Rights Respecting Steering Group
Spring 2016 | An t-Earrach 2016
Partnership with Litchenza PS
Monthly Article Focus
March and April - Article 29
Your education should help you use and
develop your talents and abilities. It
should also help you learn to live
peacefully, protect the environment and
respect other people.
May - Article 24
You have the right to the best health care
possible, safe water to drink, nutritious
We recently worked with the Scotland Malawi
food, a clean and safe environment, and
Partnership to pair with a school in Malawi called
information to help you stay well.
Litchenza Primary. The aim of this partnership is to
June - Article 28
compare similarities and differences in cultures and
You have the right to a good quality
develop our ideas of diversity and respect for others
education.
around the world. A Global Citizens Committee has been You should be encouraged to go to school
created consisting of P7 representatives from a range of to the highest level you can.
our current committees for example, Fairtrade, RRS and
Whinhill
Eco. A parcel was recently sent to Litchenza from our
RR Reporters
pupils in Whinhill. Each class organised something to
Visit to
send with information about what life is like living in
Inverkip
Scotland with items ranging from letters, postcards and
photo collages to bunting and artwork. John McIndoe
Pictured: Inverkip
and Whinhill rights
from Inverclyde’s SMP visited Malawi in March to deliver
champions.
our parcel. We were delighted when he returned with
Members of our rights respecting steering
something for us from Litchenza! We received letters,
group were lucky to meet with pupils from the
artwork, photographs and a beautiful handmade crochet Inverkip Primary rights group earlier this term
shawl. Whinhill staff have a WhatsApp group to
so they could share ideas and discuss
communicate with teachers from Litchenza where we
the importance of rights in their
regularly share photographs and information about daily schools. It was a great chance to see
school life.
what happens in a different school.
Pictured: Mrs Mac from
the school office and
members of the RRS
steering group.
Rights Respecting
Robert and his
adventures…
Pictured: Some of our Primary 1 pupils.
We have been so lucky that Mrs Mac from our school office
has brought RR Robert, our rights mascot, to life by
creating wonderful teddies! The mascots will be used
between our nursery and P1 classes. Earlier in the year our
school Literacy Committee worked with the Rights Steering
Group to organise a homework task where pupils would
create different adventures for RR Robert. The contributions
have been turned in to an exciting book full of different
stories and pictures of Robert in different locations.
UPCOMING DATES:
Send My Friend to School……………………….…..6th May
Day for Change…………………………………………………13th May
Rights Respecting Class
Well done to the boys and girls in our Primary
1 who are our focus Rights Respecting Class
and won the award trophy. The RR reporters
visit each class regularly and collect
information on the work they have been
undertaking this term connected with our
rights, each class is able to share all the
exciting work they undertake. Primary 1 came
out on top! They had a great knowledge of
our monthly right and how it affects them.
Well done to Primary 1!
’S math a sinn sibh!