Rewards
At Rawmarsh Community School we believe that all students deserve to have their achievements recognised and celebrated. Acknowledgement of success, no matter how small, breeds confidence and aspiration. We know how crucial it is for success in school, and in life, that students always give their best, attend school every day and participate in the wider school community. If students are to leave school ‘able and qualified to play their full part in an ever changing world,’ it will be these core ingredients, along with the values that underpin The Rawmarsh Way that will get them there. For this reason, we have developed a rewards structure that is clear and accessible to all – and something that our students take great pride in being a part of.
Club Rewards
Our flagship rewards system is celebrated at termly intervals across the academic year. This allows students a fresh opportunity to achieve full honours in regular cycles across the year. Students will receive recognition for their effort, attendance and wider participation. Those thriving in all three of these areas will be awarded a ‘Platinum Award’ to celebrate their all-round contribution.
To accomplish the No.1 Club award, students have to achieve an ‘excellent’ effort grade in every subject during one data cycle and therefore become Effort Rank 1. To achieve this accolade, students need to ‘work hard and never give less than their best.’
Our 100 Club award goes to any student who achieves 100% attendance in one term. Accomplishing this requires students to ‘take responsibility for their choices and actions’ with regards to their own attendance and punctuality each and every day.
To achieve a Pledge Club award, meanwhile, students must complete four pledge tasks within the same category at either bronze, silver or gold standard. To do this, students need to ‘take risks and rise to a challenge.’
Successfully achieving all three of these awards within the same term results in the receipt of the Platinum Club award. Students winning this award demonstrate exceptional effort, attendance and fully engage in wider participation in school. They must ‘dream big’ and ‘believe in themselves.’ Members of the ‘Platinum Club’ receive exclusive ‘club’ privileges including in school in recognition of their outstanding achievement.
Golden Book
The Golden Book initiative recognises students, who have been nominated by their class teachers, for their exceptional presentation of work. Students winning this award demonstrate that they ‘take pride in the appearance’ of their work and have their book backed in golden paper to highlight this visually. To be nominated, students in Y7 – Y11 (one per class) must demonstrate:
- Immaculate presentation of work – including full compliance with Presentation Policy
- Consistent 100% effort into written work
- A range of ‘green’ RAG stickers
Rewards Table
Award | Parimeters | Who? | When? | What? | Where? | Certificates | Staff |
100% Attendance Reward | 100% attendance for that HT 100% since September | All years | End of each Half Term | Chocolate & certificate 100% since Sept. entered into prize draw | Main Hall | Y | Attendance Team |
Top CFPers | Top CFPs for each year group | All years | Every Monday 9am | Bacon sandwich Website Top 1 gets chocolate Phone call home | Cafe | N | Mr Duckworth |
Effort Reward | 3.94 and above average effort | All years | After Data collections | They get to choose a prize e.g. bowling, laser tag, roller skating | Assemblies | Y | Mr Duckworth |
Pastoral Reward | Bronze 96% and 3 lates or less Silver 98% and 2 lates or less Gold 99% and 1 late or less Platinum 100% no late, no CFC’s | All years | Each Term | Bronze- cookies Silver- doughnuts Gold- pizza Platinum- P4 movie | Assemblies | Y | Mr Duckworth |
Outstanding Student Award | 0 CFCs 100% Attendance 30-40+ CFPs 0 lates | All years | Each Half Term | Amazon voucher | Behaviour admin | Y | Mr Duckworth |
Star of the week | Chosen by teacher | All years | Weekly | CFP and call home | Posters in classrooms | N | All staff |
High flyer | Chosen by teacher | All years | Each Half Term | CFP, certificate and call home | Log on tracker | Y | All staff |
Most improved | Chosen by teacher | All years | Each Half Term | CFP, certificate and call home | Log on tracker | Y | All staff |
Extra mile | Chosen by teacher | All years | Each Half Term | CFP, certificate and call home | Log on tracker | Y | All staff |
Embracing whole curriculum | Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Parameters TBC | All years | After Data collections | Certificate/ website | Assemblies | Y | Mr Duckworth Mr Newsome |
Proud Podium | Things students are proud of and are able to verbalise it | All years | Every Friday 1st break | Sweets, vouchers for the cafe, +more in a bucket | Science lower stairwell | N | Mr Green |
“Consistent Crew” | Those with consistently highest effort, attendance and effort since September | Y7-10 | End of year | Reward trip Top of the top get it paid for | Alton Towers | N | Mr Duckworth Mr Green |