Newton Park Primary School, Wick Now A Unicef Rights Respecting School

30th August 2022

We have some exciting news!

We are now on the journey to becoming a Unicef 'Rights Respecting School'. This is something we began work on over the last school year and over the summer we were awarded the bronze award.

Newton Park Primary School aims to be a school where children's rights are at the heart of our ethos and culture, to improve well-being and to develop every child's talents and abilities to their full potential. As part of this plan we are working towards recognition as a ‘Rights Respecting School', an award given to schools on behalf of Unicef UK.

Unicef is the world's leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). These rights are based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential.

Our pupils will learn about their rights by putting them into practice every day. A Rights Respecting School models rights and respect in all its relationships.

We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School. We will provide further information about our journey on our school website and will involve parents and carers along the way. Thanks to our group of P7 pupils who started the Rights respecting schools steering group last year and worked very hard to plan the next stage of the award. This group will now expand to include representation across all age groups.

For further information about Rights Respecting Schools please visit: www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa

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