Songs
created by Rights Respecting Schools
Many schools have created their own videos or songs about children’s rights and global citizenship in the context of their rights respecting work.
Osmani School – These are Our Rights
Osmani School’s Year 6 music class cover many different ways of writing, listening and playing music, including songwriting. The class decided to write a song based on the rights of children and those of adults in our community.
First, the class looked at the right that children in the school felt were most important and made these into lyrics.
Then the class created a backing track using both electronic and live instruments. They learned Pachelbel’s Canon in D on a range of instruments including piano, recorder and xylophone. Then, the class produced the track by recording it and mixing in Logic Pro before finally adding voices on top to complete the track. The class hope the track will highlight how important rights really are.
Make the World a Better Place
Song with lyrics and music written by Sha Armstrong, Director of Music at St James’s Catholic Primary School, Twickenham
Respect Song
Song with lyrics and music written by Sha Armstrong Director of Music at St James’s Catholic Primary School, Twickenham
For Every Child by Glade Primary School
The children at Glade Primary School wrote a song called ‘For Every Child’ , which highlights the rights of children across the world in accordance with the UNCRC, and using some text from the beautiful UNICEF UK book ‘For Every Child’.
More information and full lyrics for this song can be found on the Glade Primary School site.
“Even When We Sing” by Horfield CEVC Primary School, Bristol
This song is based on Articles 12, 13 and 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The full resource page where sheet music and backing track can be downloaded are available here.
Every Child has Rights” by By St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Crewe
Listen on the St Mary’s website.
With thanks to Matthew Plant, Choirleader and RRSA coordinator at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Crewe © Matthew Plant 2010
“Songs for rights and respect” – A Collection
Musicians Paul Kelly and Tim Freeman worked with Wallands Primary School in Lewes to write songs based on rights that can be used in assemblies and in the classroom. Samples of the songs on the collection of songs on the website – to get all the whole package of songs, there is a small cost.
Share your Rights Respecting Schools materials
If you’d like to share films, songs or other materials your school has created, drop us an email at [email protected].
