Rights Respecting

This week would have been our “sats week.” The children still carried out some assessments have performed brilliantly. Their attitude to learning and their effort can not be faulted and we wanted to show them how proud we all. Well done Year 6. Keep up the hard work and make the most of your final term at St.Cuthbert’s 🙂  

21st March marked the international elimination of racial discrimination day. This week in your classes you will be exploring these rights in more detail. Remember your classroom is a safe space to ask questions and your adults, as duty bearers, will help you answer. A reminder of what Articles 2, 12 and 30 mean:   Time to think:   Rights …

Since there is no Easter disco this year to show off our egg decorating creations, we used the left over eggs from our DT to make our own. Egg-cellent decorating year 6. First we designed our egg: Then we decorated:

Year 6 enjoyed seeing their friends for the first time in a long time this morning 🙂  

Thursday is World Book Day so this week we will be taking part in tasks involving reading and the articles 17, 29 and 31. A reminder of what these articles mean: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out at school or at home: Videos and resources to support the activities: RRSA Film: The Flamingo Who Didn’t Want To …

Article 31, the right to relax and play. Our favourite article 🙂 A reminder of what Article 31 means: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out at school or at home: Videos and resources to support the activities: http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob https://artsandculture.google.com/partner Reflection: Remember to send any completed tasks or photographs to Miss Huntley l.huntley@stcuthbertsprimary.com

Tuesday is a day dedicated to internet safety. We have all been taught about E-safety in school in the Autumn Term and Tuesday you will be given tasks relating to staying safe online. Article 16 is our right to privacy and Article 17 is our right to access reliable information from the media. A reminder of what Articles 16 and …

Year 6 have been learning about the devastating effects of deforestation and came up with some creative ways to put their persuasive message across to logging companies who carelessly cut away at our forests. We have speech, videos and letters. I am so proud of the effort put into these letters – I am sure David Attenborough would be too! …

As part of our ‘Wellness Wednesday’ afternoon and linked closely to our History, year 6 made their very own Anderson Shelters in very creative ways. We had everything from lego and books to cardboard, cakes and quilts!    

Article 31 is our favourite article – the right to relax and play. It is important for everyone to find time in their busy lives to relax and playing is a good way to do this whether it’s on your own or with a friend or as part of a family. A reminder of what Article 31 means: Time to …

As a rights respecting school we often give the children a choice in what they would like to do. On the last day of term year 6 decided they wanted a christmas karaoke. We had lots of fun singing and dancing along to some well known christmas songs.

We enjoyed wearing our Christmas Jumpers to raise money for Save the Children

We had so much fun at the year 6 christmas party. We danced, played games and had lots of festive fun!  #article31

This year it has never been more challenging to see our family and the people we love but we are learning to adapt and have created strategies to help stay in touch the best we can. These articles are all about families. A reminder of what Articles 9,10 and 11 mean: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out …

Year 6 showed some amazing talent when taking part in a session with hoopstars!  

In school we have recently completed our annual Rights Respecting Questionnaires. As a whole, we as duty bearers are going to find more opportunities to help children share their knowledge and understanding of the convention with other adults and children in school as well as their parents as sharing rights with their wider family at present is not an option …

This week was Anti-Bullying week. The theme this year was United Against Bullying. Please take a look on how we became united during the week. DISCLAIMER: No bubbles were burst in our pursuit to unite against bullying 🙂

This week is anti-bullying week. A week used to raise awareness of bullying. When we are bullied, we are denied of our rights. Article 2 which is about discrimination and how we have this right regardless of our age, gender, religion, language, abilities, family background but often bullies recognise our differences and use this to be unkind to us. Article …

Year 6 visited Seaham Park Cenotaph to pay their respects today. They read the poem by John Mcrae, “In Flanders Field’ followed by bidding prayers and a final poem dedicated to the unknown soldier. We will remember them …