Celebration Of Achievement 2016

Question: How does this event relate to Child rights? Answer: article 29 (goals of education) states that Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.

12th-16th September – #secureyourfuture

The National Improvement Framework identifies the following priorities: • Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; • Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; • Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and • Improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people; […]

5th – 9th September: Keeping in touch

I have used the phrase ‘keeping in touch’ this week for a number of reasons. it is the phrase used to describe an annual meeting which takes place between council officers and school leadership to review progress from last session and agree priorities for this session. we held an S1 curriculum evening and our Parent […]

Paul Hay – Internet Safety

  Question: How does internet use and internet safety relate to Child Rights? Answer:  article 17 (access to information from mass media) states that every child has the right to reliable information from the media. This should be information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.   […]