Perseverance, Responsibility, Opportunity, Unity and Diversity
At Clacton County High School, we teach you to be PROUD of what you do and how to achieve the success that you rightly deserve, both at school and in your life as a whole. Having pride in what you do and how you present yourself will enable you to increase your self-esteem; this in turn will help you realise your dreams.
Our PROUD initiative supports our ethos of ‘Higher Expectations, Raising Aspirations’ by promoting an attitude to learn and do well. Being a student at CCHS is more than just about academic results, we want you and all students at CCHS, to be part of the broader community, to have compassion and empathy for others and to become good citizens with an understanding of the importance of modern British values.
Our PROUD ideals focus on Perseverance, Responsibility, Opportunity, Unity and Diversity and encourage you to look beyond school and exceed your own personal expectations.
We have a number of ways in which we reward our students at CCHS, but on a daily basis, you can be awarded PROUD points.
PROUD points follow our PROUD values. You can be awarded 3 PROUD Points for every lesson that you attend. There will be a maximum of 14 points available per day, with 2 PROUD Points also awarded during form time.
PROUD Points will be awarded for:
Punctuality - turning up to lesson on time
Behaviour – points will be awarded for good behaviour
Classwork/homework - producing outstanding classwork and homework
It is important to remember that points can be deducted for failure to meet the expectations of the Behaviour for Learning policy.
PROUD+ points will be awarded to you, if and when you demonstrate any element of our PROUD ethos. This can be both inside and outside of the classroom and includes:
Perseverance Responsibility Opportunity Unity Diversity
You will be able to spend your PROUD and PROUD+ points in the school PROUD shop. The shop is open every Monday lunchtime in Clouds restaurant and below are examples of items that have previously been on sale, however, items will be updated weekly, according to availability and demand:
Pens/Pencils
Rulers
Highlighters
Pencil cases
Water bottles
Keyrings
Vouchers (CLOUDS Food Vouchers/Love to Shop)
In addition to spending points, there will also be the opportunity for the top achiever of Proud/Proud+ points, in each year group each week, to receive a ‘Golden Ticket’. This will allow you to ‘jump the queue’ and go to the front in Clouds restaurant, with a friend.
Clacton County High School aims to provide a caring environment where you will develop your full potential and your achievements are celebrated. If you earn the highest amount of PROUD points (this excludes PROUD + points), you will be eligible for our end of term ‘reward’. This is often decided by students through a school survey. The termly reward will be announced at the beginning of each term in assemblies or through form time.
You will be recognised for your wonderful achievements through our PROUD badges. You can earn a PROUD badge for:
PROUD Ambassador – if you have volunteered to work on school projects and community projects, you will be awarded a PROUD ambassador badge.
PROUD Points - you will receive a bronze PROUD badge, if you manage to achieve 100% of the PROUD points on offer to you throughout an entire school year. You will continue to earn a silver badge, should you do this for a second year, and then finally a gold badge for a third year.
PROUD - If you demonstrate any element of our PROUD ethos and are nominated by a teacher, you could be awarded a badge for that specific element of PROUD.
We believe attendance is particularly important to your development, which is why the expectation is that you attend every day when school is open. In order to celebrate this we will reward you in the following ways:
If you have 100% attendance for each term, you will be entered on a termly roll of honour, to be published in the school’s Parent News.
If you have 100% attendance for the year, you will also be entered on an annual roll of honour, to be published in the first newsletter of the following academic year.
Each week there is a draw from all 100% attendees, picked at random, for a £5 reward. One for each year group.
Those with 100% attendance in each year group also have the chance to win the ‘Golden Ticket’ each week, whereby you are able to ‘jump the queue’ to go to the front, in Clouds restaurant, with a friend.
Those with 100% attendance and the most number of PROUD points each week (top ten in each year group) will also get a personal email sent to your parents from the Assistant Headteacher.
The form group within each year group, with the highest number of students with 100% attendance for each month will receive a food hamper reward.
The attendance team will present weekly attendance percentages for each form and publish league tables.
Top recipients’ names will be published in Parent News, be displayed on the plasma TV screens and on notice boards at regular intervals