Article of the Week: Article 1

Date: 1st May 2025 @ 12:39pm

Article 1: A child is any person under the age of 18.

This week's article of the week is Article 1, which shows that everyone under the of 18 has all of the rights in the Convention. 

At Ravensbury, we ask the children to consider 'How do children get to enjoy their rights in the UK? What does the Government do to make this happen?'

When you hear of the answers, you can often be surprised by how much we do to support the rights of the child - as there are so many things that we do without even thinking about it. 

Here are just some of those things:

• Every child must be registered with a name at birth.
• There are parks and play areas provided.
• We have education and health care systems.
• Some people's jobs is to protect children.
• The school curriculum includes learning about the convention on the rights of the child.
• Children are given protection when they need.
• Schools have ways of listening to children's views and opinions.
• There are Children's Commissioners whos job it is to make sure children are listened to.
• Social care services and the police work to keep all children protected.
• There are laws which include some rights from the Convention of the Rights of the Child, such as equalities legislation and the Children Act.

Can you think of any other things that we do?