This Living and Learning statement is a really important one for helping us to live in a respectful, responsible way. It can relate to lots of different aspects of life. Having rights links well with British Values (Individual liberties).
In our Living and Learning circle time session this week, we considered the rights we have but also the associated responsibilities.
Responsibility (also one of our 8Rs for learning) was recently one of our words of the week.
For example, we have the right to think and believe what we wish to so we have the responsibility to respect other people’s thoughts and beliefs.
We have the right to food, and the responsibility to make our own healthy choices.
We have the right to play, and we have the responsibility to play safely and sensibly with our friends.
The children were then able to come up with their own rights and responsibilities.
We have the right to have friends, and we have the responsibility to…
be kind to our friends (Sophia).
be friends with others – not just one person (Junior).
look after our friends (Olivia).
not to be bossy to our friends (Shasmeen).
not to hurt our friends (Gurvar).
We have the right to learn, and we have the responsibility to…
bring the resources we need (Ewan).
follow the instructions from the teacher (Gabriel H).
look after the equipment we use (Bridget).
be ready to learn (Noah G).
listen (Noah F).
look after the classroom (Saahith).
Help at home by encouraging your child to think about their rights and responsibilities outside of school.