Dojo points?

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My son is in reception and has been talking about dojo points. Tonight he said he felt sad as he only has 1 and it be people have more including one very naughty boy so now he thinks he is naughty aswell. Does anyone know what these are and what they Mean? Does it mean my child hasn't been behaving? I didn't know what to say as have never heard of them before. Thanks

Sorry type error! Other people have more.

At my dc school dojo points are awarded for good behaviour or work. They don't use them in reception though.
Dc3 is in year 1 and only has a few as her teacher says they don't really get it and they're using it more to encourage behaviour.
Ds2 is in year 6 and has over 100. Higher up the school they're awarded for everything to encourage behaviour, homework and standards in school work.
Speak to your dcs teacher and get them to re explain it to your dc. Definitely make sure they are aware your dc thinks he's naughty so they can address that

Our school runs the dojo system. Parents can get the app and get a unique code from the school to log on to register for your child/children. It then acts as a way to send messages to the teacher and for them to send pictures about what the class or your child is up to. At our school pints are awarded for homework/ behaviour/ attendance / on time to school and million and one other random things and you can see the points your child has got on the app. They are used as a bit of an incentive / reward system but I'm not sure the children actually get anything at the end of the year for getting the most or anything like that. I'd say to speak to the teacher to confirm if they are expecting you to use the dojo app and if so to get access to this. I'd also speak to the teacher to say that your son is feeling a bit sad about the points and they should be able to explain what has been happening and explain to your son why they have /haven't been awarding points. It may be that he hasn't been aware that they have been adding points for him. Or he genuinely could be misbehaving in class - in which case you'll need a conversation with the teacher about how to address this.

They're just another method of giving out merit/house/reward points only on the computer (or interactive whiteboard) with little monster icons for each pupil (which amuses DD2 endlessly as she loves funny monster type characters anyway). How the school use those points varies - in my own kids' school they earn a class treat, and some classes have a "shop" where they can exchange their points for plastic tat (bouncy balls and the usual party bag type fillers).

There's other bits to the system like messaging and stuff but our school doesn't use that - and the amount the teachers give out the points varies quite widely too. Basically we don't use the parent side of it at all.

To be honest it's lost on DD2 who tends to just float off into a daze of comparing all the different little monsters and deciding which ones she would have as her friends and who's got the one with three eyes and the like...

Classdojo www.classdojo.com/en-gb/?redirect=true

Very popular but schools use it in different ways. Talk to the teacher about how they use it and what your DS should or should not be doing. It could easily be that he's just been overlooked.

My DS had it in reception and it was brilliant! Fantastic way to interact with the teacher as they can respond whenever is convenient for them and you get a summary at the end of each week to see how they'd got on.
DS only got a few points each week.
Teacher used to use it as a newsletter and a way of sending out notices for the following week.
I really miss it!

Dd6 is really trying to collect them. Always does her work and behaves really good. Ds8 couldn't care less.
They get postcards and pins as a reward.