Our Praise Culture

At Little Lever School, we know people are motivated by the positives, far more than the negatives.

Seeking success and happiness will spur stronger action than seeking to avoid punishment. Psychological studies repeatedly show that people are far more likely to be spurred to action by a vision of a positive outcome than they are by avoiding a negative one. We place a great sense of importance on the use of praise and rewards. 

Every student has the opportunity to earn achievement points every day. 

Students earn achievement points for upholding the values of Being Kind, Working Hard and Taking Responsibility as well as demonstrating the Little Lever habits. 

Daily Points

Each day every student is automatically issued 3 achievement points called Daily Points.

Daily Points represent our minimum expectations that students follow our Core Values and Perfect Climate in their three lessons, every day. 

Each day we reward the form in each year group who have collectively gained the most points the previous day. The form with the highest points total receives 'fast-pass' break and lunchtime stickers for everyone in the form, which allows them access to the front of the queues for a quicker service. 

These are announced and distributed every morning on the yard at the form line up by Senior Leaders. Each winning form receives a round of applause by the rest of the year group, sharing their success which in turn, nurtures that community spirit of helping every person achieve things they never through they could. 

Reward Point Categories

Each day in PREP time public praise is given to each form group based on the total achievement points the form earned the previous day. This promote a sense of family, belonging and teamwork. There is also public recognition for individual students who have gone above and beyond to demonstrate our values and habits each day. Here are all the achievement points categories every student is able to receive on a daily basis:

Weekly, Half-Termly and Termly Awards

The recipients of these awards will be shared publically in school. They represent outstanding contributions students have made to our values of Be Kind, Work hard and Take Responsibility. 

Be Kind

• Kindness Award: Staff nominate students who go above and beyond in demonstrating acts of kindness both in and out of school.
• Charity Fundraising Stars: Students who go above and beyond in charity work both in-school and in the community.

Work Hard

• Praise List: Recognising students who have worked hard in lessons, completed their retrieval practice and successfully managed their own behaviour each fortnight. 
• Gold Awards: Students who appear on every Praise List each half term.
• Rewards Points Champions: Students who achieve net 250 points each half term
• Praise Wall: A showcase of outstanding student classwork which is shared on our website and social media news feeds, student briefing and displayed in school.

Take Responsibility

• Progress Stars: Improvements in all aspects of school life - step targets progress, attendance, habits etc
• Magic 15: Attending every session every day (3 sessions) for the whole week (15 sessions).

Praise Auction

On the last day of each half term the school puts on a Praise Auction.

Students who achieve a NET points total of 100 points or more in a term are invited to join the auction and use their points to bid for a range of prizes. 

Prizes range from chocolates, to shopping vouchers, games consoles, kindles, books, sports equipment, football, makeup and self care gifts and activities to TVs! 

The auction is a 'blind' auction. Students bid for any of the prizes that they are able to 'purchase' with their points, by writing down their points on a bid slip, with their full name and posting it in the bid-box. Winners will be picked at random during our live broadcast at the end of the school day.