How do the Houses work?
Pupils and staff automatically join a Housed based on their surname.
Cavell: A-C surnames
Dyson: D-J surnames
Nelson: K-R surnames
Wellington: S-Z surnames
To form a true sense of belonging, this form of affiliation has means siblings will represent the same House and form groups can enjoy healthy competition as they will contain members of each House.
Our Houses are named after Edith Cavell, James Dyson, Horatio Nelson and Chrissie Wellington who were selected as they represent our moto ‘We started in Norfolk and left our mark on the World’. All four have also significantly demonstrated one of our Academy values; ‘Aim High’, ‘Work Hard’ and ‘Be Kind’. All House members have a badge coat of arms to wear on their lapels and each House has at least two pupils who are House Captains.
There are 5 House Competitions and Cups to win. There is the Knowledge Cup, a live game show once a term. The Sports Cup, three sport based House competitions across the year. The Recognition Cup, based on positive behaviour points collect by individual House members each term. The Attendance Cup, based on individual House members attendance percentage each term and the Creative Arts Cup, competed for across the range of these subjects in Key Stage 3 lessons. As well as the Cups, prizes such as non-uniform days, end of year raffle tickets and badges are up for grabs.
This year there are 13 planned House competitions. This means 13 opportunities to win one of the House Cups, which are displayed at the front of school. To decide the overall winning House, and which House is permanently added to the House Winners Roll of Honour board, we will be counting which House has won the most Cups throughout the year. If this ends in a tie, the House who won the greatest range of Cups, will be crowned House Winner. If we still have a tie, the overall House Winner will be decided on Positive Points Difference.
