Rights Respecting 

Stoneyholme Primary has proudly been awarded the Gold: Rights Respecting award. This means that we are following an initiative put in place by UNICEF UK to encourage schools to teach children about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Our school has embedded the UNCRC articles and Global Goals into the heart of our school’s policies practice, curriculum and ethos. As a Rights Respecting School we will model and foster respectful relationships in our school and the wider community. The articles and Global goals are taught in a creative manner across a range on curriculum areas. This is to create a deeper understanding of their rights and how local and global issues and sustainable development are linked to rights. By becoming a Rights Respecting school, Stoneyholme strives to promote a happy, respectful environment which develops an understanding that everyone is equal and that their positive actions and voice is important and can have a positive impact on the wider world.

Learning outside the classroom

Learning outside the classroom is an extremely vital part of being a Rights Respecting School.

Through the use of our extensive grounds, facilities and connection within our local community we promote a positive learning experience for all children.  Learning outside the classroom emphasises the  best possible health and how this promotes positive health and well being. As a Rights Respecting school, we enable children to become responsible for their environment and use their voice to take action on a local, national and global level. 

Children are able to emerge themselves in the awe and wonder of their environment whilst developing respect for the wider world.

Enquiry skills are learned, which enables our pupils to gain and demonstrate a deeper understanding throughout our school curriculum. The children explore disciplinary concepts as they move through school - allowing them to apply new skills as they revisit these throughout both key stages. This approach encourages deeper understanding and prepares our pupils for future learning.  

Disciplinary Concepts for Rights Respecting

Interpretation

Awareness

Reflection

Empowerment

The children also consider the following whole school concept questions throughout learning focused on Rights Respecting:

What does it mean to be a citizen? 

Does equality always mean treating everybody the same?

Is power always a positive thing?

Does change always make things better?

Is trade necessary?

Is being part of a community the same for everyone?

Key Vocabulary

Inherent—rights are yours because you are born a human.

Indivisible—no right is more important than another one right.

Inalienable—rights can not be given away.

Universal—they are for ALL children (anyone under 18), everywhere, all the time.

Unconditional—they are not a reward and are not dependent on a

responsibility or action. Our actions should respect the rights of others and not deny

Click on the year group buttons to see the amazing learning we have been doing throughout school.