BBCA special education school in Guernsey has received an award in recognition of how it incorporates childrens’ rights into into its curriculum.
Le Rondin School caters for a wide range of special educational needs and learning difficulties for children aged three to eleven.
It has won a gold award, the highest level, from Unicef UK’s Rights Respecting School programme.
Rachel O’Brien, head of PSHE said: “I am so proud of the students.
“The gold award is particularly important to us at Le Rondin School so that children with disabilities are able to understand what rights they have.
“The children learn about rights, and they teach other people about rights, giving them an awareness of what adults as duty bearers should be doing for them.”
The award signifies the school has fully integrated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into its curriculum and ethos.
A group of students at Le Rondin created a video to showcase what they had learnt which was presented in an award assembly for parents and the wider school community.
Students came to the award assembly with colourful face paint and gold crowns to celebrate the achievement.
According to Unicef: “Rights Respecting is the highest level of the award and is granted to schools that have fully embedded the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into their ethos and curriculum.”
All schools in Guernsey have received a Rights Respecting School Award, and gold is the highest level.
