Star of the day !?

[Mamamia344]

My son has been at school for a month now and I've seen every child come out as 'star of the day'. He was loving school but is becoming increasingly anxious as to why he hasn't had it.
I emailed the school asking what exactly star of the day is and what it is based on so I can explain to my son - as yet they haven't replied.
I really can't see any benefits for using this system. My son is gentle and mostly well behaved so I do not understand why he wouldn't get it.

@AirEngland

I’m sure he’ll get it soon. If they’ve been at school for 4 full weeks than that’s only 20 days so presumably 1/3 of the class haven’t received one yet. And that’s assuming they started on day 1 or had days when they’re too busy/forget etc.

I hope so - he'll be over the moon when he does, bless him!

It will be a tool used for the more, ahem.. “spirited” children, as soon as they have a relatively ‘good’ day, they will get it. Welcome to modern day school life unfortunately.
Honestly, I would take it as a really good sign that he hasn’t had it - they obviously haven’t needed the encouragement/bribery/pointless reward for him. Totally understand his stress though

@WhatInTheBodenIsThis

My daughter used to get excited and then a bit disheartened when she wasn't given it, I'd just praise her at home and tell her that sometimes other children need a bit more support in doing or behaving in a way that comes easy to her such as sitting still in class, being quite and listening when the teacher talks, sharing resources etc.

If your son is getting anxious that he hasn't it yet I'd maybe do similar and try to not make a big deal of it, with my daughter I used to tell her to keep doing what she's doing and how proud we are etc.

Thank you, this is a great approach as I probably cannot change the system. Will just to work out how to handle it.

@BrownCloak

It will be a tool used for the more, ahem.. “spirited” children, as soon as they have a relatively ‘good’ day, they will get it. Welcome to modern day school life unfortunately. Honestly, I would take it as a really good sign that he hasn’t had it - they obviously haven’t needed the encouragement/bribery/pointless reward for him. Totally understand his stress though

Thank you. This has helped to put my mind at ease a bit :)