Department of Education: Republic of The Philippines

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region Iii-Central Luzon
Schools Division Office- Science City Of Munoz
Mapangpang Elementary School
Mapangpang, Science City Of Munoz
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CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL
When can a school be called a ‘Child-friendly School’?
A Child-friendly School is more than just a place for formal learning. Foremost, it
is an institution that recognizes and respects the range of rights of children, and
not just their right to be educated. These rights also include their rights to be
healthy, to be given opportunities for play and leisure, to be protected from harm
and abuse, to express their views freely, and to participate in decision-making
according to their evolving capacities.
While upholding children’s rights, a Child-friendly School also instills in children

the resposibilities that go with their rights. Among these are to respect the rights of
others, respect diversity, practice equality, and resolve differences without resorting
to violence.
Just as important, a Child-friendly School takes the lead in shaping a learning

environment that enables children to learn as much as their intellectual faculties
could take. It is a kind of environment that allows them to grow healthy, equips
them with knowledge and skills that they can use throughout life, and enables
them to become responsible and productive members of their community and
society.
What exactly is a ‘Child-friendly School’ and how can our school become one?
A ‘Child-friendly School’ has the following five traits:
1. A Child-friendly School is inclusive, gender-sensitive, and non-

discriminating.
It is said to be inclusive, gender-sensitive, and non-discriminating when it...
- does not turn away any child from enrolling and attending classes for
whatever reason
- gives boys and girls equal learning opportunities
- treats all children equally, regardless of gender, social status, cultural origin
or religious belief.
2. A Child-friendly School is effective with children.
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It is said to be effective with children when it...
is child-centered
- has the best interest of the child in mind in all its learning activities
- has a curriculum that addresses the child’s learning needs as well as those of
the community and society
- employs teaching methods that are suited to the child’s age, abilities, and
ways of learning
- encourages children to think and decide for themselves, ask questions, and
express their opinions
promotes quality learning

- makes sure that children master the basic skills of writing, reading, speaking
(and listening), mathematics, and the necessary skills that they can use
through life
- encourages children to learn by doing and by doing things with others
- makes sure that teachers are qualified to teach and continue to become
better teachers
- makes sure that teachers and other staff are physically fit, adequately paid,
and highly motivated.
encourages children to participate in school and community activities

- encourages children to work together to solve problems and achieve what
they aim to do
- encourages children to express their feelings through the arts – music,

drawing, drama, and other forms
3. A Child-friendly School is healthy for children.

Itis said to be healthy for children when it...
- promotes children’s health
- guarantees that school buildings, grounds, and facilities are safe, clean,
healthy, and with adequate water and sanitary facilities
- has written policies and regular practices that promote good health
- integrates health education and life skill development in its curriculum
- hosts regular health services for children, such as immunization
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4. A Child-friendly School is caring and protective of all children
It is said to be caring and protective of all children when it...
- safeguards and provides security for children
- helps defend and protect children from harm and abuse
- encourages children to care for each other
- does not tolerate physical punishment on children
- has clear guidelines for conduct between students and does not allow
bullying
5. A Child-friendly School involves children’s families and the community

It is said to involve families and the community when it...
works closely with children’s families

- consults parents and invites their opinions regarding school policies and
activities
- holds regular dialogues with parents regarding their children’s learning

progress
- collaborates with parents to encourage their children to practice at home
what they are learning in school
- cares as much as parents that children get enough nutrition and are in good
health
- cares about the children’s safety not only within the school premises but also
on their way to and from school
engages the support and interaction of community institutions and other

indviduals
- enlists the support of community institutions and individuals for its projects
and activities for children
- acts on behalf of and upholds the interests of children in community

assemblies
WHAT SHOULD A CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL AIM TO ACHIEVE?
A Child-friendy School should aspire for these seven (7) goals:
(1) Encourage children’s participation in school and community

(2) Enhance children’s health and well-being
(3) Guarantee safe and protective spaces for children
(4) Encourage enrolment and completion
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(5) Ensure children’s high academic achievement and success
(6) Raise teacher’s morale and motivation
(7) Mobilize community support for education
How should our school go about achieving these goals?
The following checklist contains action items that will guide you through what you
need to have or need to do towards accomplishing the seven goals of the Child-
friendly School.
See how many of the action items listed under each goal you have accomplished or
are doing on a regular basis. Tick the box before each action item if you have
accomplished this. Add up and write your total in the box after each goal. By
checking what your school already has and what it is doing regularly, you will be
able to track your progress towards becoming a Child-friendly School.
You may already be well along the way to becoming a Child-friendly School!
Remember though that you have to be honest with your answers!
Here’s one other advice... Please accomplish this checklist first before moving on to
the next section.
GOAL #1: Encourage children’s participation in school and community
What your school should have or should be doing:
 / Your school has a working student government.

