Shining Brightly
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At AKPS all children have the opportunity to shine brightly in many ways. Every time we have a sharing assembly a group of children from each class tell or show something which they can celebrate with the rest of the school! This maybe linked to some learning or awareness of others, a sporting activity or an achievement which has been received out of school. There are a huge variety of activities which our children are involved in and are shining brightly, it is good for achievement to be recognised.
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Each week the children have the opportunity to shine within school and this is recognised with merit awards which the children are so very proud to receive:
- Class merits – for special achievement in class awarded weekly by the class teacher
- Lunchtime merits – for excellent indoor behaviour, excellent outdoor behaviour and excellent manners during lunchtime awarded weekly by the midday supervisors
- Mathletics merits – For a child in each class (year 2 upwards) awarded weekly by maths subject leader Mrs Voss
- Special merits – Special effort and achievements are also celebrated and recognised, this could be for example the School Choir – awarded by Mrs Crowley, Sports merits – awarded by Mr Tanner, and learning merits awarded by the respective TAs. We even have Breakfast Club merits for tasting new foods.
- Golden Headteacher merits – These extra special merits are awarded by Mrs Saville at the Heroes and Heroines parents and carers sharing assembly at the end of each term.
Value stars – Children may also earn a ‘value’ star. All the stars are displayed in the school hall with their name in the center. To earn this the children must have shown a special value such as friendship, generosity, trust.
Star Badges – All of the children are working hard on a special challenge to earn their star badge and become a Learning Ambassador. They have to show 10 learning behaviours in order to achieve their star including: perseverance, listening to others, challenging themselves. Everyone is working very hard to earn their 10 ticks. Come on Team AK, your special stars are waiting for you!
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Children can also work towards earning their Green Forest School star badge, their Blue PE star badge and their Orange wellbeing star badge.