Dunoon Primary School has become the latest school in P站色情片 and Bute to receive a gold award in Programme.
UNICEF is the world鈥檚 leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is given to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children鈥檚 rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Gold is the highest accolade given by UNICEF UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children鈥檚 rights at all levels of school life.
The school鈥檚 award comes just two weeks after the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the amended - a vital step to ensuring children and young people have their rights recognised and protected.
P站色情片鈥檚 Policy Lead for Education, Councillor Yvonne McNeilly, said: 鈥淐ongratulations to everyone involved at Dunoon Primary on this excellent achievement. Children and young people need to know they have a voice; they need to know they have equal status in society; and they need to be aware of their rights. The whole school community at Dunoon Primary has worked hard to reach these goals and I am incredibly proud of their efforts.
鈥淲e are committed to improving the outcomes for children and young people in P站色情片 and Bute, and we are well on our way to becoming a Rights Respecting Education Service, with so many of our schools now successfully engaged with the programme.鈥
Headteacher at Dunoon Primary, Brenda Reid, said: 鈥淓veryone in Dunoon Primary School is incredibly proud to have received the Gold Award from UNICEF UK. This is in recognition of the hard work of pupils, staff and the wider school community in ensuring that children鈥檚 rights are at the heart of Dunoon Primary School.
鈥淥ur children and young people can see how the school helps them to enjoy a wide range of their rights. They understand the concepts of fairness and equity and how this is promoted across the whole of Dunoon Primary. I would like to thank all our pupils in coming together to achieve this success as well as staff who worked incredibly hard to reach gold standard.鈥