RMMS House Points Initiative
Since the beginning of May pupils at RMMS have been competing fiercely
in a house competition across the whole school.
Pupils from Class 1 up to Class 8 have been divided in four houses -
Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. Each house is led by two house captains from the
senior classes and two of the local teachers, with the GVI volunteers trying to
remain neutral...
Although GVI initiated the introduction of a house points scheme it
was developed in collaboration with the Fijian teachers. A system for awarding points was established
to provide consistency across the whole school and set goals for the pupils. For example points are awarded for class
achievement, punctuality, health inspection (brushing teeth and being well presented),
school chores and sports.
As the school day comes to a close pupils gather in front of the
points board to see which house is in the lead. Then at the end of the week GVI
hosts a house achievement assembly where all the points are collected and counted.
Each Friday the best house is crowned for that week and then the points board
is wiped clean. The points for each week
are added to the term totals and an overall winner will be announced at the end
of the semester.
Previously, a reward system had been absent from RMMS but the pupils
have proven to be extremely responsive to this type of whole school competition.
Both volunteers and teachers have observed improved effort, behaviour and
punctuality in their classes. Pupils are also working as a team to take
responsibility for their school looking neat and tidy. A key to the success of
this project has been ensuring that the pupils receive acknowledgment for their
achievements from their teachers and peers. We try to ensure that all points
are announced in front of the class, giving the pupils something to be proud
of.
So far the house points system has been adopted by pupils, staff and
volunteers with measurable success and in the future we hope to host house
competitions such as music, drama, art and sports. When dividing the school
into houses we ensured that siblings where kept together so that in the future
we can also link the house system to localised fundraising which has proven to
be successful in other local schools. In this scheme each house has a fundraising
target and parents raise money collectively for their child’s house in
competition with each other. The funds are then pooled and used to improve
school facilities.
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