Child Friendly School-Template
Child Friendly School-Template
Your school involves students in the organizing, planning, and execution of the disaster preparedness and response plan.
Your school has a mechanism or mechanisms – such as a school publication, students’ bulletin board, or opinion box – for pupils to
express their opinions about school and community issues.
NO
Your school maintains and regularly updates a health record of each pupil.
Your school holds annual weighing and health examination of your pupils.
Your school serves or sells healthy and nutritious food in your premises.
Your school has a steady supply of clean and safe drinking water.
Your school has separate toilet facilities for boys and girls consisting of urinals and lavatories that are regularly maintained and kept
clean.
RED
Your classrooms have proper ventilation and lighting and enough space for 45-50 pupils.
Your classroom desks and other furniture are sized to the age of the pupils. In the case of shared desks, each pupil has enough space
to do seatwork.
Your classrooms’ layout and furniture allow pupils to interact and do group work.
Your classrooms have a bulletin board or a corner that displays helpful learning materials such as posters, illustrations, newspaper and
magazine clippings, and your pupils’ own works.
Your classrooms, facilities, and premises are regularly maintained and kept clean.
Your school has safe facilities in place to address hazard threats (e.g. fire exits, fire extinguishers, appropriate electrial wirings).
Your school has identified and prepared alternative learning spaces in cases of emergencies.
Your school has adequate emergency/first aid kits that are readily available.
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Your school conducts regular evacuation drills for earthquake, fire, flooding, or tsunami.
Your school has facilities and equipment for recreation and sports.
Your school has duly assigned personnel in charge of securing its premises, its properties, and those of its pupils and teachers.
Your school coordinates with the barangay and local authorities to ensure the safety and protection of your pupils.
Your school has a policy against discrimination with regard to gender, cultural origin, social status, religious belief, and others.
NO
Your school has a master list of all school-age children in the community, whether enrolled or not.
Your school regularly coordinates with the local barangay council to identify school-age children who are out of school, for the purpose
of bringing them to school.
Your school conducts campaigns to encourage parents to enroll their children.
Your school has a system to regularly check on the attendance of its pupils and address problems concerning non-attendance.
NO
Your school has a clear vision/mission statement that is prominently displayed and adequately explained to all school personnel.
The principal and teachers are familiar with child-centered and child-friendly principles.
Your school encourages and promotes cooperative and “hands-on” learning (“learning by doing”).
The principal has data on the school’s past three years performance in the division, regional or national tests for the purpose of improvi
Teachers regularly monitor and assess their pupils’ academic performance, with the view of improving their performance.
The school provides students access to ADM, ALS, and/or other learning materials for their use during emergencies.
NO
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Raise teachers’ morale and motivation
GOAL 6
What your school should have or should be doing:
Teachers undergo continuing and advance professional training at least once a year.
The principal provides strong direction and leadership guided by a written supervisory plan.
The principal regularly monitors teachers’ performance and provides needed support.
Your school provides annual medical examination to your teachers and other staff.
NO
Your school has a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) that has elected leaders, meets regularly, and has a written plan of action.
Your school coordinates with barangay institutions to identify children who are physically or sexually abused or are made to do hard
physical labor, for the purpose of identifying their special needs.
Your school coordinates with the barangay and local institutions to enroll illiterate parents in literacy programs.
Your school takes the lead in conducting literacy programs for illiterate parents.
Your school enlists the support of community organizations to help raise funds and resources for learning.
Your school invites parents to discuss with your teachers the learning experiences and progress of their children.
Your school consults parents in the drafting of its policies, and in the planning and implementation of school activities.
Your school has organized and capacitated the School Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (SDRRMC).
Your school has strong partnerships with external stakeholders in order to address disaster risk reduction and the CCA-
related needs of the school (i.e. data and statistics, capacity building, resources, etc).
0 Total number of action items checked for this goal
NO
0 1. All school-age children in your community are served by the school (ages 5-11 in ES, 12-15 in JHS, 16-17 in SHS).
0 0 Less than 95% Poor 0 point
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0 Your Score: point/s
0 3. All your Grade 6 pupils/Grade 10/Grade 12 students pass the division, regional, or national tests or assessments.
0 0 Less than 50% Poor 0 point
0
0 5. All your pupils/students are healthy.
0 0 Less than 75% Poor 0 point
SCORE 0
Enter and add up your scores for Accomplishing Specific Targets (pages __) here.
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1. All school-age children in your community are served by the school (ages 5-11 in ES, 12-15 in JHS, 16-
17 in SHS).
2. All children in your school who enrolled in Kinder six years ago finish Grade 6/ enrolled in Grade 7 three
years ago finish Grade 10/ enrolled in Grade 11 finish Grade 12.
3. All your Grade 6 pupils/Grade 10/Grade 12 students pass the division, regional, or national tests or
assessments.
SCORE 0
If you got a total of at least 25 points but lower than 30 points, you are a CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL!
If you got at least 30 points but lower that 35 points, you are an OUTSTANDING CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL!!
If you got 35 points or higher, you are indeed a VERY OUTSTANDING CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL!!!
To all of you who made it, CONGRATULATIONS!!! To those who didn’t, you can try to do better next school year.
Now make sure that you do this every school year to see if you are keeping with or improving your performance.
Thank you for answering this little test. Until next time when we include other action items and targets in our list! Becoming a Child-
friendly School is easy, don’t you agree?
is a
School Principal
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