Author: Joanne Edwards

Our School Visions and Values
We at Cwmfelin Primary School strive to provide a safe, happy, inspiring, learning environment built on high expectations, tolerance and mutual respect.
Together we will instil confidence in our children to enable them to become resilient, hard working, ambitious learners who will grow and develop into valued citizens of Wales and the wider world.
If every child, regardless of their sex, ethnic origin, social status, language, nationality or religion has these rights, then they also have the responsibility to respect each other in a humane way.

How can you help?
At Cwmfelin Primary, we believe that we are ‘stronger together’ and need to work in partnership to ensure that children receive the best education possible.
Article 5: Governments should respect the rights and responsibilities of parents to direct and guide their children so that, as they grow, they learn to use their rights properly.
As parents/carers, it is your responsibility to help teach your child about their rights. You should talk to them about the Rights of the Child and how important they are. Remember that all rights come with responsibilities!
If you would like to find out more, please visit the UNICEF website:
www.unicef.org.uk

Cwmfelin
Primary School
Rights Respecting
School Award

What is the RRSA?
The RRSA is given by a charity called UNICEF (United Children’s Emergency Fund).
The charity work hard to help children and their families all over the world. They work hard to ensure that children can enjoy their rights by upholding the UNCRC.
What is the UNCRC?
The UNCRC are the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was created by Unicef and includes 54 articles which outline all the rights a child has.
Every child has the right to:
Survival
Develop to the fullest
Protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation
Participate fully in family, cultural and social life.

Why become a Rights Respecting School?
We want Cwmfelin Primary to become a better place for all. We want to teach children about their rights and help them understand that they have responsibilities too!
Learning about UNCRC and rights has made us think about others and how our actions would affect them. Children have the right to participate, so meaningful involvement of children and young people is fundamental with being a Rights Respecting School.
We think it is important for our pupils to learn about children in the UK and other parts of the world whose rights may not be respected.

Why do we need an award?
Working towards becoming a Rights Respecting School will help our pupils grow into confident, caring and responsible young people, both in school and within the wider community. By learning about their rights, our children also learn about the importance of respecting the rights of others and their responsibilities.
Our Rights Respecting School ensures that our pupils:
Gain self esteem by learning about their rights
Learn that rights can bring responsibilities for adults and children
Become active global citizens
Have a powerful voice
Develop critical thinking skills
Information about the award can be found on the UNICEF website.