Our Student Ambassadors scheme aims to promote young people’s rights, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and the UNCRC in schools.
Download your starter pack (zip file)
Click here to learn more about our Monthly Matters
(FAQ’s & Teacher info pack?)
How it works
You can run the scheme in the way that works best for your school!
This could be using a pre-existing group like your school council/pupil voice or rights group to lead the work or starting fresh with a new group. Some schools choose to nominate two ambassadors whilst others may choose to work with a whole group.
Student Ambassadors have three roles. These are to:
- Tell pupils in their school about the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and what they do
- Tell/teach pupils in their school about their rights and the UNCRC
- Encourage pupils in their school to take part in Monthly Matters and run other rights activities
Monthly Matters helps to inform our office, and has a real impact on our work and on children’s rights in Wales
We’ve made a pack to support children and young people with these jobs. You can find it here. (LINK HERE)
5 reasons to join
- Information collected through the scheme feeds directly into our work, meaning that our Ambassadors have a real impact on children’s rights in Wales.
- The scheme provides an exciting and interactive way for children in your school to learn about their rights, in accordance with the UNCRC, which underpins the Welsh Government’s vision for education.
- The scheme supports the Four Purposes of the curriculum for Wales, providing meaningful opportunities for children to develop as healthy, confident individuals and participate as ethical, informed citizens in their school and on a national level.
- The scheme supports schools to develop their approaches to Wellbeing and to Care, Support and Guidance, as required by the Estyn Inspection Framework 2022.
- It’s free!
Don’t forget we’ve mapped the curriculum against the UNCRC and the UNCRPD. You can read more here.
We’ve also put together a list of FAQs to give you more information.
Schemes for all
Our Ambassadors schemes aren’t only for mainstream schools.
We produce accessible resources, and have dedicated staff to provide support to pupils with additional needs at our annual events.
In this video, teachers from special schools in Wales talk about the benefits of joining one of our Ambassador schemes.
If you have any questions about what we provide or if you’d like to suggest an improvement, please get in touch.