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The primary school is the fifth Island school to reach this level. Trinity school were praised by the assessor from UNICEF for their efforts to incorporate the voice of the child in all decision making and now join Grouville, Mont Nicolle, St Luke’s and Janvrin in working towards their gold accreditation.
The Rights Respecting Schools Award is a UNICEF initiative that works with schools to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured, and they are able to thrive.
The Award recognises a school’s achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond.
The Rights Respecting Schools Award was first taken up by some of Jersey’s primary schools in 2010. In July of 2018 the Children’s Commissioner offered all schools the support to progress through the Award. Since this support was made available a further 17 have registered with a total of 26 schools now working towards either bronze, silver or gold. It is hoped that by the 2020 all of the Island’s schools will have signed up.
Aimee, a student at Trinity school, said: "I'm super happy that we got our silver award because we're the 5th school in the Island to get it and I was part of the RRS steering group which worked hard to help Trinity become so good.”
Claire Flett, the Rights Respecting School Lead at Trinity, said: "Trinity School started its Rights Respecting journey in January 2016. The Silver Rights Respecting School Award is a culmination of a lot of hard work from both children and adults in embedding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Pupil voice at Trinity was identified as a strength, with pupils feeling that they are listened to and their opinions and thoughts actioned. Our Trinity Action Groups were highlighted during our assessment as every child at Trinity School has an opportunity to share their opinion in shaping the future of our school.
“The children, staff and community at Trinity School are proud to be the fifth school in Jersey to hold this award. Our next step is to continue the hard work as we look to continue this valuable journey towards achieving Gold.”
Education Minister, Senator Tracey Vallois, said: “Congratulations to Trinity School on gaining a Silver Award and to all of the staff and students on their hard work to achieve this accreditation. The Rights Respecting Schools Award puts children’s rights at the heart of schools and we are delighted to see so many schools get involved.”
Jersey’s Children’s Commissioner, Deborah McMillan, said: “I am delighted that Trinity has achieved their silver award. The feedback from UNICEF was extremely positive and I would like to congratulate all the pupils and staff on the work they have done so far to ensure that children’s rights are embedded in their school and wider community. Awareness of the children’s rights in Jersey is growing and I believe the Rights Respecting Schools Award is playing an important role in this. That Trinity are already talking about working towards gold demonstrates a recognition of the benefits of this programme and the impact a child’s understanding of their rights has on all aspects of education.”
