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| Special Projects |
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| Jump Rope For Heart - Rights Of A Child |
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The promotion of Child Rights through the Jump Rope for Heart program is a coordinated child rights program. This program takes TTASPE Jump Rope for Heart Program and developed by TTASPE has discover over the years that the Jump Rope for Heart program lends itself to the promotion of rights and responsibilities. Therefore TTASPE has partnered with the United National Children Fund (UNICEF).
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This program is designed to teach children their rights in a non-traditional, non-classroom settings. The program combines the simple low cost, indoor/outdoor physical activity of jumping rope, with an integrated approach that introduces child rights curriculum.
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The program was designed and first piloted with standard 2 children in 50 schools across Trinidad and Tobago during the first semester of the 2010/2011 school term. This eight week program focusing on four Rights of the Child:
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Article 2 - All children have rights.
Article 13 - Children have the right to express their views, obtain information, make ideas or information known through any media of their choice as long as it is not damaging to them or to others.
Article 19 - Children have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, in body or mind.
Article 31 - Children have the right to play and rest. |
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This program includes two sessions per week, one in-class session that uses non-traditional story telling approaches, classroom discussion or educational coloring pages and one out of classroom session that uses Jump Rope for Heart activities that are designed to reinforce topics discussed in-class Teachers were introduced to the program through an introductory teacher training workshop that incorporated Jump Rope for Hearth theory and practice in collaboration with the UN Convention of Rights of a Child and Hellison (1985), Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) Model. Workshops were conducted by TTASPE staff and UNICEF representatives and lasted approximately three hours. Following the workshop, teachers were provided with an activity workbook outlining sample activities that can be used during the eight week program and were instructed to start implementing the program with their Standard Two students. Implementation of the program components and content is dependent on the teacher and the school environment.
Jump Rope for Heart festivals are a culmination of all jump rope activities. They provides children with the opportunity to display their skills and creativity in a safe, supportive, non-competitive environment, while offering opportunities for children to learn about their rights. Festivals create public awareness surrounding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Participating schools.
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