Awards & Achievements

Let’s Celebrate our Gem Powers ~ Here are our Gem Power Learners’ for week ending Friday 24th June 2022

Lenny (Butterfly Class) Azurite Power! ~ Lenny showed azurite power this week being so enthusiastic and trying his best in all the sporting activities we have had this week.

Bumblebee Class (Bumblebee Class) Topaz Power! ~ Bumblebee Class showed topaz power this week with amazing team work during the outdoor learning day and at the athletics afternoon.

Rylee (Ladybird Class) Azurite Power! ~ Rylee showed azurite power this week for moving up reading levels and having and I can do it attitude!

Prieya (Maple Class) Emerald Power! ~ Prieya showed emerald power this week for working hard on improving her reading skills.

Fred (Willow Class) Sapphire Power! ~ Fred showed sapphire power this week by being focused enough to overcome his worries and producing a fantastic piece of writing – Well done! 😊

Molly (Laurel Class) Amethyst Power! ~ Molly showed amethyst power this week through her great presentation and the pride she shows in her work.

Antonia (Birch Class) Sapphire Power! ~ Antonia has shown sapphire power this week through really focusing on making her writing the best it can be.

Daniel (Pine Class) Azurite Power! ~ Daniel showed azurite power this week by responding positively and enthusiastically to his author challenge. Well done Daniel! 

Scott (Cedar Class) Ruby Power! ~ Scott showed ruby power this week for being responsible, supportive and friendly during his Bikeability session.

WELL DONE TO ALL THESE CHILDREN!

We focus on our seven Core Values - Friendship, Respect, Creativity, Resilience, Aspiration, Enthusiasm and Self-Esteem, incorporating the British Values and linking directly with the children’s 'Gem Learning Behaviours'.  

Gem Powers

As a way of enabling all of our pupils to develop into successful learners, with the attitudes, attributes and skills needed for life, we have developed our 'Gem Powers' as the basis for our learning behaviours:

We have 7 gems and each one represents a key learning attitude or skill:

Ruby Power - this is achieved by being positive and helpful to others. Smiling and being friendly to others, encouraging, praising and supporting others in their learning, and showing good attention to the ideas of others helps you to gain lots of this power!

Topaz Power - this gem helps us to work well within a class – we know when to take turns, when to work with others or alone and how to ask questions and share our learning. You achieve this gem by using the skills of collaboration and group learning. Playing an active part within a team and showing respect for the views of others are key factors.

Diamond Power - this is gained by taking responsibility for solving your own problems, having ownership over your learning and setting yourself goals or next steps. By doing this, you make your brain grow and your learning starts to sparkle!

Emerald Power - this one is key for our school. To achieve this, you need to be willing to take risks with your learning, knowing that learning new things is not easy and that mistakes might happen. Being resilient enough to pick yourself up and try again is what makes our learners dazzle in green! Get that bouncebackability!

Sapphire Power - you can gain lots of this power by staying focused on your learning task and ignoring the 'monster' distractions. Push yourself to achieve your goals without being distracted and you will be shimmering in blue!

Azurite Power - this power works best when you are motivated to learn; be keen and show enthusiasm for learning new things and be positive about all learning experiences. By being enthusiastic, this can help you to enjoy your time in school even more. Start sparkling in deep blue!

Amethyst Power - build your own self-esteem to make your purple power shine. Share your work with others and be gracious when you are praised. Know what you are good at and be proud of your achievements. You can also show pride in learning by being a responsible, organised learner.

The children earn Gem stickers and badges as they develop these learning skills and behaviours.  Showing strong gem powers also earns gems towards a whole class collection. We celebrate this in class and in Celebration Assemblies each week.

Let’s Celebrate our Readers for Term 5

Well done to these children who earned their reading leaves in Term 5.  Children have to read four times to earn a leaf.  All the leaves are collected and the winners are chosen at random from a hat.  Each winner receives a small prize.  Keep reading everyone!

Sunbeams Tadpoles ~ Gilson

Sunbeams Frogs ~ Kojo

KS1 ~ Esmae-Louise

Lower KS2 ~ Max S

Upper KS2 ~ Isabella S

Let’s Celebrate our StYr Writers for Term 5

Well done to our Star Writers’ for Term 5 for making good progress in their writing.  This is a great achievement.

Sunbeams Reception ~ Loveila

Butterflies ~ Isla

Bumblebees ~ Amelia

Ladybirds ~ Layla

Maple ~ Honey

Willow ~ Lucas

Laurel ~ Phoebe

Birch ~ David

Pine ~ Fahmida

Cedar ~ Emily