School Prospectus - Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk
School Prospectus - Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk School Prospectus - Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk
Governors The school’s governors form a dedicated team with a strategic role in setting aims and objectives, agreeing targets, budgets, policies and priorities and monitoring effectiveness. It also evaluates the school’s performance through results and data, outside agency reports and the School Development Plan. Governors also compile their own development plan and review this annually. The range of skills, experience and expertise among the governors is considerable and this enables the governing body to support the school across many areas and in various ways. For example, professional expertise supports subject areas, educational visits, pastoral issues, premises inspection and building projects. Each governor is linked to a subject department, a management team or year group. Governors attend all major school events and form an important link between parents and staff if third party contact is needed, and they can always be reached through the school or on parents’ evenings. The governors are an enthusiastic and dedicated group who enjoy the school’s successes and progress. However, they take the role of ‘critical friend’ very seriously and challenge the school’s senior leadership team on issues of performance and effectiveness. The current chairman of governors is Mark Little, who has two children at Smithdon. Should you wish to contact Mark regarding any aspect of governance or with any concerns, please do so via the school email address - office@smithdon.norfolk.sch.uk - marking your email ‘FAO Mark Little’, and he will contact you as quickly as possible. For further information, or if you are interested in becoming a governor in the future, please contact the Clerk to the Governors through the school. Governor Leadership Team • Chairman Mr M Little • Vice chair Miss J Elsley • Vice chair Mr H Griffiths A full list of governors can be found on the school website. 14 “We have improved our school by introducing recycling.” - Year 8 student
Rewards Rewards are vital in reaffirming to our students that we recognise and are proud of their achievements. At Smithdon High School we believe that students’ successes should be praised and celebrated, and we have several ways of recognising achievement, effort, progress and perseverance. We try to encourage students to do well by rewarding those who make good progress. Merits are awarded to Years 7, 8 & 9 with Personal Achievement Records for Years 10 and 11, together with congratulatory postcards. End of term reward trips are also held for students whose behaviour and attendance have been very good. In addition, excellent attendance is celebrated. We would wish to be informed of any achievements out of school so that we can celebrate these. We celebrate student achievement in weekly and end of term assemblies. We have a series of very special days in July when parents are invited to join with us to celebrate the students’ many successes. We have recently introduced the High Fliers Club and the High Five Club, rewarding students who are not only achieving high levels of attainment, but also those students who are performing above their target grades. In addition the school has recently implemented a School Ambassador scheme, where Year 11 students apply to be ambassadors for the school and are interviewed by senior members of staff and school governors before being selected for the role. As well as representing their peers, these students also attend school functions and are given extra responsiblitites to reward their mature approach to school life. Our rewards schemes include: • SIM points • PARs • Reward trips • High fliers club • High five club • Attendance rewards • School ambassadors “I have my silver certificate for merits and I’m working for my gold.” - Year 7 student 15
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Rewards<br />
Rewards are vital in reaffirming to our students that we recognise and are proud of their achievements. At<br />
<strong>Smithdon</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> we believe that students’ successes should be praised and celebrated, and we have several<br />
ways of recognising achievement, effort, progress and perseverance.<br />
We try to encourage students to do well by rewarding those who make good progress. Merits are awarded to Years<br />
7, 8 & 9 with Personal Achievement Records for Years 10 and 11, together with congratulatory postcards.<br />
End of term reward trips are also held for students whose behaviour and attendance have been very good. In<br />
addition, excellent attendance is celebrated.<br />
We would wish to be informed of any achievements out of school so that we can celebrate these. We celebrate<br />
student achievement in weekly and end of term assemblies. We have a series of very special days in July when<br />
parents are invited to join with us to celebrate the students’ many successes.<br />
We have recently introduced the <strong>High</strong> Fliers Club and the <strong>High</strong> Five Club, rewarding students who are not only<br />
achieving high levels of attainment, but also those students who are performing above their target grades.<br />
In addition the school has recently implemented a <strong>School</strong> Ambassador scheme, where Year 11 students apply to<br />
be ambassadors for the school and are interviewed by senior members of staff and school governors before being<br />
selected for the role. As well as representing their peers, these students also attend school functions and are given<br />
extra responsiblitites to reward their mature approach to school life.<br />
Our rewards schemes include:<br />
• SIM points<br />
• PARs<br />
• Reward trips<br />
• <strong>High</strong> fliers club<br />
• <strong>High</strong> five club<br />
• Attendance rewards<br />
• <strong>School</strong> ambassadors<br />
“I have my silver certificate for merits and I’m working for my gold.” - Year 7 student<br />
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