Stacey Barnes

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Stacey Barnes Ranvilles Infant School The United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) Integrating Rights, Respect and
Responsibility into the Curriculum
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A Rights Respecting School

• Childrens rights are central to all aspects
  of UNICEFs work including education. UNICEF uses
  the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
  the Child (UNCRC) as a framework. This ties in
  with work in schools in many areas of the
  curriculum such as citizenship and humanities. It
  also relates to whole school work on
  policy-making and building the school ethos.

A Rights Respecting School not only teaches about
childrens and human rights but also models
rights and respect in all its relationships
teacher/adults-pupils pupils- teacher/adults
pupils-pupils.
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CONTEXT SPEAKING and LISTENING Language is an
integral part of most learning and oral language
in particular has a key role in teaching and
learning. A recurring message from the research
into spoken language is that talk is fundamental
to childrens development and learning and has a
central role to play in developing their
knowledge and understanding. Speaking and
listening play an important role in childrens
social, emotional and cognitive
development. Primary Framework for Literacy
(PNS) 2006
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CONTEXT Ranvilles PROJECT work
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CONTEXT Early Years Continuous Provision
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CONTEXT PROJECT planning
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CONTEXT What do we know before we start
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Jack the Beanstalk
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Treat others as you would like them to treat
you Luke 631 / Confucius 15 23 / Oscar Wilde
/ Jean-Paul Sartre / Anna Eleanor Roosevelt /
UNICEF CRC Article 2
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What rights should animals have
The right to have love To be loved by other
animals To be loved by their family To have
food water exercise space To be safe
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Respect
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Rights! What Rights? RESOURCES First Steps to
Rights Written by Pam Hand (Hampshire
Development Education Centre) First Steps Project
Worker, and edited by Pam Fenney and Heather
Jarvis, UNICEF UK. Published by Hampshire DEC
INICEF UK. Activities for children aged 3 - 7
years. "One of the aims of 'First Steps To
Rights' is to support Early Years' practitioners
in developing this curriculum, by suggesting ways
of incorporating the global perspective of rights
and responsibilities into work they already do.
Circle time, story time, literacy, topic work,
RE, PSHE, all provide potential links - First
Steps aims to develop those possibilities." Pam
Hand To get hold of First steps anyone can
contact Pam Hand at the Hampshire DEC on
01962 856106
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UNICEF CRC ARTICLE 24 Children have the right
to good quality health care, to clean water..
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Teddy visits some Homes
UNICEF CRC ARTICLE 18 Both parents share
responsibility for bringing up their
children ARTICLE 27 Children have a right to
standard of living that is good enough to meet
their physical and mental needs .
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UNICEF assists typhoon victims in the Philippines
The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
announced today that child survivors of the
recent typhoons now face serious threats, as the
most vulnerable group in times of disasters.
UNICEF CRC ARTICLE 28 Children have a right
to an education ARTICLE 29 Education should
develop each childs personality and talents to
the full ARTICLE 31 All children have a
right to relax and play ARTICLE 12 Children
have the right to say what they think should
happen
The typhoons have seriously affected early
childhood care and development facilities and
schools, some of which have been partially or
completely washed away or damaged. Many more
remain under water. Schools and day care centres,
in particular, have been used as evacuation
centres, which usually render school properties
vulnerable to damage and loss.
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Healthy Living
UNICEF CRC ARTICLE 24 Children have the
right to good quality health care, to clean
water, nutritious food, and a clean environment,
so they will stay healthy
Afghanistan children need food, not bombs
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Healthy Living Project
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• R Rights
• R Respect
• R Responsibilities

Any Questions
www.unicef.org.uk/
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• RANVILLES INFANT SCHOOL OFSTED OCTOBER 2006
• The outstanding curriculum presents pupils with
  interesting learning
• opportunities which excite them, and they react
  very positively to the
• various opportunities on offer to participate.
• Projects present very good opportunities for
  pupils to be creative and to
• develop their thinking and research skills.
  Throughout the curriculum there
• is a consistent reinforcement of the school's
  values.
• One parent summed up the effect, 'I have noticed
  a marked change - my
• daughter is more independent, willing to try and
  is listening more attentively.
• The 'Rights, Respect and Responsibility' promoted
  throughout the school
• allows the children to have a say in their own
  environment and helps them
• respect both adults and peers'.