ASPIRE Awards Badges
At Sir Harry Smith Community College, we are committed to providing a richly diverse learning experience that enables all learners to develop personally and make outstanding academic progress throughout their time with us. This is underpinned by our school ethos of Ambition and Aspiration for All.
Our ASPIRE Awards Badges programme is a brand new whole school initiative which affords all learners the opportunity to be recognised and rewarded for their achievements across the curriculum in school, and for their achievements outside of school, such as within their local community. The ASPIRE Awards Badges programme provides opportunities that students would otherwise not have to develop self-confidence, skills for life, leadership, and cultural capital in the 21st Century.
Our extra-curricular provision supports the ASPIRE Awards Badges programme, and attendance at these clubs will provide evidence towards many of the Badges. Click here to read more about our extra-curricular provision.
Our school ethos (Ambition and Aspiration for All) and values (Pursuit of Excellence; Valuing People; Achievement; High Quality Learning Experience; Extending the Boundaries of Learning; British Values) are at the heart of the programme.
All students are automatically enrolled onto the programme as part of their transition from Primary into Secondary and are supported to achieve their Badges throughout their time with us.
There are 6 strands within the programme:
- Achievement
- Service
- Participation
- Inclusive
- Responsibility
- Environment
The programme has three tiers of challenge:
- Bronze: to take part in
- Silver: To help organise
- Gold: To lead
We support students to achieve at least their Bronze Badge by the end of KS3 (Yr9), and Silver/Gold by the end of KS4.
We celebrate student success in our termly Celebration assemblies, where students receive their Badge, Certificate, and an invitation to a special event with other students and staff.
Parents/carers/families can support their children with progress towards their ASPIRE Awards Badges by encouraging their child to participate in the wide range of extra-curricular provision we have on offer, but also by updating their child’s form tutor on notable achievements/accomplishments they are proud of from outside of school and the form tutor can update the child’s record of achievement which is kept at school. You will be notified of progress made during each reporting cycle.
We are very much looking forward to working with you to recognise, reward, and celebrate your child’s success and achievements through our ASPIRE Awards Badges.
Please click on the below links to find out more.
Bronze Award
aCHIEVEMENT
| Acheivement |
|---|
| Receive an academic, sporting or cultural award from school. |
| Represent the school/club in your community in a team or individual sport, cultural or academic competition. |
| Receive regular and substantial praise in your books in a number of different subjects over a term. |
| Take part in a holiday/ weekend activity where your skill and or knowledge has deepened in a particular subject. |
| Show how you have overcome a significant barrier to learning at school. |
sERVICE
| Service |
|---|
| Donate once per term to a food bank or local community project. |
| Donate old school uniform/PE kit/books to school for the benefit of the school community. |
| Take part in a service activity outside school such as Scouts, Girl Guides, Air/Sea/Army Cadets for at least 6 sessions. |
| Be a tour guide for parents or visitors to the school both during school times and/or after school events. |
| Raise money for a charity by working with and supporting people and businesses in the local community. |
participation
| Participation |
|---|
| Attend an after-school club for six weeks either sporting, cultural and/or academic. |
| Become a regular reader in class/tutor time or complete the Lexonics/Readathon reading programme. |
| Participate in a school or outside school concert, show or sporting event. |
| Attend an out of school club for a sustained period and no less than 6 weeks. |
| Attend a lunch club for three weeks either sporting, cultural and/or academic. |
inclusive
| Inclusive |
|---|
| Actively participate in activities which explore and challenge bullying/racism/ homophobic views and stereotypes. |
| Complete all checkpoints for a new language of your choice on the DuoLingo App/Website. |
| Produce a project about a culture new to you or country that you have not lived in. |
| Visit a place of significant cultural difference within the UK. |
| Meet student who speaks a different language to you, and learn to greet them in their language. |
responsibility
| Responsibility |
|---|
| Take a lead role in and be a significant part of a lesson's structure. This should be recorded by a member of staff. |
| Be a recognised buddy for someone at school. |
| Make a positive contribution as a student receptionist and have a reference written up to make clear the positive contribution. |
| **Become an ambassador within one of the designated whole-school roles**. |
| Raise awareness of a subject or area across the school (displays, presentations, student voice). |
ENVIRONMENT
| Environment |
|---|
| Help with a recycling scheme in or out of school. |
| Actively participate in improving the school environment in a way which could be recorded and is substantial and sustained. |
| Help out at home with the gardening for at least 5 hours during a term. |
| Complete 5 litter picks during tutor time throughout the academic year. |
