Champion's breakfast for punctual pupils
Punctual Newington Green school pupils are being rewarded for their promptness
with a ‘Champion’s Breakfast’ in the staff room before school every Monday
morning. Pupils’ punctuality has improved significantly (from 65% - 90%) since
the initiative began in September 2004.
Each week punctuality is monitored and recorded for each class. The class with
the best punctuality record for the week is rewarded with a class breakfast on
the following Monday morning before school starts. The children are allowed to
eat their breakfast, which includes fresh fruit salad, a selection of fruit
juices, cereal and toast, in the staff room, a room normally out of bounds to
students. The pupils are also given a range of newspapers and books to read
over their meal.
Jennifer Slocombe, Learning Mentor at Newington Green School said: ‘The
children are so excited by the prospect of this breakfast that they are
competing with one another to be the most punctual! The number of latecomers
to school has dramatically decreased since we introduced the ‘Champion’s
Breakfast’. This is a fantastic achievement in such a short space of time.’
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