As a school, we are on a journey to become a UNICEF Rights Respecting School. We will be focusing on the articles set out by UNICEF and incorperating them into our school values.

Our class charters help us make the right decisions to ensure our classroom and school is a great place to be. As a class, we decided that being part of a team is important and that we can all work together to achieve our goals, so we used emojis to represent ourselves and to 'sign' the class charter. 

We then spoke about the articles and decided which were most important to us in creating a safe, happy and enjoyable place to learn. The articles we decided on are shown below and we have added what we will do to achieve them. 

Article 12: We all have the right to express our views freely.

• We will be listened to our opinions will be respected because they are our views.
• We will respect the views and opinions of others in our classroom becuase they are as important as our own.
• We will ensure that our opinions are appropriate for our age before we share them.
• Our adults will give us extra opportunities to express our views and help us to formulate our views if we find it hard to put them into words.

Article 24: We all have the right to health, food, water and a safe environment 

• We will be allowed to drink water in class
• We will bring a packed lunch into school or choose a school dinner each day.
• We will tell our adults if we feel unwell or need First Aid.
• We will help to look after our classroom, to keep it safe.
• Our adults will make sure that we get regular drinks breaks, make sure that we have our lunch every day and that they look after us so that we are safe at all times.

Article 28: We all have the right to learn.

• We will listen to our adults and classmates.
• We will help our friends if they are stuck or don't know what to do.
• We will 'Be The Best We Can Be' by being resilient at all times.
• Our adults will teach us new things every day, planning exciting and interesting ways for us to learn.