with meaningful discussions on the matters that concern them.The Cadle Primary School was chosen for this study mainly due to the growing interest of the author towards citizenship education after recognizing a great change in her children`s personal and social development within Cadle Primary School. In the context of this research, the scholarly work on children`s 6 Such Elisabeth and Walker Oliver and Walker Robert, `Iraq War in the British national pressAnti-War Children: Representation of youth protests against the Second Iraq War in the British national press`, Childhood, Vol 12 (2005 a) 301- 326 (pp.301-303.) 7 UNICEF, Steps to the Award (2014), http://www.unicef.org.uk/Education/Rights- Respecting-Schools-Award/Steps-to-the-Award/ [accessed 2 May 2014] 5 rights was almost extraordinary. Over the last twenty years, the children`s rights have