Together to learn, to grow, to serve

POLICY: REWARDING & CELEBRATING STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT DATE APPROVED: MAY 2015 DATE OF REVIEW: MAY 2016 COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE: SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

SIGNED: Principal C A Fearria

SIGNED: Chair of Governors H Shewell-Cooper

REWARDING AND CELEBRATING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT POLICY

1. KEY PRINCIPLES

Our Christian ethos is firmly grounded in core biblical principles of service, compassion,

justice and respect for all, where every student is valued as an individual. We strive to

ensure that self-confidence, ambition and purpose are consistently nurtured through praise,

encouragement, and celebration of achievement. This is very much lived out through our

House System which provides a nurturing ‘family unit’ that instils a genuine sense of

belonging and encourages mutual respect between students of different ages. Praise is also

a key element of our Behaviour for Learning Policy which seeks to ensure that thoughtful,

positive behaviour is an outstanding factor in successful learning.

2. OUR AIMS - WE ASPIRE TO:

Work together to learn, to grow and to serve as students and staff proudly represent their house. The House System at Emmanuel doesn’t simply present the opportunity for healthy competition within an enjoyable, highly stimulating atmosphere, it enables every student to earn ‘House Points’ that are aggregated on a regular basis, culminating in the presentation of an overall House trophy in the end of year Act of Worship. The House System is recognised by the whole school community as providing a respected platform for showcasing achievement.

3. CELEBRATING SUCCESS

Praise and recognition may be used by staff in many different ways as highlighted in the examples below - this is by no means an exhaustive list, because we will always seek new opportunities to praise the achievement and celebrate the success of students in our care.

Informal ways, for example by regular positive recognition of every day acts of

consideration through verbal praise (public and private)

Written feedback on students’ work

Providing opportunities on our Young Leaders Programme whereby students across the

age range take on different leadership roles and responsibilities.

Trusting students with whole school responsibilities such as reception duty

Sending students to meet with HOD, HOH, DLC, APM and the SLT for further praise of

positive achievement in academic work, personal development and service

The presentation of certificates, prizes and trophies at the Key Stage 3 Presentation

evening, the Sports Awards Evening, Year 11 Presentation of GCSE Certificates Evening

and Prize Giving for Year 11 and Sixth Form

The culmination of house points awarded for all inter-house events including curriculum

competitions, charity events and attendance leagues

Drawing commendable behaviour and attendance to the attention of parents through:

Praise Phone calls (aiming for 5 calls per week per member of staff) - Feel Good Friday

- Staff should record any praise calls or mail on eportal under the “actions” section. There will be no house

points awarded for this telephone call.

Letters home or positive messages in the student planner

Departmental postcards

Student achievement sections in the student planner

Reports on eportal

Celebration Services - students awarded prizes for academic, personal service,

attendance, music and sporting achievement

The attendance league

Prominent displays of student achievement and work in classrooms and corridors

throughout the school

Recognition of achievement outside of school in the community through the Emmanuel

Express newsletter, the Achiever magazine, and local press releases

House Acts of Worship in which students are rewarded for a variety of achievements

Letters of Congratulations from the Principal

Although these are very much valued in their own right, they are also acknowledged as part of a whole school rewards system which is centred around the collection of house points. The success of such a system relies on everyone buying into it and in practice this means every member of staff awarding house points on a daily basis. The key to a successful reward system is the clarity around which house points are awarded. Consultation with staff and students has resulted in the following key principles:

It is an expectation that students will follow the Emmanuel codes. They will be

expected to wear correct school uniform with pride, bring the correct equipment to

school and complete assignments without reward.

House points should be given in recognition that a student has gone beyond

expectations.

The categories of rewards are embedded through the school mission statement so that

all students recognise their unique role in living out the values we promote though their

daily life in school and beyond the school gates

Each of the achievement categories will attract a different value in terms of the number of

house points awarded. It is anticipated that this philosophy will encourage students to

progress in relation to the different outcomes, going beyond what is normally expected.

Mission Achievement Categories Number of

House points

TO LEARN:

Achievement in

Class

ALL STAFF to

award points

Taking an active role in lesson (asking and answering questions) 1

Teamwork in lesson 1

Drives own learning, showing independence of thought 3

Demonstrating a principle or technique 3

Producing a high quality assignment 3

Goes the extra mile by consistently displaying curiosity and a love of learning

3

Notable effort put into work relative to ability. Homework tasks completed fully

3

Proactive in responding to targets/feedback, demonstrating the capacity to take the next steps in learning without the teacher

3

Making exceptional progress including beyond lessons 5

Taking responsibility for planning and leading part of a lesson 10

Attendance &

Punctuality

Administrator to

award house

points to

students

weekly.

