Awards and Celebrations
We believe that rewarding individual endeavour and talent are crucially important to the development of self-confidence and of commitment. We encourage all children to strive to do their best at all times, this is rewarded in class through house points using Class Dojo. Children can earn a certificate for collecting points which are related to our school values and golden rules. We also have school houses, Avocet, Curlew, Heron and Kingfisher. Each week our house admin pupils collate house points to identify which team has been working to show our values in action.
Alongside this, each week, we recognise star of the week from each class. These children are asked to come to the front of the Church and are applauded for their hard work and effort in class and around the school. Value stars are chosen at the end of each half term for demonstrating the school value of focus.
At the end of each academic year we hold an awards ceremony for all years. Three children from each year group are awarded a certificate and trophy each for the following categories - outstanding attainment, progress and citizenship. There are also additional Year 6 awards for outstanding attainment in English, Maths, Science, PE and Expressive arts. Presentations are also made for The Stone Award (highest attainment), The Jon Watson Award (Community citizenship) and leaver of the Year. Parents are invited to this celebration.
We encourage children to bring in achievement certificates and trophies that they have been awarded throughout the year so that we can celebrate in assemblies. This ranges from swimming and sport to library challenges. All of our children are incredibly talented and we enjoy celebrating their successes.