Manadon Vale Primary School has run a competition to choose a new house system which was introduced in September.
Headteacher Sarah Ryder said:
“We have re-introduced houses because they foster a sense of community and teamwork. It is wonderful to encourage children to contribute to school life and we want to reward those behaviours and help instil values that will stay with children all their lives.
“Moving to four houses means that children will be part of something bigger and their rewards will go towards a team effort. So far, the move has been received very positively by children, parents and staff.”
The school ran a competition in the school to suggest what the houses could be. There were some great ideas including names of sea creatures, trees and birds. Children voted for their favourites, and it was a narrow contest between the two favourites which were rivers and birds.
Rivers was suggested by Freya, Year 4, (pictured left) who won a prize for her idea. The four houses are called Meavy, Plym, Dart and Tamar and each house has a colour representing that river. The children receive coloured tokens which get poured into whole school tubes each week.
