Winter Reminder
By Amy Dunnett
/ 5th November 2022
As we head into the winter months, please find below a general reminder of illnesses in school. Due to the...
Read More
-
School Closure Information Line
By Amy Dunnett / 20th January 2022Please find details of the Aberdeen City schools telephone information service for parents/guardians. This is the Schools Information Line. The main...Read More
A Feast of Pumpkins
By Amy Dunnett / 11th October 2024For our end of term, we held a pumpkin competition where each class was given a pumpkin and asked to...Read More
Whole School Assembly
By Amy Dunnett / 4th October 2024Today we held our monthly Celebration and Rights Respecting assembly. It was great to say 'well done' to so many...Read More
Social Snack
By Amy Dunnett / 27th September 2024Today we held our first Social Snack of the school year. We were delighted to have pupils and staff join...Read More
End of Term Newsletter
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 2024Another school year has gone and as I sat through the various ceremonies and prizegiving’s this week, it made me...Read More
Orchard Brae Connect and Friends Of Orchard Brae Newsletter
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 2024Here is the latest newsletter from Friends of Orchard Brae and Orchard Brae Connect. Links to book activities are below:...Read More
Learning about money in our classroom bakery
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 2024In Room 6, we recently transformed our classroom into a busy bakery, providing a fantastic hands-on opportunity for our pupils...Read More
Poppy (and Room 9’s!) Busy Weeks!
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 2024Room 9 have continued our community focus for this term with a new book study, “Poppy’s Busy Week” by Suzanne...Read More
Pour a Cup of Kindness With Room 17
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 20248 May was World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Globally the Red Cross delivers lots of humanitarian assistance including...Read More
Howes Hoose try grass cutting!
By Amy Dunnett / 5th July 2024Lately the pupils in Howes Hoose have had a go at taming the grass in their garden. Everyone was very...Read More
Friends of Orchard Brae 5K Run / Walk
By Clare Russell / 11th May 2024We're delighted to report that we'll be hosting the Friends of Orchard Brae 5k Fun Run once again on Tuesday...Read More
Rights Respecting School
Orchard Brae are beginning the journey to becoming a Rights Respecting School. In line with our vision and aims (https://orchardbrae.aberdeen.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Orchard-Brae-Visions-and-Aims.pdf), we aspire to be a school where children’s rights are at the heart of our ethos and culture, to improve well-being and to develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential. Moving towards summer we will be working to put together an action plan to allow us to progress this work with pupils taking the lead as we go forward, our aim being to gain Rights Respecting School Awards through Unicef UK in recognition of sustained practice in this area.
Unicef UK is the world’s leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and earlier this week the Scottish Government reached agreement that the UNCRC will become be incorporated in domestic law. These rights are based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential.
Pupils and staff will learn about children’s rights, with staff supporting children to access their rights every day. Rights and respect will be modeled in all relationships, supporting our children in developing their awareness of good citizenship.
We really hope that you will be able to support our school on the journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School. Further information sessions will be scheduled for parents and carers next term.
A user friendly version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/3rYe27f
The full UNCRC convention can be found here: https://cypcs.org.uk/rights/uncrc/full-uncrc/
For further information about Rights Respecting Schools please visit: www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa
We look forward to sharing our learning with you as we move forward together at Orchard Brae.
Bookmark the permalink.