All staff and children in school are encouraged to actively praise positive behaviours they see across school. Members of the school community should experience positive praise or comments on a daily basis to reinforce positive behaviours and efforts. The emphasis is always on the positive approach of encouragement and praise rather than on more negative ones of criticism and punishment. As well as positive praise, we recognise that other extrinsic rewards have a motivational role, helping children to see that good behaviour for learning is valued:

Star of the Week – A child out of each year group will be awarded Star of the Week in Friday Assembly for reasons determined by the class teacher which link to our SHINE charter and high standards of behaviour. A certificate with a brief reason why will be sent home with the child after Celebration Assembly.

SHINE certificate – A child out of each year group will be awarded Star of the Week in Friday Assembly for reasons determined by the class teacher which link to our SHINE charter and high standards of behaviour. A certificate with a brief reason why will be sent home with the child after Celebration Assembly

Kindness Cup – One child is awarded the kindness cup each week in recognition of them treating others with kindness, compassion and respect. This is presented by a member of the Place2Be team during Celebration Assembly.

Dojos – We reward children with 'dojos', a point-based reward system where children can then trade their collected points for goods, for example a piece of 'treasure' from a box of rewards. Children can earn dojos for a wide range of reasons including good behaviour, being helpful, completing work to a high standard, completing reading challenges etc. These are recorded in classrooms.