World Children’s Day 2022

World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children’s welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration

International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment 2022

International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment 2022 Let’s end the cruel ,degrading and humiliating behaviour of using corporal and harsh punishment against children. Ever since my first year in teaching I have tried to support the end of corporal punishment -it seems a long road, but let us have a big push to end all forms of

The day the Berlin Wall came down……

The day the Berlin Wall came down – children’s mediation of the news On November 9th 1989, an email message arrived at the Tynings primary school in Bristol,UK. It was from a 9 year old  girl living in East Germany who had to travel, daily, through the checkpoints to get to school in West Berlin.

International Children’s Day -2021

International Children’s Day – 20 November 2021 It is said that children are our future – it might be the right time to reflect, just after COP 26, what sort of future environment will our children inherit? Different organisations are encouraging us to reflect on action that is needed to ensure a good start in