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| "I believe every child has a right to an education, no matter what colour your skin is, no matter if you are a boy or a girl, no matter where you are born," wrote Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, from Rhodes Avenue primary, north London, in Girls' education improves the nation, the article that made her the primary winner of this year's Amnesty International Young Human Rights Reporter competition, supported by the Guardian Teacher Network. The story of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest nominee for the Nobel peace prize, inspired a number of the 2,500 entries in this year's competition. | "I believe every child has a right to an education, no matter what colour your skin is, no matter if you are a boy or a girl, no matter where you are born," wrote Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, from Rhodes Avenue primary, north London, in Girls' education improves the nation, the article that made her the primary winner of this year's Amnesty International Young Human Rights Reporter competition, supported by the Guardian Teacher Network. The story of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest nominee for the Nobel peace prize, inspired a number of the 2,500 entries in this year's competition. |
| Other students wrote on gay rights, prisoners in North Korea, forced marriage, albinism and female genital mutilation. This year's new photojournalism category wowed judges with a wide range of photographs on subjects ranging from homelessness to elder abuse. | Other students wrote on gay rights, prisoners in North Korea, forced marriage, albinism and female genital mutilation. This year's new photojournalism category wowed judges with a wide range of photographs on subjects ranging from homelessness to elder abuse. |
| Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up in the competition. Judges were impressed by the strong entries in all categories this year. You can read the three shortlisted articles in the primary category, which was won by Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, Rhodes Avenue primary, London, the lower secondary category, won by Victoria Coleman, 14, from Mayfield grammar school in Gravesend, the upper secondary category won by Zaahid Rahman, 15, from Cranbrook school in Ilford and the sixth-form winner and runners-up, which was won by Holly Gomez, 16, from Woodfarm high in East Renfrewshire. | Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up in the competition. Judges were impressed by the strong entries in all categories this year. You can read the three shortlisted articles in the primary category, which was won by Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, Rhodes Avenue primary, London, the lower secondary category, won by Victoria Coleman, 14, from Mayfield grammar school in Gravesend, the upper secondary category won by Zaahid Rahman, 15, from Cranbrook school in Ilford and the sixth-form winner and runners-up, which was won by Holly Gomez, 16, from Woodfarm high in East Renfrewshire. |
| Find the six shortlisted photographs in the new photojournalism award, the upper category of which was won by Nancy Colfie, 16, from The Charter school in south London and the lower category by Eve Wilson, 10, from Laugharne school in Wales. | Find the six shortlisted photographs in the new photojournalism award, the upper category of which was won by Nancy Colfie, 16, from The Charter school in south London and the lower category by Eve Wilson, 10, from Laugharne school in Wales. |
| This was the first time English teacher Sally MacDougal from Mayfield grammar school in Gravesend, teacher of lower secondary winner Victoria Coleman, entered the competition. So what was the impact? "This was really one of the first times my class had considered anything outside their domestic sphere and they were quite taken aback. But when they started researching their stories they really got into it and started asking a lot of questions about the news. I feel this competition has had a significant impact outside the classroom in terms of making my students think about the wider world. Year 9 is time when students go through a lot of changes, but they can still have that sense of anger and injustice about things that are going on – and if you can hook them into finding out about the outside world at this stage that's how you can take steps to really change attitudes in our society. Entering – and now winning – the competition has broken through that insular feeling teenagers often have." | This was the first time English teacher Sally MacDougal from Mayfield grammar school in Gravesend, teacher of lower secondary winner Victoria Coleman, entered the competition. So what was the impact? "This was really one of the first times my class had considered anything outside their domestic sphere and they were quite taken aback. But when they started researching their stories they really got into it and started asking a lot of questions about the news. I feel this competition has had a significant impact outside the classroom in terms of making my students think about the wider world. Year 9 is time when students go through a lot of changes, but they can still have that sense of anger and injustice about things that are going on – and if you can hook them into finding out about the outside world at this stage that's how you can take steps to really change attitudes in our society. Entering – and now winning – the competition has broken through that insular feeling teenagers often have." |
| Graeme Thomson from Woodfarm school in East Renfrewshire said: "Before my students wrote their articles I came up with a few headings to research, for example the arms trade and child soldiers. Holly went away and came up with the idea of writing about the plight of prisoners in North Korea herself. She had done an unbelievable amount of research before we'd even talked about it, and I learned so much from reading her report. My pupils surprise me all the time like this and that's what I love about my job as a modern studies teacher. It's a wonderful subject and I'm sad it isn't taught all over the UK." | Graeme Thomson from Woodfarm school in East Renfrewshire said: "Before my students wrote their articles I came up with a few headings to research, for example the arms trade and child soldiers. Holly went away and came up with the idea of writing about the plight of prisoners in North Korea herself. She had done an unbelievable amount of research before we'd even talked about it, and I learned so much from reading her report. My pupils surprise me all the time like this and that's what I love about my job as a modern studies teacher. It's a wonderful subject and I'm sad it isn't taught all over the UK." |
