What is a rights respecting school?
The Rights Respecting Schools Award is an award accredited by UNICEF.
A rights-respecting school is a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
Young people and the school community learn about rights by putting them into practice every day.
As of June 2020 Argyll & Bute have a total of 33 Rights Respecting Schools, an increase of 17 schools from 2019! 14 schools are registered, 14 schools have Bronze awards and 5 schools have Silver awards.
Hermitage Primary - Rights Journey .pptxOur Rights Respecting School Journey
Click here to find out about the journey to being a Rights Respecting School for one of Argyll & Bute's primary schools.
UNICEF explains on their website:
“We work with teachers and staff every step of the way on their journey to become Rights Respecting, providing training, lesson plans, guidance and, when a school is ready, an assessment by one of our child rights professionals.
What’s more, our bespoke resources help teachers to talk to children of all ages about the big issues facing the world today, from the refugee crisis to climate change.
There are three stages to the Rights Respecting Schools Award. Its transformative and rigorous approach means the journey to the highest stage can take up to four years.
Together young people and the school community learn about children’s rights, putting them into practice every day. The Award is not just about what children do but also, importantly, what adults do. In Rights Respecting Schools children’s rights are promoted and realised, adults and children work towards this goal together.”
Source: https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/the-rrsa/what-is-a-rights-respecting-school/
Silver Action Evidence Stands B and C (1).pptxClick on these presentations to see some of the amazing RRS work happening at Kilcreggan Primary School.
Silver Action Evidence Strand A (1).pptx