Each child in the school belongs to one of the 4 school houses.
Children collect counters for each house point they receive. These are counted weekly and scores are recorded and celebrated as part of our weekly praise assembly, which takes place on a Friday.
All children can earn house points at any time as part of verbal and written praise. These can be given for a number of reasons including for example; fantastic effort, positive behaviour both in the classroom and outside on the playground, following the school rules, demonstrating the school values, good work as well as through positive learning behaviours such as learning from a mistake, co-operating effectively in group work activities or sharing an excellent answer or idea.
House Captains
Each house has two elected House Captains. House Captains are Y6 pupils that are elected to the role by their peers.
House Captains are expected to be role models for the rest of the school. These children aspire to be honest, hardworking and conscientious - ensuring that the rest of the school look up to them. They uphold and exemplify the school values and set a good example for behaviour and conduct both in and out of school.
- House Cup Winners Summer 26 - SATURN
- House Cup Winners Spring 26 - EARTH
- House Cup Winners Autumn 25 - SATURN
- House Cup Winners Summer 25 - NEPTUNE
School Council
At the start of each academic year, children put themselves forward to be part of the School Council. Their class vote for one child to be their school council representative. The school council meets half-termly and has a number of responsibilities and goals throughout the year.
School council duties include selling poppies during Remembrance, decorating the Christmas tree in the hall, working with the headteacher and Governors as representatives of pupil voice.
This year the council have devised a "Big Question" activity for each year group to investigate - developing reasoning and enquiry skills.
- Reception - What does kindness look like?
- Year 1 - What helps everyone feel safe, welcomed and valued at school?
- Year 2 - How can our choices affect other people even when we don't mean them to?
- Year 3 - What does fairness look like in our classroom and on the playground?
- Year 4 - How can listening be as powerful as speaking?
- Year 5 - What responsibilities do we have to people we may never meet?
- Year 6 - How can small actions by many people create big change?
Eco Council
This year, the Eco Council is continuing to work on becoming more environmentally friendly. We are currently working on reducing our carbon footprint by increasing our recycling contributions. We are aiming to recycle as much lunchbox and snack packaging as we can.
The Eco Council are also working on a gardening project - developing our own allotment garden where we grow can grow a range of fruit, vegetables and herbs. The aim is to grow the produce we need for our DT cooking activities - becoming more sustainable over time.
Sports Crew
At The Willows, we have our very own Sports Crew.
Who are the Sports Crew?
- Children who like PE and are interested in all types of sport
- Children who participate well in PE lessons – they always have the correct kit; they uphold the school values and demonstrate good behaviour at all times.
- Children who want to help adults that lead on PE in school – they are fully engaged in lessons, they model good skills and behaviour e.g. fair play, abiding by rules and the referee’s decision
- Children who want to promote sport in school and help other children achieve well in PE
- Children who are willing and able to attend after school clubs and work with the Sports Leader to help other children at the club
- Children who help to lead school sporting events - Sports Day, competitions and tournaments
- Children who support and promote physical activity at break and lunchtimes
- Children who will meet with Headteacher and Sports Leader every half term to discuss sport and PE and how it can be improved and sustained across the school
The Sports Crew are currently working on the following priorities with Mr Turner & Miss MacArthur
- devising physical challenges and activities to promote active, healthy lifestyles
- organising and supporting games activities at break and lunchtime
- organising and leading an inter house sports event once per term - speed stacking, fencing and multi-skills
Sports Day Winners Summer 26 - SATURN
Sports Day Winners Summer 25 - NEPTUNE