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Northway Primary School is based in Wavertree, Liverpool with around 325 pupils. Its previous reward scheme was a paper system which was difficult to manage. Teachers found it difficult to keep track of the rewards given, and to identify if any pupils were getting too many or too few. The behaviour co-ordinator had to manually go through the paper system to see how pupils were doing and running the whole school house points system was incredibly time consuming.
Yasmin Daws, Teacher, Northway Primary School, Liverpool said "We began using Carrot Rewards in September 2015 and it has been a resounding success. One of our pupils went home raving about it so much that her mum, a teacher at another school, got in touch to find out more. Her school started using it this September."
"It was really easy to set up and start using. The team at Carrot Rewards are there to answer any questions we have, and their customer service is excellent. It made introducing Carrot Rewards really easy, something which is often not the case with new systems and processes that need to be used across the whole school."
"We reward pupils for their individual hard work, behaviour in class, playtime behaviour, homework, and "topic challenges" which are half termly projects done at home based on that terms theme. It is great that we can choose what we want to reward, and what competitions we want to run. Points also count towards whole school competitions and House points. This means that not only are the children working hard for their own benefit, they are also working to benefit their House."
"The reporting system means that we can ensure that our rewards scheme includes all pupils, as we can easily monitor to ensure that no children are missing out, or receiving too many. It also helps with pupil assessment as it helps us to notice recurring themes such as regular minus points, homework not being returned, and pupils not receiving rewards."
"It has also, really importantly, helped with time management. Before there was so much time wasted on managing the paper system rewards and organising house points. Now it is all automated. Our behaviour co-ordinator is delighted as she can use it to help monitor behaviour across the whole school, saving her a significant amount of time."
"It has made a real difference in our school. It encourages pupils to work hard in the classroom, and we have seen a remarkable improvement in behaviour with children who were previously disinterested in our old paper based system, and there have been other benefits. In the past homework wasn’t submitted as often as we would have liked, but recently we have been getting everyone’s in as they are so keen to earn the rewards."
"The younger kids love earning the rewards, and seeing the avatar that they have created flash up on screen. The older kids like earning the rewards as they can be used to buy things from the Carrot Shop. I like that we speak to the children to find out what they want in the shop, and source these prizes ourselves, meaning that it is really personal to our school, and budget."
"The teachers have really embraced Carrot Rewards, and often say how much easier it is to use than our old paper based system. All teacher have touch screens in the classroom so older pupils are given their rewards immediately as they earn them. With the really young children, we have found it best to wait until the end of the day and then give them out all at once."
"Parents are also really enjoying logging in to find out how their child is doing, and it has definitely improved communication between the school and parents, as they are quick to want to discuss the rewards, or minus points, their child has received."
"It is also great value for money. We looked at a variety of reward schemes. Whilst there are some free online reward tools available, these are only for individual teachers, and don’t have a whole school management and reporting system behind them or the fantastic customer support we have had from Carrot Rewards."