Collate data for

the HOH to

present

outcomes for

AOW half termly

Attendance Weekly (100% Attendance and Punctuality for 1 week) 5

Attendance Half termly - Moving up a division 10*

Attendance Half termly - Premier 5*

Attendance Half termly - Champions League 15*

TO GROW:

Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural Development Administrator to convert the register marks given for enrichment activities to points at the end of each half term

Has a positive impact on others 1

Responds well to teacher/parent/peer support and challenge 3

Attending Enrichment Club (Staff to take registers and hand to school office at the end of each half term)

3

Leading prayers in tutor group (Tutor to award) 4

Taking responsibility for planning and leading part of a Year or House Act of Worship (HOH/APM to reward each occasion)

10

TO SERVE: Service in and out of school

Helping staff (outside of lessons) Staff I/C to award 2

Representing the House (Tutors are required to pass on the names of the teams who compete and HOH reward each occasion)

3

Has a sustained positive impact on the learning of others 3

Representing the School (Staff I/C of team reward each occasion) 4

Joining in Charity event (HOH reward each occasion) 4

Helping at School event (Staff I/C reward each occasion) 4

Leading Enrichment Club (Staff I/C reward each occasion) 5

Helping in wider Community (Staff I/C reward each occasion) 10

Performing the role of young leader (Staff I/C reward termly and after evaluation of performance)

Up to 20 points

*points not added to each personal total on eportal but go towards the overall house total.

Attendance Students will receive their half termly attendance % through the House Acts of Worship with the graphs published on the House Notice board at the beginning of each new half term. (In the summer term the annual attendance figure will be based on attendance up to the week before CEW week so that data can be collated for the KS3 presentation evening). Tutors will publish the individual student results to their tutor group during a Thursday/Friday tutor period ensuring all students record the data in the attendance section of their planner. The student’s position in the league will be determined according to the figures on the chart noting that the half term % figures are cumulative:

Champions League 100% Attenders

Premier Division 99% - 99.9%

Division 1 98.9% - 97%

Division 2 96.9 - 95%

Division 3 less than 94.9%

Note – the autumn term figures were calculated on last years % and the above table is

implemented from the Spring term 2016.

There will be a prize draw in the House Act of Worship every half term with the following 3

prizes (per house) :

Champions League - £10 voucher Premier division - £5 voucher Moving up a division – £5 voucher The best tutor group attendance based on 97%-100% (Champions league and Premier Division) will receive a group prize on a termly basis. House Points Heads of House will regularly monitor the accumulation of house points per student and organize the presentation of certificates on a termly basis as published in the table below:

Certificate Number of House

Points Presented by

House Top 51 - 75% Tutor

Bronze Top 26 - 50% Head of House

Silver Top 11 - 25% SLT Line Manager

Gold Top 6 - 10% Principal

Platinum Top 5% Chair of Governors

At the end of each academic year the top 5% students will receive a Platinum badge to be

presented in the end of year assembly in the sports hall.

4. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY

Staff must be consistent in their implementation of the reward system so that it is valued

across all years 7-11 as a vehicle to celebrate achievement and to foster personal

growth and development for all groups of students.

Rewards may be entered onto eportal at any appropriate stage during the lesson or

activity to avoid additional work at the end of the day. The student must be informed at

the time of your decision to reward them because this is significant to the process of

receiving praise. Staff are required to use their professional judgment in relation to the

use of private or public praise.

Whilst we are not necessarily expecting staff to reward every student every lesson we

encourage departments through their planning documents to tie in their lesson

outcomes with the achievement categories. This will enable staff to allocate the house

points speedily! There should be something to celebrate in every lesson!

5. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Teacher/TA/Academic Mentor is responsible for:

Awarding house points to every class at least once a week in the To Learn category

Awarding house points to individual students as required in the To Grow category –

helping staff outside of lessons

Awarding points on a half termly basis for regular participation in enrichment activities

(registers to be handed in half termly and house points will be entered on eportal by the

admin team)

The Tutor is responsible for:

Presenting the House Certificate

Praising students who have achieved 100% attendance and punctuality (house points

will be allocated by the administrative team on a weekly basis)

Encouraging students to gain house points in the To Grow and To Serve category

Allocating tutor time to complete the student planner section: Personal Achievement and

Attendance Record at the beginning of every term (review previous term achievements

and set goals for forthcoming term)

Reporting exceptional achievement of their students to the HOH and Principal

The Key Stage Manager/ Head of Department/Director of Learning is responsible for:

Agreeing a focus in relation to one of the achievement categories published through

lesson planning documents

Using Eportal to generate reports to monitor consistency in relation to all members of the

team awarding House Points consistently in line with school policy

Promoting personalized department strategies for praising students within that subject

area, for example, through the use of postcards and stickers in books.

Monitoring the weekly positive calls home from each member of staff in their team

The Head of House is responsible for:

Visiting the tutor groups during morning registration on a Thursday/Friday supporting

tutors in the implementation of the reward system and to praise students accordingly on

their achievements

Administering the House Attendance League (in liaison with the Attendance and

Achievement Officer and APMs) and publishing the results on the notice board, in AOW,

and to tutors in the week following the half term holidays

Reporting to SLT on a termly basis – written report for each house

Informing the SLT with responsibility for publications half termly, of achievements to be

shared across the school community

Supporting and monitoring the allocation of rewards across a designated Learning

Community

Suzannah Diamantis – Arts & PE and SEN/Mentors

Dan Pickup – Communications and Maths, Computing & Business

Joe Irons – Humanities & Languages, RE & Citizenship

Paul Rogers – Science & DT

Organising the termly collation of House Points, presentation of certificates and the prize

draws (attendance half termly and rewards termly)

The School Administration Team is responsible for:

Weekly: Compiling CMIS reports for attendance and awarding house points on eportal

in line with policy and half termly presenting reports to HOH

Half termly: Entering enrichment registers onto eportal to award house points for

individual students

6. GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR TUTORS USING EPORTAL

Introduction

The launch of the rewards system has had a positive impact on our students and it is great

to hear students talking about the rewards they have achieved. As we discussed in the

training session, it is important that all students know when they have received a reward and

for what. Although this is shared by you, we also want students to celebrate the impact

within their tutor groups. This is not yet available on the school’s information management

system for parents and students and so we have created a summary that will be published

on a fortnightly basis. It is important that we are consistent in celebrating the positive

outcomes on a fortnightly basis within the tutor group in order to embed the rewards system.

We have provided guidance for tutors as published below to support this process:

As part of the worship calendar dates are scheduled for these checks and tutors and co

tutors will be expected to share the positive reward totals with every tutee. Please celebrate

with students the following information;

i. Subject tutee was rewarded in,

ii. Event (s) and creator,

iii. Total rewards received to date,

iv. Form total to date.

The information will be stored locally and you can open this excel file by following this

pathway;

Leadership and Management (K:) – Rewards – House Points

During your tutor period, you may wish to display this information on the interactive white

board for the class to see, or alternatively, adopt a more personalised approach using your

laptop to share the outcomes individually with students.

When the file is open, please follow the following pathway to open your tutor form

information. The example below is for 10.06 in yellow house.

1. Click on ‘event details’ in the first tab which will display information in a table format.

2. Select the house and form you are in from the drop down menu.

3. The information displayed in the table highlights every student in your tutor form in

alphabetical order. There is a description of the event given, house points received, the

date it was given and by whom.

4. Once you have shown this information it can be displayed in the form of a graph on your

tutor notice board. To do this, select ‘student totals’ from the tab at the bottom and the

house you are in.

5. Click on the plus next to yellow house to maximise the options.

6. At this point, you can see how your tutor group fare against the rest of yellow house.

Select 10.06 from the menu.

7. In order for you to just see your tutor group, select house, and then 10.06.

8. The information can now be shown in the form of a graph, in which every tutee can see

how many house points they have in relation to the rest of their form.

On a fortnightly basis, Heads of House publish the House totals in their House Act of

Worship, as before, fostering the element of competition between the houses.

7. GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR HOH IN DETERMINING THE OUTCOME OF THE

ANNUAL HOUSE CUP COMPETITION

The House Cup is determined by collating the results of the following activities:

Attendance Competition:

5 half terms

6th half term minus the last 2 weeks of the year

Charity Competition:

Christmas Hamper

Fairtrade

Curriculum Competition:

Maths

Spelling

Science

Art

Bake off

Literary

Rewards Competition

As the results are at 3.30pm on the 2nd to last day of the academic year

Sports Competitions

Football

Basketball

Fantasy Football

Sports Day

Within each activity the Houses are placed 1st to 4th and then points are allocated as

follows: 1st – 8, 2nd – 6, 3rd – 4, 4th – 2. These placings are shared with the students

and any presentations are made on the last day of term in which the activities took

place within two joint acts of worship (Red & Green / Blue & Yellow) at which all 4

HoH will be present.

The points from each activity are then totalled in order to place the Houses 1st – 4th

for the Cup (these placings are not shared with students), which is presented by all 4

HoH in the whole school, final act of worship of the year.