 / Your school involves students in meetings and planning sessions
that concern their well-being.
 /Your school involves students in the organizing, planning, and
execution of the disaster preparedness and response plan.
 / Your school encourages its students to get involved in community
work.
 / 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.
5 Total number of action items checked for this goal
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GOAL # 2: Enhance children’s health and well-being
 / 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 holds annual dental examination of your pupils.
 / Your school treats or refers pupils with health problems.
 Your school treats pupils with decayed teeth.
 / Your school has a feeding program for malnourished children.
 / Your school serves or sells healthy and nutritious food in your
premises.
 / Your school practices proper waste disposal.
 / 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.
 Your school has a functional clinic.
8 Total number of action items checked for this goal.
GOAL # 3: Guarantee safe and protective spaces for children
 / 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.
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 / 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.
 / Your school conducts regular evacuation drills for earthquake, fire,
flooding, or tsunami.
 Your school has a library for reading and for study.
 Your school has facilities and equipment for recreation and sports.
 / Your school has sufficient lawn space and vegetation.
 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.
 Your school has a program for children with special needs.
 / Your teachers use non-threatening styles of discipline.
Total number of action items checked for this goal.

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GOAL # 4: Encourage enrollment and competition

 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.
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GOAL # 5: Ensure children’s high academic achievement and success
 / 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 provides each student a complete set of textbooks.
 / Teachers regularly prepare their lesson plans.
 / 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 improving
its current year performance.
 / 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.
Total number of action items checked

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for this goal.
GOAL # 6: Raise teachers’ morale and motivation
 /Teachers undergo continuing and advance professional training at

least once a year.
 /Teachers are regularly trained in new and effective teaching-learning
strategies.
 /Teachers have their own lounge and/or work area.
 /Teachers are given annual medical check-up.
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 /The principal provides strong direction and leadership guided by a
written supervisory plan.
 /The principal regularly monitors teachers’ performance and provides
needed support.
 /Teachers support their co-teachers by sharing teaching techniques
and experiences.
 /Your school provides annual medical examination to your teachers
and other staff.

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GOAL # 7: Mobilize community support for education
 / 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).
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Rating your school for action items done
Goal # 1: Encourage children’s participation in school and community
The Goal has 5 action items. If you scored 3 points, give yourself a blue
heart; if you scored 4 points, give yourself a purple heart; if you scored 5
points, give yourself a red heart. If you scored lower than 3 points, don’t
color the heart. But take heart (pardon the expression), there are still six
goals to assess and you might just do better with the next ones.
(Note: If you do not have crayons or color pens or pencils, you can just mark
the inside of the heart with a B for Blue, P for Purple, or R for Red)
Color this heart!
Goal # 2: Enhance children’s health and well-being
This Goal has 11 action items. If you scored 7 points, give yourself a blue
heart; if you scored 8-9 points, give yourself a purple heart; if you scored 10-
11 points, give yourself a red heart. If you scored lower than 7 points, don’t
color the heart, if your score is lower than desired, try again with the other
goals. You have five more to go!
Color this heart!
Goal # 3: Guarantee safe, protective spaces for children
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This Goal has 17 action items. If you scored 10-11 points, give yourself a
blue heart; if you scored 12-14 points, give yourself a purple heart; if you
scored 15-17 points, give yourself a red heart. If you scored lower than 10
points, don’t color the heart. Did you do better this time?
Color this heart!
Goal # 4: Encourage enrollment and completion
color the heart. We’re midway through the test. Let’s see how you score with
the rest!
Color this heart!
Goal # 5: Ensure children’s high academic achievement and

success
color the heart. Hope you’re racking up those points!
Color this heart!
Goal # 6: Raise teachers’ morale and motivation
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This Goal has 8 action items. If you scored 4-5 points, give yourself a blue
heart; if you scored 6-7 points, give yourself a purple heart; if you scored 8
color the heart. Do you think you’ll be a Child-friendly School by the end of
this test?
Color this heart!
Goal # 7: Mobilize community support for education
color the heart. That’s it! Hope you did well!
Color this heart!
Accomplishing Specific Targets
The preceding sections outlined the actions that we need to take towards
establishing a Child-friendly School. However, this is just the first step. We
must also ensure that our actions are effective enough to help us realize
desired outcomes for children in the context of the Child-friendly School
System.
We may also call these desired outcomes ‘targets.’ The following are the
targets set for itself by the Department of Education (DepEd). The ideal, of
course, is to aim for universal coverage or 100% attainment of these targets.
 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).
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 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.
 All your Grade 6 pupils/Grade 10/Grade 12 students pass the
division, regional, or national tests or assessments.
In addition are targets relating to the promotion of proper health and

nutrition among schoolchildren and school personnel. This follows the
principle that a healthy and well-nourished child is more ready for learning
than a sickly one.
The additional targets are as follows:
 All schoolchildren are well nourished.

