On Friday 13th May at the P4-7 Assembly we reflected on our Rights Respecting Schools Level One Inspection on Wednesday 11th May. We celebrated achieving a Level One Award and all the positive feedback we received. We also thought about some of Unicef's recommendations for our next steps towards the Level Two Award. We thanked everyone for generously donating their loose change to Unicef on the 'Day for Change' and thought about what we could change to help us make sure everyone knows about children's rights - at Sciennes and in other countries. P7 Captains took on the task of collecting and counting the loose change. There was so much that they will have to resume counting next week! Thank you very much to everyone who donated. P7 Captains told us about the crisis in Syria and how children's rights are being affected. The money raised today will help Unicef support Syrian refugee children. Mr Howie showed a video 'If the world were 100 people' to continue to help us think about equal rights. P7 Captains congratulated pupils on recent achievements. Next week's assembly will be at 9.50am and will focus on CEC 1+2 Languages for World Diversity Day.
2. At Sciennes We Value
Respect for Rights
Honesty
Quality
Equality
Kindness
Good manners
Forgiveness
Co-operation
Citizenship
Everyone has the right to
feel safe
Everyone has the right to
learn
Everyone has the right to
play
3. Unicef
On Wednesday 11th May we had an
inspection visit from Unicef.
What do the letters stand for?
United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund
7. What is the United Nations Convention?
The convention is an agreement between
countries across the world on ways for
children to be safe, be healthy and learn.
Almost all countries in the world have agreed on 42
Children’s Rights.
These are called ARTICLES.
8. What were Unicef looking for?
Do the children know about the UNCRC Articles ?
Do the parents?
Do all the adults who work with you?
9. What were Unicef looking for?
What do we do at Sciennes to make sure every
child has their rights? NOT JUST CHILDREN AT SCIENNES!
10. ARTICLE 22 the right to have help if you are a refugee
ARTICLE 31 the right to play
P3 Led Harvest Appeal
£2700!
9 Playgrounds!
12. ARTICLE 26 the right to have help if you are poor or in need
ARTICLE 27 the right to a good enough standard of living
1 in 5 Poverty Awareness Pilot
Pupil Council Leaders
13. ARTICLE 26 the right to have help if you are poor or in need
ARTICLE 27 the right to a good enough standard of living
1 in 5 : Making a Difference
14. ARTICLE 22 the right to have help if you are a refugee
Jonathan Re-Act JASS Award
15. ARTICLE 31 the right to play
Playground Outdoor Learning:
16. ARTICLE 29 the right to learn about the environment
Sustainability: Respect for Our Planet
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ECO, Science, JRSOs, Active Travel, Cycle to School
Days, Cycle Training, School Streets, Walk to School
Week, Travel Tracker, Earth Day, #showthelove, Earth
Hour, Recycling, Food Waste, Litter, Global citizenship,
outdoor learning, wildlife garden, ECO garden, wildlife
corridor, Benmore and Lagganlia
17. ARTICLE 29 the right to learn about the environment
ECO Third Green Flag
19. ARTICLE 24 the right to be healthy
Health and Wellbeing
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Food Focus Fortnight, Kitchen, PE with Mrs
Walker and Ms Berry, Sports Education,
Active Schools Clubs, Sporting
Competitions, Sporting Achievements,
Swimming, respect for self, respect for the
rights of others
20. ARTICLE 24 the right to be healthy
Emotional Health and Wellbeing
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Mindfulness, Emotions Talk, Sensory Room,
Growth Mindset, Learning about the Brain,
Seasons for Growth, Yoga
21. What were Unicef looking for?
Does everyone respect each other’s rights?
Do you show respect? For others? For yourself?
22. What were Unicef looking for?
Do all the adults GET IT RIGHT FOR EVERY CHILD?
SAFE
HEALTHY
ACHIEVING
NURTURED
ACTIVE
RESPECTED
RESPONSIBLE
INCLUDED
SHANARRI GIRFEC
23. What did Unicef say about Sciennes?
Warm, welcoming, friendly, caring, nurturing school
Polite, respectful pupils
Pupils expressing their opinions very well
Pupils taking the lead
Very helpful parents
Lots of clubs!
Lovely artwork
1 in 5 Child Poverty
P3 Syrian Playground Appeal
JASS Awards
Diversity – everyone included
Lots of examples of SHANARRI!
Lots of learning about rights
31. What did Unicef say we should do next?
Create a class charter in every class
Create charters in other areas of the school
Get to know more of the articles in the UNCRC
Let more parents know about the UNCRC
Take action to help others – action should not
just be about fundraising
Find out more about children’s rights
in other countries
32. DAY FOR CHANGE 13th May
Save your loose change
WEAR BLUE
33. Unicef Day for Change
Thank you for donating your loose change!
