Every week, we publish the house points in the school newsletter. The job of counting the merits falls to our dedicated House Captains, who explained their role as follows:

“Every Thursday lunchtime we go from class to class, counting the merits for our house and recording them in our House Captain books. When we walk round, we're always proud of the merits our house has earned. Mrs Price’s class always has loads! Every Friday, we announce the results in assembly and love seeing the reactions of the children—especially the younger ones!”

 

When a house wins first place, the Captains use the following announcement:

“Congratulations, [house]! With [total number] merits, we came 1st. We are so proud of your efforts this week. Remember, effort always leads to success. Keep up the hard work, and well done to all the other houses. Have a great weekend – Go [house]!”

 

The Captains also shared what merits mean to them:

“Merits make people feel happy.”

“Merits make us want to do the work – it encourages us.”

“It’s rewarding, that sense of pride when we get a merit.”

 

In the words of the House Captains: “Every merit counts!”