As we begin to focus more on working through Growing With Gratitude and building the resilience of our students, in Pastoral Care and across the school, we have implemented some positive reinforcement through the Gotcha! system.

Each week will have a focus (kindness, listening to others, gratitude, empathy, etc) and Pastoral Care activities will reflect this.

WEEK 3 FOCUS – KINDNESS (treating and speaking to others with kindness) 

During Week 3, when staff witness a student in Year 7 demonstrating kindness to others – they will give them a Gotcha! ticket. On the card, we will write their name, and a quick sentence to indicate why they got the card and sign it. The student can then pop the Gotcha! ticket in the Gotcha! box in the Learning Hub. At the end of the week, we will draw a winner out of the Gotcha! box and they will win a prize.

We are all looking forward to seeing lots of kindness happening in our school. Keep an eye out in the next newsletter for our first Gotcha! winners.

Kate Cameron - Wellbeing Leader