The House System

Braehead Primary School

Working together to create a happy learning environment

Rationale

Allocation of Houses

The school is divided into three houses: Clyde, Leven and Lomond.

Children shall be allocated a house when they start P1 or when they join

the school at a later stage. Where possible children of the same family

will be allocated the same house whilst ensuring that the number of

children is fairly balanced between each house. Every child will be given a

coloured badge that represents its house. If lost they can be bought for

20p from the office.

Captains and Vice Captains

At the beginning of the new session P6s and P7s will be given the

opportunity to nominate themselves as Captains (P7) or Vice-captains (P6).

The SMT team will then interview children who have nominated

themselves. The SMT team will decide on the final Captains and Vice-

captains after consultation with class teachers. The Captains and Vice-

captains will wear a badge to show their position in the school. Captains

and Vice-captains will be expected to:

• Bring their House into assembly quietly and sensibly

• Sit at the front of their house at assembly and encourage good

behaviour from their House

• Be a example of exemplary behaviour and attitude

• Help in the dinner hall on Fridays

• Collect and count up the house points

• Be responsible for the playground toys

• Help to organise food and drink on reward days

• Organise House competitions

• Be a buddy to younger children in their House

• Propose and represent ideas form their House ideas that will

improve the House System

Captains or Vice-Captains whose behaviour or attitude is not a good

example to others will be asked to stand down from the captaincy or vice-

captaincy.

The House System

Braehead Primary School

Working together to create a happy learning environment

Awarding House Points

Any member of staff can award House Points to any child, at any time and

for any reason if they are “caught being good” or meeting the set weekly

target. A sticker should be given to the child to show they have gained a

house point. Any type of sticker may be used and is worth one house

point. Children can display their sticker on their clothes but P3-7s should

later record their stickers by putting them into their diaries.

Each week there will be a school target discussed at assembly and staff

members should specifically award house points if children are seen to be

trying to meet this target.

Children and Houses will also be awarded House points at assembly for

good behaviour and/or participation. Star Achievers will automatically

receive a House point for their house as well as children who volunteer to

speak for “The Spotlight” or “Wall of Fame” at assembly.

House Points will also be given out for participating in or winning House

Competitions.

Recording House Points

Children in p3-7 should record their House points in their diary by

sticking in their awarded stickers. They should total their stickers at

the end of each week and record this in their diaries for their parents or

guardians to see. The points for each house should also be clearly

displayed on the classroom wall so that the Captains and Vice-captains can

collect them. It is not necessary to display the individual house points.

Rewarding Winning Houses

The House Captains and Vice-captains will collect the House points from

each class during lunchtime on Friday. They will total them and hand

them into the SMT before assembly. There will be weekly, interim,

termly awards as well as an annual award.

Weekly Award: At the end of each assembly the weekly winners will be

announced. Their award will be to have their lunch first on a Friday (the

next Friday after assembly).

The House System

Braehead Primary School

Working together to create a happy learning environment

Interim Awards: These will be given when the House reaches the

following amount of points during a term:

• More than 200 points – 15 minutes extra playtime on the first dry

playtime of the next week

• More than 500 points – all the children will receive a pencil in their

House colour

• More than 1000 points – non uniform day for on the next Friday

Termly Awards: The House who has earned the most points over a term

will be given the choice from the following rewards. The Captains and

Vice-captains will choose the award. The choice of different awards

given to the children will be dependent upon staffing availability, weather

and financial constraints.

1. Watch a DVD on the big screen in the hall with choc ices and ice

lollies

2. Have a crafts and computers afternoon with biscuits and juice

3. Afternoon of outdoor play with biscuits and juice

4. Gym games afternoon

Annual Award: The House who has earned the most points over the year

shall spend an afternoon at the Meadow Centre. The children in p1-4 will

be provided with a variety of activities in the Sports Hall e.g. bouncy

castle, trampoline, soft play, ball games etc. p5 -7 can choose to swim

and/or play in the Sports Hall.

When the Houses are being given their rewards it is important that

the children who are not involved are participating in normal classroom

activities and not anything that could be interpreted as “a treat”

Consultation with Pupils

Every year the Pupil Council will be given the opportunity to review the

rewards and propose new rewards.

The House System

Braehead Primary School

Working together to create a happy learning environment

Meeting Behaviour and Attitude Standards

The expectation is that children will be loyal to their House and try their

best to earn points for their House by displaying good behaviour and

attitudes. If children are consistently getting demerits and are

consequently not contributing points to their House then they will be

temporarily removed from their House. An individual behaviour plan will

be drawn up after consultation with the SMT, class teacher, parent or

guardian and the pupil, Targets will be set for the pupil to meet so that

they can rejoin their house in the future once their behaviour and

attitudes have improved. Whilst the pupil is not in the House System

they may not participate in any of the weekly, interim, termly or annual

rewards for their House.