Our children have the opportunity to have their voices heard in a variety of ways.
House system
Both schools operate a “House System” and every child is assigned a house on arrival - Craven (Red), Donnington (Green), Enborne (Yellow) or Kennet (Blue).
At the Infant School, children are rewarded for following the golden rules, good behaviour and good work by being given house points. These are counted on a weekly basis and the house with the most points in the week has its colour ribbons tied onto the House Cup. There are also a variety of inter-house activities that take place during the year (including Sports Day), and the winning house is announced in an assembly.
At the Junior School, children are rewarded for good work and behaviour by being given house points. These are counted on a weekly basis and the house with the most points in the week has its colour ribbons tied onto the House Cup. At the beginning of the school year, children from Year 6 put themselves forward as House Captains or Vice Captains and are elected by the other Year 6 children. The elected House Captains and Vice Captains take on organisational responsibilities within the school. There are also a variety of inter-house activities that take place during the year (including Sports Day), and the winning house is announced in an assembly by awarding the cup to the House Captain.
School councils
Our children have the opportunity to have their voices heard in a variety of ways, and one of these is via our School Councils. The Councils are elected for the academic year and we include School Council members at various levels of discussion, including some staff recruitment.
At the Infant School, each class votes three of its members onto the Infant School Council - a Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. It is the responsibility of these councillors to relay discussion points from their class to the full council and to give their peers feedback from the meetings.
At the Junior School, each class votes two of its members (one boy and one girl) onto the Junior School Council. It is the responsibility of these councillors to relay discussion points from their class to the full council and to give their peers feedback from the meetings.