Outreach

• +5 for donating blood

• +3 for a 1 litre container of bottle caps.

• +3 for a 250 ml container of bread tags.

• +1 for every four items of stationery (Term 1).

• +5 for every blanket or item of warm clothing in (Term 2).

• +1 for every can of food (Term 3).

• +1 for every item contributed to a Christmas box or 20 points per complete box (Term 4).

A maximum of 40 points can be earned for outreach in one term.

Academic

• Points are awarded based on each boy’s average at the end of each term.

• Points are only awarded to those boys whose average is 60% or above.

• The number of points awarded is equal to half of the term average.

• +2 for attending a school-based extra lesson

Running

• +4 for running 4 km faster than 30 minutes (6:30 per km).

• One additional point is awarded for every km more than 4 km.

A maximum of 40 points can be earned for running in one term.

Involvement

• +1 for wearing your house tie on a thursday.

• +2 for getting a lion heart award.

• +4 for supporting official school events.

• +5 for attending an IH event trial / training.

• +18 for winning an ih house event (decreasing by two for every position).

Colours (Sport or Culture)

• +50 for a team award.

• +100 for half colours.

• +150 for full colours.

• +200 for honours.

Your point score earns certain privileges, depending on your status:

score > 400 → SILVER

score > 500 → GOLD

score > 750 → ONYX

• -1 for unpolished shoes.

• -2 for not attending a compulsory extra lesson.

• -2 (per day) for late reply slips.

• -3 for arriving late for registration.

• -3 for being unshaven.

Points can be used to remove detentions issued by teachers, with their permission.

• -5 for a 45-minute detention.

• -10 for a 90-minute detention.

Negative score = Abernethy detention: thursday or friday from 14:15 until 15:00 (+10)