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Achieving Silver: Rights Aware means that there is evidence in the school that children and young people are seeing themselves as rights respecting global citizens and advocates for fairness and children’s rights, both locally and globally. The assessor commented on how the children’s passion for rights being upheld came across strongly when chatting to them. She said that although we are \u201ca small rural school in a remote location, children at Small Isles are taught about diversity, world religions and life beyond Jura. The teachers are passionate about delivering a broad and balanced curriculum, bespoke to their unique setting. The children value the opportunities that they have had such as \u201cWorld of Work week\u201d, \u201cDig for Cake\u201d days and a virtual visit from Hindu author, Roopa Pai.\u201d<\/p>\n
The assessor also commented on how \u201cchildren are able to explain how schools facilitates them to enjoy a range of rights.\u201d There is a passion for music within the schools, with many talented pupils and parents, therefore music is used for emotional check-ins. One pupil explained that \u201cwe write a musical genre to describe how we\u2019re feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
The parent community felt that one of the school’s strength is that children are listened to and respected, especially with our setting meaning that children gel together like one big family, supporting and caring for each other. One parent described how \u201cthe children have a choice and a voice\u201d in Small Isles and recognises that the children will remember the lessons and projects that they have led \u201cfor the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone at the school is thrilled to receive the award and we are already planning lots of exciting events and projects as we begin our journey toward Gold!<\/p>\n
We will leave you with some thoughts from our fabulous children about the visit<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Wednesday, we were visited by Christine virtually. She was very kind and good at her job. She asked us loads of questions about our rights and how we respect them and asked us about how our teachers keep us safe. We told her about our improvement teams, class charters and how we help people around the world. We are so proud of our school and all of our friends who are ambitious, compassionate and show respect.\u201d \u2013 Alba, Grace and Joseph (P4).<\/p>\n
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