What reward/discipline strategies does your school use?

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One local school uses heaps of stickers, everyone gets/earns one, two or three over the course of the day. In foundation this is often just for sitting on the carpet nicely, good lining up, listening etc. It seems to work very well and attention is focused on the 'getting on with being good' kids.

Other primary school has a storm/raincloud/sun/rainbow public display chart which is generally used at the moment as a threat. Only 1 or 2 kids a day make it to the rainbow. A huge amount of attention is taken up with the naughty kids.

How does your school discipline/reward and does it seem to work?

Old school- Foundation had the happy face/sad face system. Everyone starts the day on the happy face then moved to sad if naughty. If they modify behaviour they move back to happy.
KS1/2 had Golden Time. A minute was deducted when child was naughty and the ones who were good all term get a Golden Gift (plastic tat)

Current school- KS1 has lightening/cloud/rain/sun. Everybody starts on sun and moves down with each warning (but they can move up again)
KS2 have a list on the whiteboard of children who have been naughty and ignored warnings etc.
Both KS1 and KS2 have a whole class reward system whereby when the class gets to a certain level then they are rewarded with an extra play.

DD's reception class has a smiley face chart. Whoever gets the most simley faces by the end of the week gets a chart. Smiley faces are earned for pretty basic good behaviour (lining up properly, sitting and listening, doing something kind, etc).

They also have a slip system for bad behaviour. If the child gets 10 slips they have to go and see the headmaster. Slips are given for things like hotting, cheekiness, etc. I think in year 1 upwards, they are also given for quite slight misdemeanors. It seems to work though. All the children are terrified of getting a slip.

Stickers for Nursery & Reception. Y1 & Y2 get badges for good test results and stickers for exceptional pieces of work. Also 'table points' for the best working/behaving table of children.

All 4 classes have 2 stars of the week in the class. They get certificates for that (presented in assembly).

Stickers for good behaviour / work

10 stickers earns a metallic coloured badge - 4 different coloured badges to earn supposedly 1 coloured badge a year.

However, due to behaviour being included in the earning of merits some children with behaviour issues have earned all 4 badges by the time they reach yr 3 whilst the children who behave all the time have yet to earn their 3rd badge. Resulted in a lot of demotivated children, one child has started acting up so that he can get a merit wren he decides to behave well.

Parent feel a behaviour certificate system and work merits toward a badge would be an improvement

Our school rotates systems so each term is different but each term on top of what system is in place the teacher issues table points which earns the table a dip in the box when they get ten. Some terms children earn raffle tickets and a draw is made in Friday assembly for prizes (bits of tat) Some terms cards are issued and the class with the most cards gets the trophy, whoever's class gets the trophy the most times earns a class reward a party or a dvd afternoon with popcorn. Some terms stickers are handed out that earn certificates presented in the celebration assembly.Alongside that there are names on pegs around a smiley face, first offence peg is moved to a sad face, second offence peg is moved to teachers id necklace, third offence child takes peg to HT.
School is in a very deprived area with lots of children described as challenging however behaviour is outstanding according to OFSTED and I'd have to agree.

Hi Blackbag...

Playground: green card: good deed, amber card: warning about behaviour. Red card: dangerous/ bullying behaviour or fighting - earrns trip straight to Deputy Head Teacher for a chat. 3 ambers = 1 red card & straight to Deputy Head Teacher.

Merit cards: 2 sides. Left Side is merits grouped against different behavioural traits and right side is grid of about 100 blank merits. Little stickers are rewarded for variety of good behaviours: listening well, helping fellow students, doing extra work, doing good work, being helpful, etc... Merit cards work bronze, silver and gold. As you complete one you get a badge. Have to start again from bronze once you've earned your gold.

Stickers: Head Teacher awards them when students come in with certificats/ prizes/ trophies for out of school activities. Teacher's award them for theme related issues: currently being green stickers are being given out.

Badges: Awarded for walking into school at least 1 time a week.

Lunchtime supervisor stickers: for good/ helpful behaviour at lunch.

Prize for tidiest classroom of the week KS1 and KS2. Trophy in class for week.

Prize for lowest number of absences: out of whole school. Trophy in class for week.

In Reception they have a 'traffic light' system. Each day they every child starts with their card on green but it can be changed to amber or red if they break one of the school's 5 golden rules (they are warned once, then the card is changed if they need a second warning). If their card gets to red they lose some of their 'golden time' that afternoon.

In the rest of the school every class has Star of the Week (everybody gets this at least once per year).

There are Fine Diner awards (for behaviour in the lunch hall)

You can also get golden tickets for good work/behavior etc (these are entered in a weekly raffle and if your ticket comes up you win a small prize), or purple tickets for bad behaviour (lose golden time).

There is a Head Teacher's Award (1 per week per year) for persistently good behaviour - if you win that you get a half hour trip to the Rainbow Room (games room) with a friend.

...Head Teacher's Award (1 per week per year group)

Loads of different things, but one that I like is the class marble jar. Marbles are earned for all sorts of things - by individuals and by the class as a whole. When it's full, the whole class gets a treat. For example, when it got filled up last week, everyone was invited to bring in a teddy bears and they had a teddy bears' picnic at lunchtime. DD2's teddy especially enjoyed going to Recorder club!

It takes a long time to fill the jar, so the treats are genuinely looked forward to. And it's a much better way of using peer pressure than the usual "punish the whole class because someone's misbehaving".

Positives

House points - totals announced in assembly and the winning house has their colour ribbon on the house cup for the week. Children awarded certificates in assembly for reaching particular numbers of house points.
Table points - small prizes (mini pack haribo or a pencil/rubber etc) at the end of the week.
Steps up the ladder - v similar to marbles in a jar. Awarded when the whole class did well. Whole class reward when they get to the top of the ladder. Class usually come up with ideas and vote for their reward.

Negatives
Loss of golden time
Moved away from their table for a time-out if they continue
Missed playtimes/lunchtimes if the behaviour is persistant or severe.

All in all, attempting to reward individuals and the whole class for good behaviour, while penalising the individuals who don't behave. (No sanctions for the whole class based on individual children's behaviours)

House points - every term the winning 'house' gets to watch a DVD in the afternoon.
Table of the day - in the dinner hall, the best behaved table get stickers.
Star of the week - I child per class and given out by the Head in a special assembly every week.
Golden time - no detentions in the week means half an hour golden time on friday afternoons.
Golden Raffle - if the child gets a house point they get a raffle ticket which goes into the teachers pot. Each week the teacher will pull out a name from the pot and that child gets to choose a prize - mainly fancy pencils and rubbers. The more house points you get the greater the chance of winning.

Ours does 'smilies', pupils get smilie tokens for good behaviour and for every 10 smilies they get a sticker on their chart, 10 stickers gets a bronze award, next 10 gets silver, then gold and each has a letter home. They also do points for each year group which gets a prize for highest . They do a going for gold assembly each friday where various awards are given out and someone from each class is awarded a pupil of the week trophy and a prize.

Seems to work reasonably well.

star of the day, star of the week, rewards for manners etc, certs for reading
each team gets team points throughout the week- at the end the winning team get a harribo jelly each!
rain cloud for poor behaviour