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We believe that our Promoting Positive Behaviour Policy complements the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the 8 Health and Wellbeing indicators, as set out in Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC).
We demonstrate this by ensuring that all the decisions that we make regarding the impact of behaviour on the School Community are child-centred, and that the child’s best interest is always our priority. We also believe that our Positive Behaviour Policy allows all our learners to fully engage with the opportunities offered by Banchory Academy, supporting them in achieving the four capacities as set out in Curriculum for Excellence: ‘Responsible Citizens, Effective Contributors, Successful Learners, and Confident Individuals’
Banchory Academy is a Rights Respecting School which means we put the rights of the child at the heart of our school. At Banchory Academy, when we are implementing strategies and making decisions which celebrate success and challenge behaviour, we ensure that, ‘the best interests of the child,’ is always our priority.
‘The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights. Every child has rights, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities, or any other status. The Convention must be seen as a whole: all the rights are linked, and no right is more important that another’ (What makes the UNCRC so special? https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/)
Education Scotland have identified 3 Articles which are especially relevant to education: Article 28, Article 29, and Article 30 (UNCRC – What Does it Mean for Me? Education Scotland)
Article 28 – Right to Education Every child has the right to an education. Primary education must be free and different forms of secondary education must be available to every child. Discipline in schools must respect children’s dignity and their rights. Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.
Article 29 - Education must develop every child’s personality, talents, and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.
Article 30 - Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs, and religion of their family, whether or not these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.
We believe that our, ‘Promoting Positive Behaviour Policy,’ reflect the ethos set out in these Articles. It provides a framework for all our learners to be able to engage with education and learning.
Banchory Academy recognises its responsibilities for child protection and the need for procedures to ensure that the welfare of the child is paramount. We believe that everyone is unique and of equal value. We believe that all children, without exception, have the right to protection from abuse regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, or beliefs. No child or group of children will be treated any less favourably than others in being able to access services which meet their needs.
Written: 31 May 2022
Reviewed: August 2024
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