This morning in assembly we talked about how we are thinking about the children in Ukraine. We discussed our UNCRC articles and rights that we all have as children. We decided that we would like to show the children in Ukraine that we are thinking about them during this difficult time. Each child planted a sunflower seeds that we are going to take care of in school. In the warmer months we will then plant them outside on our school field to watch them continue to grow.

UNCRC Article 1 – everyone under the age of 18 has all the rights in the Convention.

This week, the Rights Respecting Champions and members of our Breakfast Club have been working together to broaden our breakfast menu, by adding some new healthy options. They created a questionnaire to find out which foods breakfast club members would like to try. Using their pupil voice, they then discussed the outcomes with the breakfast club staff and today everyone enjoyed scrambled egg and beans on toast!

UNCRC Article – 12 – right to have a say in all matters affecting them

Crisis Support Sleep Over – 12.11.21

UNCRC Article 27 (adequate standard of living)

What an experience we have all just had – a sleep over with a difference!

In support to our Charity – Crisis Support – our children spent the night in school sleeping on the hall floor to re-enact what it would be like if we were to be homeless. The children made shelters from cardboard boxes, ate soup from the soup kitchen and made clothing from plastic bags. This has been a real eye-opener for the children, who all demonstrated their Rights Respecting Ethos in how they conducted themselves throughout the evening. Well done Class 5; you have shone once again.

• UNCRC Article 24: Every child has the right to the best possible health

A day of Smiles and Random Acts of Kindness; hosted by the UNCRC Rights Respecting Champions.

Huge well done to everyone who made the wonderful effort – it was AMAZING to see all of you wearing what made you happy 🙂

At 2pm for half an hour the children set to work delivering their Random Acts of Kindness to the children in their secretly chosen classes. It was fantastic to see every child have a smile on their faces – the most contagious thing in Nettlesworth:

• Class 1 were delighted to receive a specially planned Sweety Hunt on our school field by Class 4!

UNCRC Article Link 12: Every child has the right to have a say in all matter affecting them.

Today we launched the Outright campaign with the whole school; this year’s focus is on Mental Health and Wellbeing. The champions delivered a fantastic assembly to the children along with a PowerPoint explaining what Nettlesworth Primary School children will be campaigning for this year.

They set out the first activity for the whole school to enjoy which will take place on Friday 1st October 2021 – WORLD SMILE DAY! The Rights Respecting Champions have sent letters home to invite children to come to school on Friday wearing whatever makes them HAPPY! As part of the day; the Champions organised Class names to be drawn from a hat by the teachers – the children then went back to their classes with the teachers and held a discussion on what RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS they would deliver to the chosen class at 2pm on Friday….

…….SSSHHHHHHHHH ITS A SECRET 🙂

We had such a fantastic day, celebrating all things Roald Dahl today.

The children all looked amazing in their costumes and wearing yummy yellow – his favourite colour! There were some outstanding homemade costumes that must have taken so long to make.

The children all came together in assembly to celebrate Roald Dahl and the children then took part in various Roald Dahl activities in their classrooms throughout the day.

Today was spent raising money and awareness for the amazing charity ‘Brain Tumour Awareness’

All of the staff and children wore hats; taking part in the ‘Wear a Hat Day’ fundraising. Thank you for everyone who donated £1 to this amazing cause 🙂

UNCRC Articles 12 and 19

The Rights Respecting Champions of Nettlesworth Primary School did us all proud today when they hosted their very own Virtual Assembly to raise the awareness of World Children’s Day.

The each spoke to the rest of the school via TEAMs, addressing the global issues of Climate Change.

Well done to our champions, and to the rest of our school on a fabulous effort around this topical issue.

Today we all came to school to wearing Green in order to raise money for the NSPCC. We have been taking part in workshops giving children the confidence to speak out if they are worried, either to a trusted adult or Childline.

We had a ‘Design an emoji competition’ with the help of our Speak out Stay safe mascot, Buddy the speech bubble, and the winners from each class each received a green prize. The best part of the day was day was covering Mr Graham in green slime – all for a good cause though! 🙂

Thank you to everyone who kindly donated, we raised a total of £85.oo for this amazing charity.

UNCRC Article 12 & 19

This week Miss Grant has been working alongside the Rights Respecting Council with Mrs Hill to deliver a workshop in assembly informing all of the school what the NSPCC promotes and how we can help to raise awareness.

They introduced us to Buddy the NSPCC mascot and thought of a wonderful idea to raise awareness in our local community; a ‘wear green to school day’. This will be taking place on Friday 7th February.

“We can work together to make sure every childhood is free from abuse.” For more information head over to their website:

UNCRC Article Link: 12 & 24

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigns/

As part of our pledge to support charities across the year who make a difference to the lives of people all around the world, as well as in our country, we took part in Jeans for Genes day.

The children came to school wearing their genes or something blue, donating £1 for this amazing charity to raise money to make a difference for children affected by genetic disorders.

We would like to thank you all for your amazing support once again after raising a whopping £97.20! ?

Huge thank you to all of your fantastic donations to this amazing charity helping children with Genetic Disorders! This links closely to the work we do within the community as a Rights Respecting School:

UNCRC Article 23: A child with a disability has the right to live a full and decent life with dignity and independence, and to play an active part in the community.

1 in 25 children has a genetic disorder that makes their life very difficult. That’s like one in every class. By wearing our jeans and donating, we have helped to change the lives of these children.

We are overwhelmed with all of the donations and have received a grand total of £95.06!