Year of Childhood 2021. As well as being Children’s Parliament’s official 25th birthday, it is also the year that The Scottish Parliament is expected to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law.
Winning Hearts and Minds in the Year of Childhood
Returning to School after Lockdown
P6/7 teacher Jennifer Kirkwood blogs for Children’s Parliament on the first term back at school – with a strong focus on wellbeing, which is central to the schools approach to recovery. At Dailly Primary School we have been focusing on
Corona Times Journal: Edition 6
Emerging from lockdown and back to school After a summer break, our journalists return to reflect on life now and their return to school. Our journalists are Members of Children’s Parliament (MCPs) aged between 8 and 14 years old. In
Corona Times Journal: Edition 5
Finding out how children get news and information about the pandemic – and checking in on learning and health. This journal explores how children get news and information about the pandemic, from lockdown, to the Coronavirus itself, and the changes
Corona Times Journal: Edition 4
Easing lockdown and thinking about recovery Coronavirus has meant that we have all had to make changes to our lives very quickly. Children and their families have had differing experiences of the coronavirus lockdown. As lockdown eases, there is time
Corona Times Journal: Edition 3
Journal 3 is all about learning in lockdown and the return to school. Our journalists are twelve Members of Children’s Parliament (MCPs), aged between 8 and 14 years old. In this journal, our MCPs use pseudonyms. This edition also includes
Corona Times Journal: Edition 2
The themes that our journalists have explored for Journal 2 include health and wellbeing, in particular talking about sleep, food, being active and feelings and emotions.
Corona Times Journal: Edition 1
Edition 1 of the Members of Children’s Parliament’s Corona Times Journal. Helping adults to understand the impact that the coronavirus is having on children’s lives.
Children and Young People meet with the Scottish Cabinet 2020
Making children’s human rights real: #CabinetTakeover 2020 Children and young people will meet with the Scottish Cabinet this week. With support from the Members of Children’s Parliament (MCPs) who attended the annual Cabinet meeting in 2019, a new group of
Scotland’s ‘Cinderella’ Organisation
Getting your rights is not like learning the times table. Knowing them is not enough. Understanding them is not enough. To make them real, rights must be experienced.