St Martin's Primary strikes UNICEF Gold

Saturday 10 April 2021

The Rights Respecting School Award is given to schools who “fully embed children’s rights throughout its policies, practices and ethos” and St Martin’s Primary has claimed gold.

UNICEF UK awarded St Martin's with the gold award after students at the school graduated through bronze and silver accolades in the space of two years.

“It was evident that children’s rights are being embedded across the school and underpin every facet of school life,” said the UNICEF report.

The school has seen both students and adults collaborate to curate a school community based on “equality, dignity, respect, non-discrimination and participation.”

Pictured: UNICEF noted that the school’s strengths lie in its happy, positive, resilient and outward-looking pupils.

“The RRSA has had a really positive impact on our children’s learning and wellbeing,” said Deputy Headteacher and Rights Respecting Lead, Clare Giles.

“They see themselves as rights respecting global citizens, and have become advocates for fairness and child’s rights both locally and globally.”

The Head of Inclusion and Services for Children and Schools said there has been positive engagement from schools across the island with the initiative. Just recently we saw how students at La Houguette worked with the Tumaini fund as part of their efforts to attain their award.

“Thank you to all of the staff who have helped to make their schools Rights Respecting,” said Nick Hynes from Education.