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What do children in Wales want to know about the Law?: Children’s Legal Education Resource Review (2024)
Introduction The Children’s Legal Centre Wales is developing a Wales-wide approach to empower young people via legal education on human rights. In a project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, CLCW Education and Engagement Lead Rhian Howells is working with children...
Awful Auntie By David Walliams – Stella’s rights against Aunt Alberta’s wrongs!
It is a cold day in December 1933 when twelve-year-old Stella Saxby wakes up in her bed at the family estate wrapped in head to toe in bandages. Her Aunt Alberta emerges from the dark shadows to inform her that she has been in a coma and both her parents have died in...
‘Adrian Mole’s parents argued and divorced, and so did mine’: What are your rights if you’re unhappy with your home situation?
I first read ‘The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 and ¾’ when I was about 12 years old. I found it hilarious and relatable, especially Adrian’s crush on Pandora! However, the constant fighting and splitting-up between Adrian’s mum and dad stuck out as something...
Understanding the General Election
On 4th July 2024, the UK Parliamentary election, also known as the general election, will take place. This is how the British public decides who they want to represent them in parliament. Let's break down what a general election is, why it's important, and how it all...
Your Protections From Harm: What We Can Learn From Mariam And Laila In A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns was a tremendously enjoyable read. It is a book which depicts the courage and defiance that young people show when they are faced by overwhelming adversity. The story follows two different girls in 20th century Afghanistan. One is Mariam, who...
An Inspector Calls and Wales’ Laws on Rape
Wealth. Guilt. Shame. These are all themes that take place in J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’; a play many students study for their GCSEs. Did you study this play, or did you study another text? Let me know in the comments below! This drama is centered around...
Five Ways to embed Children’s Rights in School
Five Ways to embed Children’s Rights in School Teaching children about, for and through Children’s Rights is now a legal requirement as part of the Curriculum for Wales. Although Human rights are specifically mentioned in the Humanities and Health and...
“The Law is a ass – a idiot”: How the law has changed to protect Children’s Rights from Charles Dicken’s Oliver Twist era
Oliver Twist, is a book by Charles Dickens, which tells the story of a boy’s childhood. Oliver Twist is born in a workhouse in 1830s England. His mother dies just after Oliver’s birth. After spending the first nine years in a badly run home for young orphans, Oliver...
Exploring the rights of a child in A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Introduction and about the book! Have you read A Little Princess? I remember my sister got it for my birthday and it became (and still is!) my favourite book. It follows Sara Crewe, a wealthy beautiful girl with an extraordinary imagination, who is a brilliant...
Plight of Neglect: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Matilda, you might have heard of, a well-known book, film and musical (the newest one out recently) of Roald Dahl’s. To be honest, I’ve only ever seen the movie. This story is about a girl called Matilda Wormwood. However, Matilda isn’t treated like a typical child;...
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