Houses

House points are awarded to pupils by teachers for their academic work, effort, behaviour and other aspects of their school life. House points are given to students in the form of a token that students deposit in their designated house case. Throughout the year house competitions, which are always conducted in the spirit of friendly competition and good sportsmanship, with opportunities being given for demonstration of excellence in: the attributes of the learner profile; academics, music, sports, behaviour and other areas.

Points are achieved throughout the academic year, but broken down with running totals being announced every half term. At the end of the academic year, points for each house are totalled and the house cup is awarded to the house with the most points.

The following are the guidelines followed for the award of house points:

Demonstration of the learner profile.

Consistently demonstrates aspects of the attributes of the learner profile in class which are:

• Inquirer
• Knowledgeable
• Thinker
• Communicator
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-taker
• Balanced
• Reflective

Tutors will pick their student of the week based on the International Baccalaureate Learner Profiles which are:

• Inquirer
• Knowledgeable
• Thinker
• Communicator
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-taker
• Balanced
• Reflective

• Performs regularly to a high academic standard or to the best of his/her ability
• Has raised his/her academic performance to a higher standard
• Is aware of the need for risk-taking in seeking academic achievement
• Has shown a high degree of creativity in his/ her response to a task
• Has produced a particularly impressive piece of work

• Consistently makes an effort across several areas
• Has noticeably increased his/her endeavours

• Sets an example to others by his/her behaviour
• Has performed an act of kindness or public-spiritedness
• Has made a positive effort to improve his/her behaviour

• Shows commitment.  Joins in willingly in class, group or house activities
• Encourages others to do so and is generally supportive of others
• Has a consistently good attitude
• Displays the characteristics of sportsmanship in attitude and/or performance
• Has seen the need to participate more positively

House T-shirts are available from the office for purchase and may be worn on days when there are house assemblies and also on Fridays.