Why do other children need our help?
42. HOW YOUR LOOSE CHANGE CAN HELP
Unicef has mounted its largest ever appeal to provide urgent aid to children and families
affected by the crisis in Syria.
The money is needed for:
Schools and learningLife-saving food Water and medicine Areas to play
43. WHAT CAN DONATIONS BUY?
The UK government will double your donation, penny for penny
and pound for pound.
By donating your change today you can help keep even more Syrian children safe
from danger.
£3 can buy a warm blanket.
£8 can supply high-energy food for a malnourished child for one week.
£8 can buy enough polio vaccines to protect 67 children.
£26 can pay for a winter kit for a child, including a hat, scarf, gloves, thermal wear,
winter boots, underwear and a baby quilt.
46. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Davis Cup Tour – P6 Meet Leon Smith!
47. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Ella’s Ballet Certificate
48. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Caitlin £23.30 for Water Aid JASS
49. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
P5 Boroughmuir RFC train with
Chris Paterson!
50. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
P7 Through to Inspectors’ Cup
Semi Final!
51. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Mrs Denvir and Mrs McEwan
Charity Cycle – thank you!
52. Tues 17th Area Strings Rehearsal
Thurs 19th P6 and P7 ECO Reps ChangeWorks
Fri 20th WORLD DIVERSITY DAY
ASSEMBLY at 9.45am
Fri 20th ECO CLEAN UP 12.00-1.00pm
Meet outside Hall
Rights Based Learning underpins CfE, GIRFEC, HGIOS 4; GTCS
Appears throughout CfE
Rights Based Learning underpins CfE, GIRFEC, HGIOS 4; GTCS
Appears throughout CfE
Have you heard of a country called Syria?
Do you know where it is?
Here are two pictures. Look at the first one. It looks OK, doesn't it? Now look at the second picture. This isn't a place where anyone would like to live, is it? But these two photos are of exactly the same place, taken three years apart. It is a street in a city in Syria called Homs.
A terrible civil war is being fought in Syria. People are fighting each other because they want or believe different things. The war has been going on for five years.
A refugee is a person who has left the country they live in because it is not safe. Over the past five years, more than 12 million Syrian people have left their homes because it is too dangerous to stay.
If a refugee receives refugee status, it means they can stay and live in the new country. Do you think that refugees always want to stay in the new country?
The people of Syria are fleeing from the terrible fighting and danger in their country. They leave in the hope of finding a safer life and better future. Torn from everything they know, millions have lost loved ones, homes and schools.
Inside Syria, there are now nearly 14 million children affected by the continuous violence, and more than eight million children are in urgent need of help, such as nutrition and medical care.
Over one million people arrived on European shores during 2015, more than half of them from Syria, travelling across the Mediterranean Sea. They are travelling to countries such as Greece, Germany and Hungary.
The journey across the Mediterranean is extremely dangerous and is often made in rubber dinghies or small wooden boats. Over 3,000 people have died making the trip, including babies and young children.
The children that survive these perilous journeys across sea and land are then in great danger of abuse and exploitation.
How do you think the refugees feel when they arrive in a new country?
Syria is one of the most dangerous places to be a child. Millions of Syria’s children have lost some or all of their family members, and their homes. Their world has been turned upside down by conflict.
Children in Syria are in danger of exploitation and abuse, early marriage, child labour and recruitment by dangerous groups. They face unspeakable violence, lack of education, a lack of clean water and increased risk of disease and malnutrition.
One in four schools in Syria has been destroyed, damaged or occupied by dangerous groups. This means that more than two million children do not attend school.
Unicef protects children in danger. Unicef has declared this is the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War 2.
Unicef provides:
child-friendly spaces which give Syrian children a safe space to play;
special support and counselling;
access to clean water, hygiene facilities and vaccinations;
blankets, boots, gloves, hats, thermals and other warm clothing for children to stay safe and warm during the winter months;
screenings for malnutrition, and emergency life-saving food;
access to educational resources.
You may wish to look at this video: https://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2015/12/21/video-whats-unicef-supply-box-children-syria/
This year, Day for Change is bigger and better than ever! To make our fundraising go even further, the UK government will double our school’s donation, helping Unicef to reach even more Syrian children. Any Day for Change fundraising activity your school undertakes before 22 July 2016 for Syria will be matched penny for penny and pound for pound by the UK government, which is even more reason to get excited and start planning your fundraising events now.
(Additional information: This year’s Day for Change is officially on 13 May 2016 – however, due to the severity of the plight of the children of Syria, schools can fundraise at any given date and donations will be aid matched for any fundraising activity taking place before 22 July 2016.)