Celebrating Success

At St Benedict’s Primary, we find that one of the most effective ways to encourage children to learn and to behave well in school is through praise and the celebration of successes.

Celebrating Achievement

We aim to create a culture of achievement and aspiration amongst students and staff. Central to this is the celebration and rewarding of achievement. This should occur at all levels of school life, from verbal praise of a student wearing correct uniform in the corridor, to the weekly awards presented at assemblies and annual recognition at our prize giving ceremony. It should be echoed in the physical environment of the school building - every classroom, corridor and communal space should publicly celebrate children's learning and achievements. All teaching and non-teaching staff within the school has a responsibility to contribute towards this positive environment through the appropriate use of praise and through celebrating pupil achievement.

How achievement is recognised in St Benedict's;

 - Weekly Awards: recognising achievements in the four capacities.

 - Target Setting

 - Showcase of Learning

 - Achievement Wall

 - Annual Prize Giving Ceremony

 - Class and School Wall Displays

 - Verbal Praise

 - Golden Time

 - Circle Time

 - Twitter

 - School Website (see St Benedict's Stars)

Wider Achievement

We are very aware that lots of learning happens outside of school and as a school we recognise this on our Achievement Wall and school website. We encourage our pupils to share their experiences and successes out with school.

Therefore, we would like to ask parents and carers to help us keep up to date with all the incredible activities and challenges that your children have been involved in.

Our Aim:

To enable children to be recognised for and to celebrate successes in their wider achievement.

• Children readily sharing their successes out with school.
• There should be an opportunity for the children to share 'what' they learned/achieved not just the activity they were involved in.
• There should be an emphasis on developing the vocabulary of achievement to enable them to be fully aware of what kind of success they have experienced.

If your child has been involved in something that you would like us to know please let us know by signing the guestbook on our website or visiting us on twitter @StBenedictsPS.