Celebrations and Achievements
'Creating Lifelong Learning Opportunities for Everyone'
The key aims of our celebration and reward systems are:
- To ensure every child in the school has opportunities for reward, celebration and sharing of their achievements.
- To have a variety of rewards that are related to both individual and team achievements.
- To have an inclusive approach, showing everyone is SMART at something.
- To involve parents in helping celebrate their child's achievement.
- To create an ethos of fun and excitement and create a feeling of a BIG event.
Merit System
Every child in the school has the opportunity to earn merits from any staff member in the school.
What gets a merit:
Personal Conduct
- Role model behaviour(setting a positive example for others)
- Consistently using good manners(polite, respectful, kind language)
- Showing integrity(being honest and doing the right thing even when unseen)
Effort & Learning
- Taking time and care with work(effort, pride in presentation, accuracy)
- Perseverance(not giving up when tasks are challenging)
- Curiosity & initiative(asking thoughtful questions, going beyond expectations)
Community & Relationships
- Supporting others(helping classmates with learning or tasks)
- Helping friends(kindness, empathy, being inclusive)
- Teamwork & cooperation(working well in groups, sharing responsibilities fairly)
Children to get SMART Badges for showing the school values.
Merit stages:
50 = Bronze
100 = Silver
150 = Gold
250 = Platinum
350 = Diamond
At each merit stage, children will receive a certificate along with a prize of their choice from the prize cabinet. The prizes increase in value and significance as they progress through the stages. The prizes have been agreed by school council as a representative of pupil voice.
The shop is run and financed through the Student Council. The shop is filled with a variety of toys, stationery and gadgets.
Walk In Mornings
We are very aware that children achieve everyday and we as teachers are very privileged to witness this. Therefore we hold a 'Walk In Morning' approximately once a month where you as parents and carers can come in and work alongside your child on an activity set up by the class teacher. This gives parents and carers the opportunity to see their child working in the school environment.
