Great Books for PSHE and Citizenship - Books at Random House

For Every Child
For Every Child
Text adapted by Caroline Castle
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‘We can each make a difference if we are vigilant to create a
new kind of society, more compassionate, more caring,
more sharing where human rights,
where children’s rights are respected and protected.’
This statement, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in his introduction to For Every
Child, embodies the principles that underpin all personal, social and health
education. In this book fifteen of the rights formally laid out in the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child are interpreted visually by fourteen
well-regarded children’s book illustrators from around the world. While the text
provides a simply expressed version of the original, the appendix lays out the
articles in detail, resulting in a publication designed to appeal to the needs and
sensitivities of children and adults alike.
This beautiful book is testimony to the power of the picture book to
communicate a poignant message in a way that is meaningful to both the
youngest and the most mature readers.
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Using
For Every Child
in the Classroom
Greenfields School used the book
with Year 6 and their teacher
started off by explaining the
history and functions of the United
Nations before moving on to
introduce the idea of a
Convention for the Rights of the
Child. The children were then
asked to contribute their own
rights. Instead of coming
up with the right to television and
designer trainers the children
actually came up with the
following: a safe, warm,
comfortable place to sleep or live;
enough food and drink; education;
suitable clothing; someone to love
and protect them and the right to
have their own thoughts – not far
off the actual rights.
They then looked at the book and
compared the real conventions to
the rewritten ones looking at the
language and sense. The children
then wrote and illustrated their
own ideas for children’s rights -
either taken from the book, the
Convention or ones they had
made up. They are planning
future work on the book looking
at responsibilities.
St Bridget’s also enjoyed the book
very much and are planning on
using it as a class resource for
years 2 to 6.