{"id":4720,"date":"2024-02-11T00:43:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/?page_id=4720"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:50:35","slug":"house-points","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/house-points\/","title":{"rendered":"House Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">NEW FOR APRIL 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/header>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4724\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2024\/02\/11004600\/HOUSE-O-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2024\/02\/11004600\/HOUSE-O-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2024\/02\/11004600\/HOUSE-O-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2024\/02\/11004600\/HOUSE-O.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>At Wallacewell Primary School we believe that <em>TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK<\/em>. We operate a House System where children along with their siblings are placed into a House for the duration of their time at Wallacewell Primary School. Our House System has been introduced to promote positive <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">behaviour<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">encourage<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> the philosophy of team spirit, fair play and togetherness.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Children are given \u2018House Points\u2019 from all members of teaching, support and admin staff for demonstrating our school values within the school.\u00a0These \u2018House Points\u2019 accumulate over the course of a week. At the end of each term the points are added up and the winning House is awarded an afternoon treat. In addition, children will compete in their Houses at Sports Day,\u00a0 with 2 Houses competing in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Pupils will\u00a0 receive \u2018House Points\u2019 during sports day and these are then added to the scores throughout the year culminating in the \u2018House of the Year\u2019 award.<\/p>\n<p>Every term there are House Meetings where children and staff from the same houses come together to carry out a task or discuss school issues.<\/p>\n<p>Our Houses are named after Scottish mountain and are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Ben Nevis (Blue)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Ben Lomond (Yellow)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Ben More (Red)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Ben<\/strong> <strong>Chonzie (Green)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Climbing Mountains @ Wallacewell<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Each House has a Captain from Primary 7 and a Vice Captain from Primary 6 who are voted in by their peers following speeches by each candidate.<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>House Captains for Session 2023-24 (Primary 7 Pupils)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>To be elected soon\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.28571rem\">Vice Captains for Session 2023-24 (Primary 6 pupils)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>To be elected soon\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW FOR APRIL 2024 At Wallacewell Primary School we believe that TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. 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