Shawfield Primary School – ‘Shine Points Awards’.

It is always enjoyable putting on the Court Dress to visit a primary school and Suzanne and I had a lovely morning on July 7^th visiting Shawfield Primary School when gold and platinum awards were given to pupils who had amassed 150 and 200 Shine Points respectively over the course of the year. A Shine Point is awarded for actions, deeds and attitudes that are deemed noteworthy including good effort in their work, good manners, caring attitude, staying on task and putting the school values into action.

The assembly hall was standing room only as many proud parents other family members and friends looked on as the prizes were awarded; and I was privileged to firstly be asked by the Head Teacher – Stephen Corcoran, to address the assembly and then to hand out the platinum awards. I like the concept of Shine Points; it is not about being the best overall, but to be the best version of yourself, something we should all strive to be.