Article 2: All children have the right to their RIGHTS - no matter what!

Article 30: All Children have the right to their own language, religious customs and culture.

Our children and young people live in a diverse society in 21st century Cornwall. Penponds Primary School is committed to creating an environment for the whole school community that demonstrates shared values of inclusion, equality, fairness and respect. Our school recognises and celebrates difference within a culture of respect and fairness, and aims to meet the needs and rights of every child as detailed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We support all children and staff through our vision of 'Aiming High and Achieving Our Best' to ensure all can flourish during their time at Penponds.

This year we are focusing on our school specific objective – Each curriculum subject or area is planned to maximise opportunities to represent diversity, challenge stereotypes, raise aspirations, promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and foster good relations.

Why we have chosen this objective:

To ensure children’s curriculum experience is strategically broadened and diversity regularly celebrated (or normalised). So that all children see themselves/their heritage reflected positively and to confirm our curriculum’s unconscious bias is challenged.

To achieve this objective, we plan to:

• Review Reading Spine across the school to ensure diversity is reflected positively and key people of study throughout topic learning reflects diversity.
• Highlight and mark national events such as Black History Month, LGBT history month, religious celebrations, Windrush.
• Support and become part of Black Voices Cornwall to develop the curriculum across Cornwall.
• Maintain teaching of Children’s Rights as detailed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• PSHE curriculum to be continually reviewed and ensure all are reflected in our teaching.

We will update below throughout the year with celebrations of our achievements towards this.