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Pre-school wins UNICEF rights award

A Hampshire pre-school has become the first setting in the country to receive a UNICEF Rights Respecting Early Years award.

Noah's Ark Pre-School in Gosport was awarded the Level 1 certificatelast week and commended by UNICEF for its ability to listen to whatchildren have to say, and for the appropriate systems and rules whichhave been put into place and are understood by the children.

Sarah Broadbent, who carried out Noah's Ark Pre-school's accreditationfor UNICEF, said, 'There was an atmosphere of calm and industry. Thechildren are kind to each other and are also at the early stages ofbeing able to resolve their own minor conflicts without always involvingan adult.'

The award uses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Childas the basis for enhancing a setting's ethos.

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