| Plant vegetables / fruit / frees in the student garden or technology garden areas. |
sILVER aWARD
Achievement
| Achievement |
|---|
| Help to organise an activity where significant endeavour must be demonstrated. |
| Represent the school/club across the wider community in a team or individual sport, cultural or academic event. |
| Organise an activity which called for determination and resilience to be shown by others. |
| Evidence where you have made significant progress in or out of class in a subject or skill. |
| Be an active organiser in a holiday/weekend activity where your skill or knowledge has deepened further. |
Service
| Service |
|---|
| Help to organise supporting an after school activity through providing a service to staff/ students/parents/community. |
| Organise tour guides for parents or visitors to the school both during school times or for after school events. |
| Organise a fund raising event such as a bake sale for a charity or community project. |
| Organise donations to a food-bank or local community project. |
| Research issues of crime in your local community and write a letter to your local MP to raise awareness. |
Participation
| Participation |
|---|
| Help to organise a sporting, cultural or academic activity for 12 weeks. |
| Be part of the organisation of a reading support group. |
| Help to organise a concert, show or sporting event. |
| Organise taking a buddy to a school club for 6 weeks. |
| Help to organise the School Book Fayre, selling books to other students. |
Inclusive
| Inclusive |
|---|
| Actively promote anti-racist and/or anti-homophobic activities and view point. |
| Organise and complete a research project on inclusion within SHS/Whittlesey |
| Help organise a project about a culture new to you or a country that you have not lived in. |
| Organise a trip to a place of significant cultural difference within the UK. |
| Research and lead an assembly on gender/ ethnic/class inequalities in the UK. |
Responsibility
| Responsibility |
|---|
| Help to organise an assembly for your own or another year group. |
| Take a key role in a sporting, cultural or academic fixture / concert / challenge which benefits your local community. |
| Help to organise an external visitor to come in and talk to students about a cultural issue. |
| Take an ambassador role either in or out of school. |
| Write a monthly newsletter for the school on current affairs within the local and wider community. |
Environment
| Environment |
|---|
| Help organise a recycling scheme for SHS students and community. |
| Volunteer or help organise a litter pick with the Whittlesey Street Pride Community group. |
| Help organise activities which would actively improve the school environment. |
| Organise 5 litter picks during your free time on consecutive days. |
| Help organise a gardening/environmental competition/project to make a positive change in your school or local environment. |
gOLD Award
Achievement
| Achievement |
|---|
| Be someone whose behaviour, attendance & record of progress is something to be admired. |
| Lead an activity where significant endeavour must be demonstrated. |
| Represent the region or country in a team or individual sport, cultural or academic competition. |
| Lead an activity which called for determination and resilience to be shown by others. |
| Lead a holiday/weekend activity where your skill and or knowledge has deepened in a particular subject. |
Service
| Service |
|---|
| Volunteer in a local charity shop or for an out of school charity event or community project. |
| Lead on establishing a charity donation at Christmas or other times of the year. |
| Be a leader of tour guides showing them how to conduct themselves whilst touring visitors to the school. |
| Lead on organising a collection in aid of a charity and/or community project. |
| Lead on a design or service which either helps make life easier or helps make people make progress in their daily lives. |
Participation
| Participation |
|---|
| Lead a reading group. |
| Lead a sporting, cultural or academic activity for 12 weeks. |
| Take a lead role in a concert, show or sporting event. |
| Lead the Readathon and/or Carnegie reading challenge. |
| Take on some form of leadership in an out of school club, substantiated by club leader. |
iNCLUSIVE
| Inclusive |
|---|
| Lead on promoting mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. |
| Lead a club that supports inclusion and diversity. |
| Be recognised for significant progress in a language not taught in the school curriculum. |
| Lead on a project about a culture new to you or country that you have not lived in. |
| Lead a trip to a place of significant cultural difference within the UK. |
rESPONSIBILITY
| Responsibility |
|---|
| Lead a significant project which is seen by your year group/school. |
| Be a leader of a sporting, cultural or academic 'team' event. |
| Write a school play/a piece of poetry which is performed/a song which is heard/a story which is read out. |
| Organise or develop an ambassadorial role either in or outside school. |
| Be a member of the School/Student Voice or/and an ambassador for the school in a particular area/subject. |
eNVIRONMENT
| Enviornment |
|---|
| Lead a recycling scheme at school or within the local community. |
| Lead on creating a better school environment. |
| Lead independently 5 litter picks during your free time on consecutive days. |
| Lead a group of students in clearing duties in the canteen for 3 consecutive days. |
| Lead a gardening/environmental competition/project to make a positive change in your school or local environment. |
