1 / 14

Gorseinon Primary School

Gorseinon Primary School. Going for Level 1 Rights Respecting School Award. UNCRC - worldwide. The UNCRC (1989) sets out the rights of every person under the age of 18. It was ratified by the UK in 1991 Not yet signed by the USA or Somalia and Sudan (new Country after war split Country).

tlochner
Download Presentation

Gorseinon Primary School

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Gorseinon Primary School Going for Level 1 Rights Respecting School Award

  2. UNCRC - worldwide The UNCRC(1989) sets out the rights of every person under the age of 18. It was ratified by the UK in 1991 Not yet signed by the USA or Somalia and Sudan(new Country after war split Country)

  3. What is a Rights Respecting School? A rights respecting school puts the UNCRC at the heart of their culture and ethos to improve well-being and develop every child's talents and abilities to their full potential.

  4. Gorseinon Primary – A Right’s Respecting School

  5. What is a Rights Respecting School? A Rights Respecting school is one where all parts of the school community know about, understand and value the UNCRC. Young People have a genuine democratic voice and actively participate in school decision-making.

  6. It is a school where . . . Young people are encouraged to become global citizens and recognise that human rights are universal and unconditional, as well as understanding the importance of challenging injustice, inequality and poverty in the world.

  7. It is a school which ... • Encourages young people and adults to develop an understanding of each other’s personal and collective responsibilities to ensure everyone can enjoy the rights set out in the UNCRC.

  8. The RRSA has 2 Levels, based on 18 criteria under 4 Standards: • The school’s leadership places the UNCRC at the heart of planning, policies and practice • The whole school community learns about the UNCRC • The school develops a Rights Respecting Ethos • Students are empowered to become active citizens and learners

  9. Action Planning • The Steering Group combines the information from the Audit and Focus Groups in order to complete an ACTION PLAN • 1st Action Plan is sent to UNICEF Officer and RRSA Partner to check the school is on track • School receives ‘Recognition of Commitment’ (email certificate ‘Working Towards Becoming a RRS’) • Action Plan should be updated each term

  10. Implementing Actions For example … • Awareness raising for the whole school e.g. Assemblies, Form groups, presentations – Adds fot teaching staff, Junior Right of the Month assembly, Infants assembly • UNCRC in a range of curriculum areas – ongoing – PSE/Geography links to Cornerstone • Posters/displays about the UNCRC • Training on the UNCRC and RRSA for all staff – Sue training, Anna one training course, Staff Adds • Development of Classroom/School Charters – Junior School Charters in place and revisited.

  11. RRSA Model for Charters • Rights as the starting point • Mutual understanding / recognition of young people’s and adult’s Roles, Actions and Respect to ensure everyone can enjoy those rights • Respect for everyone’s Rights(based on actions and respectful behaviour rather than age / status)

  12. Student Voice • Pupil Voice is established through an active School Council – now known as Rights Ambassadors. • Eco Class students – respect the class environment and ensure recycling, energy saving initatives are undertaken in class. • Whole school suggestion boxes – department, class or year group. • Welsh Ambassadors • Newspaper Team • We are focusing on developing Community Voice.

  13. How we are addressing the Global Dimension?How it helps to move the school forward in a Rights Respecting School? • We undertake awareness of: - • Fair Trade • Environment • Charity issues • International links • Diversity – local to global • Campaigning

More Related