour can be rewarded with a certificate each week during our Celebration Assembly. We present a Right of the Week in this assembly every Friday and each class has a chosen pupil who is rewarded. When announcing our new right of the week, our group provide the school with a clear explanation as to which article has been chosen for that week and what it means, often relating it to current themes or focus throughout the year.
As a group, we aim to continue to raise the profile of Rights Respecting schools at Westlea Primary.
We have achieved the Bronze award and as we continue our journey, we will be applying for our Silver award. Alongside that, we will review our current action plan regularly.
As we value pupil voice, we continually collect feedback from our pupils and staff by the use of questionnaires to ensure any ideas or points of views are shared.
We are also keen to recruit new members to join our team for our exciting journey ahead.
Article 2
We have rights no matter what!
Article 3
We have the right to have what is best for us.
Article 5
We have the right to learn how to use our rights as we grow up.
Article 6
We have the right to be healthy.
Article 7
We have the right to a name and a nationality.
Article 12
We have the right to say what we think.
Article 12
We have the right to be listened to.
Article 13
We have the right to new information.
Article 14
We have the right to follow a religion of our choice.
Article 15
We have the right to join groups and clubs.
Article 16
We have the right to privacy.
Article 17
We have the right to information from newspapers.
Article 19
We have the right to be safe.
Article 20
We have the right to be looked after properly.
Article 21
We have the right to special care if we need it.
Article 24
We have the right to good food and water.
Article 24
We have the right to clean water.
Article 27
We have the right to live happily.
Article 28
We have the right to learn and go to school.
Article 29
We have the right to become the best that we can be.
Article 30
We have the right to use our own language.
Article 31
We have the right to relax and play.
Article 32
We have the right to be protected from dangerous things.
Article 36
We have the right to be protected from things that can harm us.
Rights Respecting Newsletter and information
You can view or download our Rights Respecting newsletters below:
Rights Respecting Certificate for pupils
Rights – child friendly wording
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