At St Columbkille’s we acknowledge and recognise student achievement in all aspects of school life. Merit Awards, Sticker Books, together with the school Core Values, are presented at the Award Assembly on Friday afternoon. Children receive merit awards for academic, behavioural, sporting and social achievements. Our fortnightly Core Value focus is printed in the newsletter and announced at our morning assembly.

Each week, two Merit Awards are presented together with one award for the Core Value focus from each class. Merit Awards from the Library, PE, Music and Italian will also be presented. When your child has received five awards please send them to the school office and they will be presented with a Mary MacKillop Award at the following assembly. When three Mary MacKillop awards have been received a school medallion will be presented to recognise this outstanding achievement. This is ongoing and does not restart at the commencement of each year. Again we ask that the three Mary MacKillop certificates are sent to the office. 

STICKER BOOKS

Sticker books are also used by teachers to acknowledge the work of individual children in class on a daily basis. Stickers are numbered and a progressive system (see below) is used to acknowledge achievement. Sticker totals start from zero at the commencement of each school year.

The following levels detail the progression of stickers within the current school year.

10 Stickers – Middle Leader Award (Sticker):
Mrs Herring & Mrs Perre, (Early Stage 1 & Stage 1),  Mrs Lace (Stage 2), Mrs Tyrrell (Stage 3).

20 Stickers        – Principal Award

30 Stickers        – Middle Leader Award (Bronze sticker)

40 Stickers        – Principal Award

50 Stickers        – Middle Leader Award (Silver sticker)

60 Stickers        – Principal Award

70 Stickers        – Middle Leader Award (Gold sticker)

80 Stickers        – Principal Award

90 Stickers        – Outstanding Achievement Award

100 Stickers       – Platinum Award (sticker)

Principal awards are presented at the Friday Award Assembly and acknowledged in the fortnightly newsletter.