‘Little Golden Thank Yous’

‘Little Golden Thank Yous’ specifically reward actions under each of the three golden values. These are awards that staff and children can nominate someone for – with the ‘golden thank you’ placed in the child’s desk. Children look forward to receiving these and it gives them a quiet ‘thank you’ without the need for extrinsic reward. Nomination forms allow staff/children to select which value they are nominating, along with recording the action. The number of ‘thank yous’ for each value will be shared in celebration assembly each week, along with some examples.

A beautiful ‘golden’ display board has been created in the Year 6 corridor to celebrate the number of golden thankyous received each week.

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Values Throughout the School

Our weekly year group and phase assemblies are used to regularly reinforce messages linked to our golden values. These are carefully planned assemblies will teach children about the values through stories and real-life examples. Our timetable can be found here: ASSEMBLIES | westleighjunior

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Each half term, the children are introduced to a new inspirational person. These people link to our values, and are chosen as people who embody and demonstrate the golden values through their actions and choices. The children are able to complete a ‘challenge’ linked to these people, further developing their understanding.

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Our team challenges throughout the year will also give children the opportunity to explore the golden values whilst working in their house teams. Activities such as poster making, song-writing and more will allow them to engage with the values and consider how these can be demonstrated within school and beyond.

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Each classroom has a poster for their classroom with the golden values and their definitions, which is used to refer to within class/lessons.

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Wider Community

We will share the number of ‘thank yous’ awarded for each value in the newsletter each week, along with information about our inspirational person.

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This year we will be taking part in ‘Waddle on Sea’ – the penguin display across Southend to raise money for Havens Hospices. The children will be invited to design our baby penguin as part of a competition – with their design linking to our golden values.