| The new photojournalism category inspired Fiona Lucas, art and photography teacher at The Charter school, to enter. "The photojournalism teaching resources from Amnesty (See PowerPoint and lesson plan) helped our students realise that human rights are not only about what's going on on the other side of the world. I think it helps because we are an inner-city school, our pupils can relate to human rights problems. It's been an incredible experience to come to the Guardian and Amnesty offices today and find out how art and photography manifest in real life. To be recognised outside school gives pupils an extra boost at an age when they really need one." | The new photojournalism category inspired Fiona Lucas, art and photography teacher at The Charter school, to enter. "The photojournalism teaching resources from Amnesty (See PowerPoint and lesson plan) helped our students realise that human rights are not only about what's going on on the other side of the world. I think it helps because we are an inner-city school, our pupils can relate to human rights problems. It's been an incredible experience to come to the Guardian and Amnesty offices today and find out how art and photography manifest in real life. To be recognised outside school gives pupils an extra boost at an age when they really need one." |
| Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said: "It is so inspiring to see young people show such a passion and commitment for human rights. The quality of the writing and photographs has been simply outstanding and I look forward to crossing their paths in the years ahead." | Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said: "It is so inspiring to see young people show such a passion and commitment for human rights. The quality of the writing and photographs has been simply outstanding and I look forward to crossing their paths in the years ahead." |
| The winners and runners-up of the Amnesty Young Human Rights Reporter competition 2013 | The winners and runners-up of the Amnesty Young Human Rights Reporter competition 2013 |
| Upper primary | Upper primary |
| WINNER: Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, from Rhodes Avenue primary school, London N22 | WINNER: Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, from Rhodes Avenue primary school, London N22 |
| RUNNERS-UP: Alice De Abaitua, 11, from London Fields primary school, London E8; and | RUNNERS-UP: Alice De Abaitua, 11, from London Fields primary school, London E8; and |
| Rianne Taha, 10, from St Cedd's primary school, Chelmsford, Essex | Rianne Taha, 10, from St Cedd's primary school, Chelmsford, Essex |
| Lower secondary | Lower secondary |
| WINNER: Victoria Coleman, 14, from Mayfield grammar school, Gravesend, Kent | WINNER: Victoria Coleman, 14, from Mayfield grammar school, Gravesend, Kent |
| RUNNERS-UP: Anna-Beth Brogan, 12, from Oxford high school for girls, Oxford; and | RUNNERS-UP: Anna-Beth Brogan, 12, from Oxford high school for girls, Oxford; and |
| Gabriella Emery, 11, from Bishop Thomas Grant school, Streatham, London | Gabriella Emery, 11, from Bishop Thomas Grant school, Streatham, London |
| Upper secondary | Upper secondary |
| WINNER: Zaahidur Rahman, 15, from Cranbrook school, Ilford, Essex | WINNER: Zaahidur Rahman, 15, from Cranbrook school, Ilford, Essex |
| RUNNERS-UP: Ellie Williams, 15, from Knutsford Academy, Knutsford, Cheshire; and | RUNNERS-UP: Ellie Williams, 15, from Knutsford Academy, Knutsford, Cheshire; and |
| Genevieve Brown, 16, from Inverurie Academy, Inverurie, Scotland | Genevieve Brown, 16, from Inverurie Academy, Inverurie, Scotland |
| Sixth form | Sixth form |
| WINNER: Holly Gomez, 16, from Woodfarm high school, East Renfrewshire, Scotland | WINNER: Holly Gomez, 16, from Woodfarm high school, East Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| RUNNERS-UP: Charlie Blake, 17, from Bancroft's school, Woodford Green, Essex; and | RUNNERS-UP: Charlie Blake, 17, from Bancroft's school, Woodford Green, Essex; and |
| Louise Wylie, 16, from Knightswood secondary school, Glasgow, Scotland | Louise Wylie, 16, from Knightswood secondary school, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Upper primary and lower secondary photojournalism | Upper primary and lower secondary photojournalism |
| WINNER: Eve Wilson, 10, from Laugharne school, Laugharne, Wales | WINNER: Eve Wilson, 10, from Laugharne school, Laugharne, Wales |
| RUNNERS-UP: Ayrton Cable, 10, from Hampton Court House school, Surrey; and | RUNNERS-UP: Ayrton Cable, 10, from Hampton Court House school, Surrey; and |
| Sharanya Roy, 9, from Knaphill junior school, Woking, Surrey | Sharanya Roy, 9, from Knaphill junior school, Woking, Surrey |
| Upper secondary and sixth form photojournalism | Upper secondary and sixth form photojournalism |
| WINNER: Nancy Cofie, 16, from The Charter school, Dulwich, London | WINNER: Nancy Cofie, 16, from The Charter school, Dulwich, London |
| RUNNERS-UP: Isabel Watkins, 15, from The Royal school, Haslemere, Surrey; and | RUNNERS-UP: Isabel Watkins, 15, from The Royal school, Haslemere, Surrey; and |
| Stephanie Piedra, 17, from The Charter school, Dulwich, London. | Stephanie Piedra, 17, from The Charter school, Dulwich, London. |
| The Guardian Teacher Network has some powerful resources from Amnesty on human rights; find them all here. | The Guardian Teacher Network has some powerful resources from Amnesty on human rights; find them all here. |
| Join the Guardian Teacher Network community www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network for free access to teaching resources and an opportunity to share your own. There are also thousands of teaching, leadership and support jobs on the site. Visit http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/schools. | Join the Guardian Teacher Network community www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network for free access to teaching resources and an opportunity to share your own. There are also thousands of teaching, leadership and support jobs on the site. Visit http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/schools. |
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