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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The aim of our cross border linking project ‘Human Rights Friendly Playgrounds’ with our partner school in Belfast, Bunscoil an tSleibhe is to ensure that all the children in our school will be happy to come to school to learn and play with their friends. Last year’s sixth class in St Catherine's NS ha...
Monday, March 03, 2008
The boys at Star of the Sea are taking part in Friendship Day on the 29 th February. The school councillors are organising the day for the rest of the school. The boys from the school council with some other pupils from their classes will play cooperative games with the younger classes and talk about friendship with t...
Monday, March 03, 2008
Conflict in and of itself is not positive or negative. Rather, it is the response to conflict that transforms it into either a destructive experience or a challenge offering the opportunity for growth. Learning how to respond to it constructively is a skill that should be taught in school. A school mediation program is one meth...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Our 2007 Cross-border Human Rights Education Conference took place on 13th December in the beautiful surroundings of Dublin Castle. Over 100 delegates, mostly from Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland attended workshops and presentations around the theme of building leadership capacity in human rights education. We were delighted to ha...
Thursday, January 03, 2008
This was a truly informative and enjoyable day. It is great to have the opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues. Very often those of us who teach in smaller schools can tend to feel somewhat isolated. Occasions such as these provide a very positive and relaxed atmosphere in which to develop strategies and approaches to using the Li...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
In May 2007 when reading the LIFT OFF newsletter the Primary 2 teachers in St. Mark’s spotted a competition. The submitted piece of work was to be an art piece based on children’s rights. The two classes got together and were shown a poster and made aware of some of the rights they have as children. We then brainstormed together and c...
Friday, November 02, 2007
One of the most important elements in Human Rights Education is to create a sense of empathy and understanding with others so other versions of the world can be imaged and explored. Drama can provide a great vehicle for helping children understand other people’s lives by involving them in a drama process which echoes the experience of ot...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Ardstraw primary school in Co. Tyrone have just picked up a UK-wide award for the creative way in which children and teachers have been promoting human rights. The prestigious Impetus Award is a UK-wide badge of honour for schools engaged in human rights education and recognises the hard work of the staff and pupils in making respect a...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
The Eco Schools After Schools Club of St. Brigid's P.S, Mayogall meet on a Monday evening and try to make our world a better place to live! They believe that we all should do what we can to try and make a difference. In between litter campaigns, raising energy awareness and keeping their school grounds in award winning style, they also...
Friday, June 01, 2007
St Fergal's National School in Bray was the winner in the Republic of Ireland. The winning entry was a collaborative effort from 5th class. They worked together to design a school crest for the school, which emphasised human rights values and had as its motto 'Diversity, Equality'. Differences of language, race, and religion are represe...
