Through the Shipston Spirit Awards, we aim to help children to have ambition as well as to develop the important skills of resilience and perseverance.  These awards cannot be earned quickly and require children to work at home and at school to achieve them.  You will see that the targets have also been chosen because they are fun.  They engage children in developing the 6 C's vital for future skills and employment: character, creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration and citizenship.

There are 4 different levels of award to earn during children's time in Key Stage 2: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. 

Bronze Award: earned by completing 18 tasks – 9 from the ‘at home’ and 9 from the ‘at school’ section.

Silver Award: earned by completing 36 tasks – 18 from the ‘at home’ and 18 from the ‘at school’ section.

Gold Award: earned by completing 54 tasks – 27 from the ‘at home’ and 27 from the ‘at school’ section.

Platinum Award: earned by completing all 72 tasks.

Children can begin earning awards in Key Stage 2 but they can begin practicing (and maybe even completing) many of the tasks while they are still in Key Stage 1 - learning to ride a bike, swimming 5m and completing the Summer Reading Challenges, for example.   

Awards are earned by completing the tasks from the two tables in the document below.  Half are to be completed in school and half out of school.  Some can be completed individually and some require children to work with others, including their trusted adults.  Tasks can be completed in any order.  Photos / videos of tasks completed should be sent to teachers via Seesaw.  Tasks with a talk emoji require children to discuss the task with an adult in school before it can be awarded.  To complete tasks without a talk emoji parents / carers should use Seesaw to share a photo or video of the activity being completed.  These will then be saved in your child’s personal file to be presented as evidence to achieve each award.  When children leave school, they will be able to take their folder (and all of the memories in it) with them, should they wish to.  The tasks are available in the document below.