Bridgelea Primary SchoolRights Respecting School
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved a Gold Rights Respecting School status once again! In October 2020, we proudly received our initial Gold Rights Respecting Accreditation, and in June 2023, we are thrilled to confirm our reaccreditation at Gold! A heartfelt thank you to all our children, staff, and parents for their dedication and effort in attaining this prestigious recognition not just once, but twice! We are immensely proud of what we have accomplished together!
As part of our Gold Award, we have demonstrated that the principles of Rights Respecting are deeply embedded within our school and wider community. At Bridgelea, we highly value collaboration with our families and community to enhance our children's access to activities and to actively engage everyone in their child's educational journey.
Attached to this page, you will find the Gold Accreditation document. We encourage you to take a moment to read through it.
Our next steps are:
- Engaging parents and carers more in understanding children's rights and assisting children in accessing those rights.
- Continuing to amplify pupil voice, particularly in areas of teaching, learning, and assessment.
- Enhancing our focus on global citizenship.
We look forward to sharing our progress in maintaining our Gold status and working on the aforementioned development points to further support our children and families.
At Bridgelea, we undertake various activities to educate children about their rights and ensure that these rights are honoured by the duty bearers (the adults in our school). We would love to work with our parents so you can see how you can develop as a Duty Bearer and support children to access their rights.
Every class creates a Class Charter, which is developed together with the children. They collectively vote for three Articles that they would like to focus on respecting. Children earn raffle tickets for recognising and respecting their own rights as well as those of their peers in school.
Take a look at some of the incredible achievements our children have made over the past year:
Our pupils have learned about the ABCDE of Rights, which conveys that:
- All children have rights.
- Children are born with their rights.
- Rights cannot be taken away and do not need to be earned.
- All rights are equal.
The Article 12 Squad consists of students who collaborate with adults to ensure that the rights of their peers are acknowledged and realised. They have undertaken numerous exciting initiatives over the past year, including:
- Participating in the Children's Manchester Pupil Parliament. We are immensely proud to be part of this, as it is vital that the voices of Bridgelea children are heard throughout Manchester!
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Supporting children's votes to create bug hotels, learn archery, and even contribute to our school dinners!
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They have worked diligently to promote the recycling of paper at Bridgelea. We are also beginning to recycle plastic to enhance our environmental responsibility.
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Additionally, we participated in a composting competition, which educated the children on composting practices. Granada Reports even visited us at school! View here.
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We have also participated in the Outright Campaigns, and this year we particularly enjoyed campaigning for children's health. We created posters and T-shirts, and for International Children's Day, we made a fantastic display that you won’t want to miss in our entrance—can you spot us?
Our mission is to provide a rich and diverse curriculum that nurtures Global Citizens. We employ assemblies, themed weeks, and a variety of visits and guest speakers to support this curriculum initiative.
Through our School Council, all children have the opportunity to voice their opinions and be heard. Each classroom displays charters created by the pupils that outline the articles on which they are focusing for that term.
The Rights chosen by the pupils, through their expressed preferences, include:
- Article 12: You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.
- Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing, or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people.
- Article 15: You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn’t harmful to others.
- Article 24: You have the right to the best healthcare possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help you stay well.
- Article 27: You have the right to food, clothing, a safe place to live, and to have your basic needs met. You should not be disadvantaged so that you can’t do many of the things other children can enjoy.
- Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.
- Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also prepare you to live peacefully, protect the environment, and respect other people.
- Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language, and religion – or any you choose. Minority and indigenous groups need special protection of this right.
- Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.
- Article 39: You have the right to help if you’ve been hurt, neglected, or badly treated.
Try playing some of these games on Kahoot! Join us here. You will need to sign up, but it’s free, and you can enjoy these games with your child at home!
Files to Download
RRS Classrooms ABCDE of Rights Silver RRS Assessment Report RRS @ Bridgelea How do we realise the Rights of children at Bridgelea? What is a dutybearer? Information about Rights Respecting Schools at Bridglea Gold Accreditation Report 15.10.2020 Strand A evidence for gold Strand B Gold evidence Strand C gold evidence Bridgelea PS RRSA Gold Reaccreditation Report MR 06 23.pdf