Headteacher Merit Award Winners Nov 2012
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Wowzas! What a lot of winners this half term. I think that is a reflection on the amazing effort of the children. Well done to:
| Who won? | What for? | More specifically |
| Tansy Russell- Mead | Focus | Tansy is always very attentive in her learning and her concentration on any task is always excellent. She has made great progress this team because of this. |
| Callum lethbridge | Perserverance | Callum has really tried hard this team to persevere in his learning and has really worked hard to improve his reading and his writing. We are all really proud of you Callum. |
| Caitlin Marsland | Maturity | Even when she makes mistakes she makes every effort to learn from them in a mature way. |
| Tia Scrace | Maturity | She is a good role model in class. |
| Oliver Berry | Maturity | Maturity, for being willing to work collaboratively with many different children, for being a fun member of the class without being disruptive, for having a positive attitude to his learning. |
| Emily Gribble | Maturity | Maturity, always a grown up attitude to all aspects of school, friendships, completion and presentation of work, homework always in on time and to a great standard. Ignores others when they are being distracting. Remembering jobs she has within the weekly routine of school. Always makes the right decision. Encourages others. Great role model. |
| Oliver Bowring | Maturity | Always on task, completion of work to the time scale given. Never messes around even when others are around him. Makes the right decisions. Always organised and ready. Great role model. |
| Erin Johnson | Maturity, Honesty, Focus, Respect | Focus, for having excellent listening skills. Respect, for taking pride in your work, always listening to staff and taking care of school resources. For being an all round model pupil. |
| Lily Kitchen | Maturity | Maturity in her writing – she really thinks about her audience and makes effort to entertain whoever is reading her work! |
| Belinda Dawe | Maturity | She is a calming and gentle influence on her peers and always aims to help and support others. |
| Sinead Donavon | Maturity | Always working hard, giving her best and just quietly and efficiently going about the school day. |
| Lilianna Crean | Perserverance | Has worked really hard in my maths group and at home to learn her tables and number bonds. |
| Zoe Housley | Perserverance | Always tries hard at everything, especially maths, even though she might find some some bits hard. |
| Nicole Daley | Maturity, Perserverance, Focus | She works really hard in all subjects and concentrates incredibly. She is very sensible and reliable, a perfect class member. |
| Thomas Grinney | Honesty, Respect | Respect: for showing a good attitude towards the young children and staff in the play ground at lunch times, and also helping the staff with the younger children in our school at lunch, playing games. |
| Charlie Gribble | Maturity, Perserverance, Respect | He works really hard, listens to advice and is very good at caring for other people. A great person to have in class. |
| Bailey Vodden | Maturity, Perserverance, Focus, Respect | Bailey is always respectful towards adults and his peers. He shows maturity and great focus in his attitude towards his learning, concentrating on tasks until he achieves them. Plus he is superb at ICT and always willing to help other children with their Blogs. |
| Lily Marder | Maturity, Perserverance, Focus, Respect | Lily is always helpful and courteous towards adults and she shows maturity and determination in lessons. Furthermore, it is really good to see that all this effort has resulted in superb progress with her learning. |
| Liam Williams | Maturity | Liam works carefully on all tasks he is set. He looks out for others and helps them when they are finding things difficult. He can always be relied upon to help an adult and to be on task. |
| Amy Jones | Maturity | Amy has been an incredible role model. She has the right attitude to her learning, even things she finds difficult. She can always be relied on to complete tasks for adults in school and takes pride in completing her homework to a high standard. |
| Jessica Sandland | Maturity | For a responsible attitude to her learning, her support for her classmates and her independence if focus activities. |
| Kai Shanks | Maturity, Perserverance | Kai has a great attitude to his learning. He works hard, even when he finds things tricky, he keeps trying or asks for help and takes advice on board. He is a great team player and is good at finding compromises and other ways to solve conflicts. |
| Daisy Langford | Perserverance, Focus | She works consistently brilliantly in phonics. |
| Paris Whyte | Maturity, Respect | Paris is both mature and respectful. She is a great person to have in the school/classroom. She makes us smile every day  |
| Jessica skolik | Perserverance, Maturity* | She has gained immense confidence this term so far. I’m really impressed and enlightened with how she is no longer as shy as she used to be in our guided group. Also she has persevered in every subject to her best abilities. WELL DONE JESSICA. |
| Charlie Hatt | Maturity, Perserverance | Charlie is becoming a very mature and caring member of the class. He works hard in his lessons and always tries to do his best. We look forward to seeing more of his character emmerge during the year. |
