Rights Respecting School
Ballyholme Primary School has been officially awarded the status of a ‘Rights Respecting School’.
Click here to read the full report of our UNICEF inspectors.
What is the Rights Respecting School Award?
One of the greatest challenges that schools face is to define a clear set of values – not just rules – that has been developed with the full school community and is actively upheld by all. UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) helps schools to use the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as the values framework that enables this to be achieved.
The UNCRC enhances pupils’ understanding of the consequences of individual and group actions on the rights of others locally and globally. The articles of the Convention are based on the recognition of every child’s basic needs in order to thrive. The UNCRC therefore sets out a child’s rights to:
- survive and have good health
- be protected from harm
- develop their talents and skills
- participate in the world to which they belong.
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