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Children’s Week Qld 2020: Kids taught about their human rights

To mark Children’s Week, kids at more than 100 Queensland schools and early childhood centres will receive an important lesson.

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Children have the right to think and believe what they want and to practise whatever religion they choose, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights.

This is just one of many human rights more than 100 Queensland schools and early childhood centres will teach children this week.

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As part of Children’s Week, the Queensland Family and Child Commission has partnered with Children’s Rights Queensland to promote the rights of children and young people.

Kingston State School is one of the schools participating in the week’s “TypeRights” font challenge which encourages children to redesign letters the alphabet to express children’s rights.

Year 5 students Eva Ingram, Melchior Muhindo, Sara Siaosi, Tyreese Sesay, John Loumoli and Daisy Fletcher at Kingston State School as Children's Week kicks off with hundreds of schools teaching kids about their rights. Picture: Tara Croser
Year 5 students Eva Ingram, Melchior Muhindo, Sara Siaosi, Tyreese Sesay, John Loumoli and Daisy Fletcher at Kingston State School as Children's Week kicks off with hundreds of schools teaching kids about their rights. Picture: Tara Croser

Children’s Week state ambassador Cheryl Vardon said the week also shone a light on all children’s rights.

Kingston State School south of Brisbane is one of the schools participating in the week’s “TypeRights” font challenge which encourages children to redesign letters the alphabet to express children’s rights.

Daisy, Tyreese, Eva, John, Sara, and Melchior said creating a new font was fun, and helped them learn about children’s rights.

“We got to do different patterns and heaps of colouring options and we learnt each letter stands for a different children’s right,” Eva said.

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