Year 8 Options Information
Rewards and Discipleship
Rewards Points
We believe that excellent work in and outside of the classroom should be rewarded, and as such have a comprehensive system of rewards points which lead to certificates, prizes and public recognition for our young people.
How do I gain points?
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Pass |
1 |
Afterschool Attendance Excellent Effort on a piece of homework Making good progress in class Attending extra-curricular trip/club Excellent participation in lessons Reading in assembly Excellent effort in class Excellent piece of homework |
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Merit |
5 |
Being helpful Helping at an afterschool event Literacy progress Consistent attendance to afterschool sessions Leading Assembly Numeracy progress Supporting in Mass Working 1 above your target grade |
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Awards |
10 |
Ambassador for the school Pupil leadership Literacy Commendation Numeracy Commendation Consistently high standard of homework Working 2 above your target grade Persistent effort in class Public speaking Sister/Brother of the week |
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Distinction |
15 |
Chaplaincy Distinction Form Teacher Distinction Faculty Distinction Personifying Gospel Values |
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Commendations |
20 |
HOY Commendation Commendation for Pupil Leadership Commendation for Community Service |
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Mastery |
25 |
SLT Commendation HOS Commendation
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|
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30 |
EHT Commendation |
These accumulate to become:
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Points |
Pastoral Reward |
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50 |
Text message home |
|
100 |
Form Tutor Phone call |
|
150 |
Form Tutor Certificate emailed home |
|
200 |
Head of Year phone call |
|
250 |
Head of Year Certificate mailed home |
|
300 |
Head of School Certificate (Bronze Badge) |
|
400 |
Executive Head Certificate (Silver Badge) |
|
500 |
Governor Award Badge (Gold Badge) |
Celebration of Success
There will be a Celebration of Success assembly at the end of every term where the top student in the year group, determined by praise points awarded for each subject, will be celebrated and rewarded. You’ll get the opportunity to showcase your musical, dance and drama talents or to just sit back and be entertained while celebrating your peers.
Reward Trips
Every term 20 pupils will be invited on a reward trip to celebrate their outstanding efforts during the term. This will comprise of the top 4 praise point achievers in every year group – 2 girls and 2 boys.
Praise points will reset every year and run throughout an entire school year.
Prizes include but aren’t limited to:
- Breakfast hosted by Heads of School with parents invitedâ
- Amazon vouchers
- âRestaurant Vouchersâ
- Bookshop vouchers
- Cinema tickets
- Educationally appropriate electronic items (e.g: laptop or tablet)â
- Exercise equipment (e.g. bikes)â
- Books
- Free Prom/End of Year entryâ
- First in line for lunchâ
- Teacher chosen trips and activities
- Sports events tickets
The Discipleship Award
As part of our mission as a Catholic school, we are called to develop and nurture all aspects of the character of our young people, inside and outside the classroom. We take great pride in the World Class academic education we offer our students but are equally proud of the way we develop their leadership skills, kindness, resilience, spirituality and commitment to the common good.
The Discipleship Award, launched this year, is a way of tracking and celebrating progress both inside and outside the classroom. Each time students receive reward points, they will correspond with a Discipleship category. At every Parents Evening each student will receive an interim Discipleship report alongside their academic one showing how many points they have in each category. All families will receive a full Discipleship report at the end of the Summer Term.
The highest achieving students (those who have achieved points in all categories) will be celebrated in front of the whole school at their end of year Mass and receive the Discipleship badge for that year.
