5LD's Charter for Children.

As part of our SEAL topic' Good to be Me' 5LD have been looking at the lives of children in other places and times, and with different values and customs.

We examined the life of other children in the world who are not as fortunate as ourselves and it made us realise just how lucky we were- that it really was good to be us!! Here are some of the things we learnt:-

• If we had been born a couple of centuries ago we might have had to start work at the age of four or five.
• There are over 246 million child labourers in the world today.
• Many children work in dangerous jobs with little money and no free time.
• Many children lose their eyesight in poorly lit sweatshops or damage their lungs in work places which are full of fumes.
• Many children are forced to work as soldiers and put their lives at risk.

We looked at the work of UNICEF and Save the Children who are organisations dedicated to protecting children from violence abuse and explotation. We learnt that money from special days like Comic Relief and Sports Relief help lots of children all over the world.

We decided to produce our own Children's Charters to express what we believe are the rights that every child should have. Here are a few examples:-