The Right Way Forward

1.What is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)?

2.Why is it important to my job as a teacher?

3.How does it fit into the curriculum?

4.How can I teach about rights and responsibilities?

What is the UNCRC?

It is an international agreement on the rights of all children.

What is the UNCRC?

It is a statement of Children’s Rights.

What is the UNCRC?What rights?

Survival

Development

Participation

Protection

What is the UNCRC?

It is a statement about how children’s rights should be met

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Why is it important to me as a teacher?

Learning about rights and responsibilities contributes to more positive

attitudes and relationships in school.

Why is it important to me as a teacher?

Rights are a values framework for Citizenship, PSE and ESD.

It is part of the curriculum.

Why is it important to me as a teacher?

Why is it important to me as a teacher?

The National Assembly has agreed that all their work on children should be based on the UN Convention on the rights of the child

How does it link into the school curriculum?

Citizenship

Personal and Social Education

How does it link into the school curriculum?

Pastoral Care

How does it link into the school curriculum?

Whole School Policies and Ethos

Why global?

Global education helps children to understand the world around them.

Can children make a difference?

Active citizenship is learning how to and effecting change locally and globally.