Launch of Kids' Life and Times 2013: the Big Breakfast

The results of the 2013 KLT survey were launched at a Big Breakfast at St Ita's Primary School in Belfast on Wednesday 6 November 2013. The event focused on the children's rights module, which consisted of questions on children's participation rights. These were designed to assess children's perceptions of how seriously their views are taken by adults in schools and within the wider community. Earlier in 2013, researchers from the Centre for Children's Rights at Queen's University had worked with six 10-year-old children from St Ita's to develop these questions.

After a warm welcome from Joanne Browne (Principal of St Ita's Primary School), the event began with a song from the school choir, followed by an introduction to the survey by Gillian Robinson (Director of ARK). Lesley Emerson (Centre for Children's Rights), along with the six members of the Children's Advisory Group, described how the questions were designed, and outlined some of the key findings.

We are very grateful to Ms Browne, and the children of St Ita's, for their work and enthusiasm in working with us on the survey and for hosting the event.

Back row, from left: Laura Lundy, Lesley Emerson, Elizabeth Welty (Centre for Children's Rights), Gillian Robinson (ARK) and Katrina Lloyd (Director of KLT).
Front row, from left: Lucy, Katie, Rory, Katie, Kashyap and Uwem

 

This module was funded by the Improving Children's Lives initiative (Queen's University Belfast), and the Big Breakfast event was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science.