{"id":12004,"date":"2024-09-10T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=12004"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:03:55","slug":"kirkcolm-gets-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2024\/09\/10\/kirkcolm-gets-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirkcolm Gets Gold!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pupils are the North Rhins Schools are delighted to share that they have been awarded the Gold Rights Respecting School Award from UNICEF. Having already achieved their Bronze and Silver awards, both Leswalt and Kirkcolm Primaries have been working hard over the last 18 months to achieve their Gold award, with our Pupil Council reps leading on this.<\/p>\n

The award is split into 3 strands \u2013 it aims to teach children about their rights; they learn through their rights by demonstrating positive relationships and attitudes, and respecting others\u2019 rights; and finally they learn to take action through their rights to become responsible global citizens.<\/p>\n

The UNICEF Rights Respecting School assessor visited both Leswalt and Kirkcolm Primaries at the end of May and pupils were able to share with her the many activities that we\u2019ve worked on in our journey towards gold, including: Children\u2019s Right\u2019s Tuesday; learning about rights at assemblies; our class charters; linking rights to our school events such as House Captain elections, Children\u2019s Mental Heath Week and Children in Need; our worry boxes in class; learning about Child Line; our climate change protest; and all of our various pupil voice groups, such as our Eco Schools work.<\/p>\n

The school was provided with a report, sharing strengths and some next steps for when we work towards the Sustaining Gold award. The report stated that \u201cit was evident that children\u2019s rights are embedded across the school and underpin every facet of school life.\u201d She felt that we have \u201cvery articulate children who knew a wide range of articles and were confident in the concept of rights.\u201d The assessor was impressed with the extent to which rights are embedded in the day-to-day life of both schools and the strong commitment of passionate staff as champions of children\u2019s rights. Finally, the assessor highlighted that pupil voice is valued highly across the schools, with visible actions arising from pupil suggestions and an understanding from children that they can influence positive change.<\/p>\n

We are thrilled that our hard work has been recognised and we have been awarded this accolade. We are looking forward to continuing our Rights journey as we work towards the Sustaining Gold award.<\/p>\n