| Aston Harvey | Maturity | Aston has recently had grommets fitted, and he has come back into school with a very positive attitude to learning. |
| Ronnie Seatherton | Maturity, Perserverance | Ronnie is new to our school and has settled in to the family of Hayward’s really well. She shows great perseverance when trying to find her way around the school. |
| Libertie Brookes-North | Maturity | Is always sensible and thinks before she acts. Libertie is trustworthy to follow instructions and I can always rely on her to get things done with as little fuss as possible. |
| Matthew Hartshorne | Honesty | Matthew is always reliable to tell the truth when he has witnessed something and explains what happens and is fair when explaining. |
| Ryan Seward | Maturity, Focus | Ryan’s whole disposition and attitude has improved this term. He is doing lots of drawing and writing at home and is bringing his work into school to share with the whole class. His Mum has also commented on the change she has seen in him. |
| Joshua Foxford | Perserverance, Respect | Josh found writing very difficult when he started school and needed support with pencil grip. He has persevered and now shows great improvement with his grip and enjoys writing his name. He also took a little while to settle into school but now he is a quiet, caring and helpful member of the class. |
| Noah Britnell | Respect | Respect, for the others in his class during lessons and lunch times, plus a sharing, caring attitude. |
| Ruby Addison | Perserverance | Ruby shows great perseverance in all tasks. |
| Krystal-Louise Toye | Perserverance, Respect* | Krystal displays all the qualities of being a respectful, caring friend to her peers. She is also persevering well when applying herself to her tasks. Always tries really hard with her work although she finds a lot of things difficult. |
| Adam Cavanagh | Focus | Adam during role play enjoys being ‘teacher-in-role’ and through his conversation and actions in child initiated play he shows his love of learning and how focused he has been through directed activities. |
| Ozzie Fairchild | Maturity | Ozzie approaches his work with consideration and his attitude to distractions shows great maturity. He can be counted on to be ‘on task’. |
| Lily Ludgate | Maturity | Lily is always mature enough to support children who are upset, she will go and support them and make feel better. |
| Ellie Bishop | Maturity, Perserverance | Ellie always tries he best to produce her best work and will often produce extra work at home. She is a great listener and shows others how to concentrate. |
| Troy Strong | Maturity | Troy thinks about how react in situations and is able to make responsible decisions. He is doing well with his Knights Quest and understands what he needs to do to improve in his learning. |
| Callum Brown | Perserverance, Focus | Continued focus this half term in all areas of his literacy and Numeracy. Working to the best of his ability, persevering when tasks were difficult. Sustained concentration in lesson time and a developing positive attitude to his work. |
| Felicity Harland | Maturity, Perserverance | For her excellent role model behaviour in class. Great working relationship with her class teacher and teaching assistant- Ms Kirby. For good progress over the term, persevering with difficult tasks and challenging work. Supporting other children in her group. |
| Jack Brimilcombe | Maturity, Honesty, Perserverance, Focus, Respect | Jack supports another child in the class who was experiencing difficulties. He has shown maturity, focus and perseverance in the activities of Write Dance and other areas of learning. |
| Anna Zawila | Maturity, Honesty, Perserverance, Focus, Respect | Anna has grown in confidence and is now able to persevere with tasks she finds difficult especially as English is not her first language. |
| Shannon Devonport | Perserverance | For persevering in maths, gaining confidence and practising during playtime and at home without being asked. |
| Luca Taylor-Hayden | Maturity | Having a very mature attitude towards his own learning, showing independence and perseverance. (I also think he values his academic opportunities but not sure of the best way of wording it!)) |
| Megan Hartshorne | Maturity, Honesty, Perserverance, Focus, Respect* | Megan is a fantastic all-rounder, who consistently shows each of the 5 aspects, so I can’t choose just one! In particular she quietly focuses on her work and also shows a fantastic attitude in supporting others |
| George Wilshire | Perserverance, Focus | George has been working really hard this term, persevering with all aspects of his learning. I have specifically noticed how focused he is in Literacy, answering some tricky questions and sharing some very well thought out ideas. |
| Owen Sanders | Maturity | So far this term, Owen has been trying really hard to stay on track. I know he has blips occasionally, but overall he has been a lot more mature in his attitude to work and play. He is always helpful and takes all his responsibilities very seriously. He is learning to have fun without getting silly and I think this is another important step forward. |
| Charlotte Moore | Perserverance, Focus | For focus and perseverance, particularly in guided reading. |
| Louise Cann | Perserverance | Perseverance – Although Louise sometimes finds the learning difficult, she has an excellent approach to her learning and keeps going. She also supports and encourages other children in her group. |
