Rewards

Rewards Overview

Rewarding students is extremely important to us and all members of the Barnwell community encourage positive behaviour and reward students on a daily basis. We are constantly looking for students who are ‘getting it right’ to reinforce our Character traits of Resepct, Responsibility and Aspiration.

The Behaviour for Learning policy is designed to work with the Edulink, and this gives us a highly effective rewards system. Staff recognise and reward students for academic achievements, progress, behaviour, attendance and contributions to the wider community. These points reflect our school’s commitment to recognising and rewarding students who demonstrate Respect, Responsibility and Aspiration. By regularly checking EduLink, you can see when your child has been praised by their teachers and encourage them to continue their hard work. If your child is working towards a particular goal, you can use EduLink to support and motivate them at home.

We encourage all parents to check EduLink regularly and discuss achievements with their child. Celebrating successes together can boost confidence and engagement in learning. If you need any help accessing EduLink or have questions about your child’s achievements, please contact the school for support.

Rewards System

Our rewards system runs as follows:

• Character Points
• Character Day
• Character Fortnight Award

Character Points are awarded for:
• High levels of attendance to school
• High levels of punctuality
• Consistently wearing the school uniform appropriately
• Having the correct equipment
• High quality School Representation
• Participating in an assembly
• Volunteering
• Demonstrating a key character trait around school
• Exceptional piece of classwork
• Exceptional piece of homework
• High level contribution in lesson
• Progress from data track

Character Days

Students who meet all expectations in lessons and around school are
awarded a ‘Character Day’ (worth 5 points).

Character Fortnights

Students who achieve character days across each fortnight, will also be issued with ‘Character Fortnight’ (worth 10 points).

Recognition

When students achieve certain thresholds with their ‘Character Points’ they are eligible for particular rewards, which include:

Certificates from their Head of Year
Blazer lapel badges for the Bronze (500), Silver (1000), Gold (1400) and Character (1800)
Early lunch passes.
Headteacher Brunch.
Recognition in rewards assemblies.
Headtecher Afternoon Tea.
Sports Award Ceremonies.
Award Ceremonies at the end of the year.
Promotion of sustained excellence on the year group notice board.

Are you a Barnwell Zero Hero?

We have a significant number of students each year who exhibit exemplary conduct and make it from September to July collecting ‘0’ behaviour points and have 100% attendance.

This is an outstanding achievement and means that they are on time to school and lessons every day, they complete all of their classwork and homework to the best of their ability, and they make a positive contribution to the school community across all areas on a regular basis.

‍We have challenged all our students to make it through each term without any concerns or absences and there are some ‘super’ rewards waiting for all of these students!