On the 20th November 1989 the world made a set of promises for every child on earth.  The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international statement of all those promises.  UNICEF protects and promotes those rights.

These rights try to make sure that every child is healthy, educated, treated fairly and listened to.  They also make sure that all children are protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.

"Rights" are things every child should have or be able to do.  All children have the same rights.

These rights can be found here:

https://sites.unicef.org/rightsite/files/uncrcchilldfriendlylanguage.pdf

At Our Lady of Lourdes we have a Pupil Voice Group that work to ensure every member of our school community is aware of children's rights.  As a Bronze Rights Respecting School we are able to place the rights of each child at the heart of our school ethos.  After achieving Bronze in 2021 we are excited for RRSA journey to continue.  We are working hard as a school community to work towards Silver and then Gold accreditation.