St Thomas' Primary School, Neilston And Unicef's Rights Respecting Schools Programme

EDM number 247 in 2016-17, proposed by Kirsten Oswald on 27/06/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families, Human rights and Schools.

That this House congratulates Primary 7 of St Thomas' Primary School, Neilston on its brilliant work in promoting Rights Respecting Schools and the outstanding research and community engagement it has undertaken in developing this valuable work; commends it for its terrific enthusiasm, which has influenced others inside and outside of the school to consider the rights of children; appreciates its fantastic efforts, using its pupil voice, to highlight the importance of listening to children and understand the importance of respecting rights every day; applauds the efforts of the school staff in ensuring this is a key area of learning and development for all pupils; and further congratulates all of the Primary 7 pupils and their teacher, Mr Stephen McSorley, for their influential and inspiring work on Rights Respecting Schools.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.