Our Rights Respecting School
We are a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School!
Pleased click the link to see our assessment report.
Rights Respecting Rocks
We have recently launched our Rights Respecting Rocks project and would love for everyone to get involved.
At school, children will be invited to paint a rock inspired by our Rights Respecting work but we would also welcome any rocks that you might want to paint at home!
The rocks will be displayed around school as a reminder of our amazing work as part of our Rights Respecting school approach.
Happy painting!
STOP IDLING CAMPAIGN
STOP IDLING CAMPAIGN
Our Rights Respecting and Values Ambassadors have been working hard on our 'Stop-Idling Campaign.'
All children have the right to good health, clean water and a safe environment (Article 24 UNCRC.)
What is idling?
Put simply, ‘idling’ is when a vehicle’s engine
is left running while parked, stationary, or when waiting at junctions or traffic lights which contributes to toxic emissions.
Reasons to stop idling:
1. It improves air quality. Breathing in air pollution during our lifetime has been linked to a wide range of health problems, including lung and heart disease, stroke and cancer.
2. Idling cars can be an obstruction, with families needing to walk around cars with their engines running.
3. Children tend to spend more time outside, where concentrations of air pollution from traffic are generally higher. When children are walking or in a pushchair they are often at the height of vehicle exhausts meaning that they breathe in higher concentrations of pollutants.
4. It helps the environment by reducing CO2 emissions. A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
Source: LivingStreets.org
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/news-and-blog/press-media/national-air-quality-guidance-for-schools-launches-in-greater-manchester
Please remember to turn off your engines when your vehicle is not being used - especially outside school.
We will be sharing lots more information in the coming weeks on Dojo and our website as part of our Stop-Idling campaign.
Thank you.
RRS Day
We have been working very hard towards our Silver Rights Respecting Schools Award and have been very busy - even during lockdown!
We held a fantastic competition for all children to design a mascot for our school. All the children had the right to vote for their winner and we are very pleased to announce that Rosie was our winner with her brilliant Ronnie the Rights Respecting Rabbit design! Expect to see more of Ronnie throughout the year!
Here is Rosie collecting her prize.
Below are some documents that tell you more about Rights Respecting Schools: