Reward System

Guidance

2012

Outline of House Reward System

House Points

  • Only ONE point should be awarded at each time unless in exceptional circumstances.
  • Children record any house points they are given onto their house sheet. Primary 7 children will collect points on a Wednesday. Primary 7’s will take an average score for each house from each class to make scoring fairer.
  • When children collect five houses they put a tally mark in the end column – this makes it easier for the Primary 7’s to record scores.
  • Points can be awarded by any member of staff to children being helpful/polite, wearing house badge, and for individual effort/success.
  • Totals to be announced at assemblies weekly.

Golden Table

  • When collecting the house points on a Wednesday the Primary 7 children will record the name of the person in each classwith the highest number of individual points. This child will be invited to bring their lunch to the ‘Golden Table’ on theFriday lunchtime. The child will be given a golden ticket which they can take home and a laminated one which they should bring to the golden table on Friday.
  • The golden table will be set up in the dining hall on Friday lunchtimes. Children will bring their normal lunch and come along at their usual time to the golden table – they must remember to bring their laminated golden ticket. Children should be able to identify the golden table as it will have a gold table cloth.
  • Children can only attend the Golden Table if they have full golden time.

House Lines

  • House lines will be awarded with houses (worth 10 house points) for lining up quietly. The houses will be placed onto the house boards (by the house leaders) and counted onto the house point total on a Wednesday.

House Rewards

  • Weekly extra playtime on a Thursday at 10.20am with Mrs Allan, Mrs Brown and Mrs Burton. Children can only attend extra playtime if they have full Golden Time.
  • Termly movie.
  • Yearly house party.

House Meetings

Children and staff will meet with their house group members in the allocated areas;

Bruce – Dining Hall (Mr Antolak)

Fleming – Hall (Mrs MacLachlan)

Livingstone – Primary 2 and 3 Work Area (Miss Thomson)

Wallace – GP room (Mrs Murray)

The teachers’ names in brackets will give a brief explanation of what’s expected from all children at House Meetings, however, please ensure you explain the structure of the afternoon and reinforce expectations to your children prior to each meeting.

1.35pm - A bell will ring and runners from Primary 7 will collect house groups of children from your class. Support assistants will be waiting in house group areas to enable you to stay in class until all of your children have been collected. If you have a support assistant working with you at this time could you please ask them to go to their house group area.

2.00pm - Children will return to their classes. Support Assistants and Primary 7 children will escort children back.

Format

  • Focus previously distributed to House Leaders and Teachers, and a planning meeting held with House Leaders. The House Leaders will use Golden Time to hold subsequent planning meetings as required. Prior to the House Meeting they with meet with PT to present and finalise their inputs.
  • House teachers welcome everyone & remind everyone of the expectations for the meeting.
  • House teachers will introduce the meeting ‘focus’.
  • House teachers will introduce the House leaders.
  • House leaders inform the house of current points total and motivate the house to increase their efforts to earn points.
  • House leaders will have the opportunity to carry out their short input (focus dependent) (Teachers will support/scaffold accordingly).
  • House teachers will finish the meeting with expectations of House performance for the next month.

Golden Time

  • Each class to have a high impact, age appropriate Golden Time Chart to indicate number of minutes of Golden Time each child has.
  • The management team will keep a whole school GT folder containing class record sheets of pupils Golden Time to be updated by class teachers every Friday.
  • P12 teachers will issue a full/lost GT slip, P3-7 record under supervision in Homework Diaries amount of minutes of Golden Time lost each Friday and reasons why, a stamper will indicate full Golden Time.
  • Children can only attend the Golden Table and the extra playtime if they have full golden time.
  • Children can earn back their golden time, these children are not able to attend the golden table or the extra playtime on this particular week even if they earn it all back. Earning back should be highlighted by teachers during a restorative conversation soon after golden time is lost.
  • Golden table winner will have privileges agreed in class for the duration of their winning week.
  • Each pupil to work towards achieving a Bronze, Silver or Gold certificate for full golden time 6wks = Bronze, 14 = Silver 22 = Gold Full yr = Super Gold, these will be issued by PTs at assembly alongside winning House updates.