Evidence of Best Practice

Children’s council

Here at Littleview the ‘child’s voice’ their ‘thoughts, feelings and opinions’ are sought through the ‘children’s council’.

UNCRC Article 12 states

“I have the right to be listened to and taken seriously”

Being able to speak up

Article 12 is concerned with making sure children feel able to express their opinions. It says that they ‘shouldn’t feel their opinions will be dismissed or regarded as invalid because of their age’. It also says that children and young people need to know about this right so that they can exercise it, and that adults need to know about this right so they don’t dismiss it out of hand.

What makes you happy at Littleview?

‘F makes me happy’    ‘Having a cuddle with C’  ‘My friends F & T’

What is your favourite things at Littleview?

‘Books’   ‘Playing with F’   ‘Playing with the trains’    ‘Cars and dinosaurs’

What would make Littleview better?

‘Build a castle for princesses to live in…a real castle’   ‘It is already good’

What is your least favourite things at Littleview?

‘Dinner….sometimes I like it and sometimes I do not like it’    ‘I do not want to tidy up’