david wright dwright@dubaibritishschool.ae head of dbs house system praise and rewards coordinator...

David Wrightdwright@dubaibritishschool.ae

Head of DBS House SystemPraise and Rewards Coordinator

The power of whole school praise and reward

Essential community for students, especially those away from home nations

Integral part of the school pastoral systemPupil lead system promotes wide variety of

skills, e.g. teamwork, leadership, confidence, etc

DBS culture - community school - cohesion & camaraderie, memories for pupils.

Importance of House System

Pupil voice at DBS - Presidential team, Head of House team, Marketing Team. Power to implement their ideas, e.g. to decide upon new house names for 2015 in collaboration with the Arabic department.

A wide variety of events - key for inclusion of every pupil.

House charities - decided by both Secondary and Primary House Captains. Variety of scales for charities.

Epraise Points system - online as well as tokens and stickers. ‘Golden tickets’ for SLT. Whole staff meetings, led by pupils.

Key features:

House launch

Traditional events

Sports DaySwim GalaWinter Extravaganza

House Wars

House Quiz

Spring Special Poetry Slam

Transition Event

Staff well-being

20 points needed to enter the staff prize draw. Monitored by House Captains. Leaderboard displayed in staff room.

Well-being?Tanya Drew - previous Head of Secondary at DBS:“We should give young people the opportunity to stand up and speak, and we should have the courage to sit down and listen. By doing this we can build character and the skills young people will need to collaborate, lead and thrive in adult life.”

Brendon Fulton - Head of Secondary DBS:“High social capital - students and staff will do better.”