 All schoolchildren are healthy.
 All schoolchildren have good dental health.
How much of these targets has your school accomplished?
The following are the standards by which you are asked to rate your school:
Enrollment and academic achievement targets for school year (SY)

2021-2022:
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).
(Please check)
 Less than 95% Poor 0 point

 95-96% Fair 1 point
 97-98% Good 2 points
 / 99-100% Outstanding 3 points
Your Score: 3 point/s
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.
(Please check)
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3. All your Grade 6 pupils/Grade 10/Grade 12 students pass the division,

regional, or national tests or assessments.
(Please check)

Health and nutrition targets:
4. All your pupils/students are well nourished.
(Please check)

5. All your pupils/students are healthy.
(Please check)

 /91-100% Outstanding 3 points
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6. All your pupils/students have good dental health.
(Please check)

How our school scored
On these pages, you will tally your scores in the two assessment categories.
To rate yourself for Action Items done (pages __), assign the following points
to your colored hearts:
Blue heart- one (1) point

Purple heart- two (2) points
Red heart - three (3) points
Uncolored heart- no (0) point
Now add up those points.
Action Items / Goals Colored Points

Hearts
1. Encourage children’s participation 3
in school and community
2. Enhance children’s health and 1
well-being
3. Guarantee safe and protective 2
spaces for children
4. Encourage enrollment and 3
completion
5. Ensure children’s high academic 1
achievement and success
6. Raise teacher’s morale and 3
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motivation
7. Mobilize community support for 1
education
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Enter and add up your scores for Accomplishing Specific Targets (pages __) here.
Progress toward specific targets Points

1. All school-age children in your 3
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 3
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 3
12 students pass the division, regional,
or national tests or assessments.
4. All your pupils are well nourished. 3
5. All your pupils are healthy. 3
6. All your pupils have good dental health. 3
SCORE `15
Now, tally your scores in the two categories.
Action Items / Goals 13

Progress toward Targets 18
TOTAL SCORE 31
So, is your school Child-friendly?

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.
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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?
MAPANGPANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

is a
CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL!!!
Prepared by:
ELLAINE C. VENTURA
Teacher I
Noted:
MARICEL D. GILVOLIGAYA, PhD
Head Teacher I
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CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL

When can a school be called a ‘Child-friendly School’?

While upholding children’s rights, a Child-friendly School also instills in children

Just as important, a Child-friendly School takes the lead in shaping a learning

A ‘Child-friendly School’ has the following five traits:

1. A Child-friendly School is inclusive, gender-sensitive, and non-

2. A Child-friendly School is effective with children.

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

promotes quality learning

- encourages children to learn by doing and by doing things with others

encourages children to participate in school and community activities

- encourages children to express their feelings through the arts – music,

3. A Child-friendly School is healthy for children.

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

5. A Child-friendly School involves children’s families and the community

works closely with children’s families

- holds regular dialogues with parents regarding their children’s learning

engages the support and interaction of community institutions and other

- acts on behalf of and upholds the interests of children in community

WHAT SHOULD A CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOL AIM TO ACHIEVE?

A Child-friendy School should aspire for these seven (7) goals:

(1) Encourage children’s participation in school and community

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

How should our school go about achieving these goals?

GOAL #1: Encourage children’s participation in school and community

What your school should have or should be doing:

 / Your school has a working student government.

5 Total number of action items checked for this goal

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

GOAL # 2: Enhance children’s health and well-being

What your school should have or should be doing:

 / Your school maintains and regularly updates a health record of

8 Total number of action items checked for this goal.

GOAL # 3: Guarantee safe and protective spaces for children

What your school should have or should be doing:

 / Your classrooms have proper ventilation and lighting and enough

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Total number of action items checked for this goal.

GOAL # 4: Encourage enrollment and competition

What your school should have or should be doing:

GOAL # 5: Ensure children’s high academic achievement and success

What your school should have or should be doing:

 / Your school has a clear vision/mission statement that is

Total number of action items checked

GOAL # 6: Raise teachers’ morale and motivation

What your school should have or should be doing:

 /Teachers undergo continuing and advance professional training at

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Total number of action items checked for this goal.

What your school should have or should be doing:

 / Your school has a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) that has elected

Mapangpang, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija

Rating your school for action items done

Goal # 1: Encourage children’s participation in school and community

Color this heart!

Goal # 2: Enhance children’s health and well-being

Color this heart!

Goal # 3: Guarantee safe, protective spaces for children