Character Education and Award Scheme

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Character Education and Award Scheme – Also known as the Barrowclough Programme and Barrowclough Award, named in memory of a prestigious Palmerston North Boys' High School old boy, Sir Harold Barrowclough, KCMG, CB, DSO and Bar, MC.

Character Education – Junior School In the junior school, Character Education, also known as the Barrowclough Programme, will recognise students who have gained positive attitude grades in their end of year reports, have had excellent levels of attendance, have completed the requirements of the formal leadership programme at Year 9 and Year 10, have been involved in school and extra-curricular activities, undertaken community service in Year 9 and participated in the Year 10 outdoor education programme. Students who meet these criteria will be presented with a certificate that acknowledges their successful involvement in the Character Education Junior Programme/Barrowclough Junior Programme.

Character Education – Year 9 and Year 10

Year 9

• Formal leadership programme (including completion of Learning Leadership text)
• Community service (Care for our Coast)
• Satisfactory involvement in school activities (school and junior road race, Shand Shield)
• Satisfactory involvement in a minimum of two extracurricular activities
• Positive attitude and positive attitude grades on end of year reports (minimum B average)
• Satisfactory attendance record
• School service (e.g. selling raffle tickets)
• Use of school diary for Goal Setting activities, regular use of diaries for recording homework (form teacher to oversee)

Year 10

• Formal leadership programme (including completion of Learning Leadership text)
• Involvement in outdoor education challenge (Year 10 Camp)
• Involvement in school activities (school and junior road race, Shand Shield)
• Satisfactory involvement in a minimum of two extracurricular activities
• Positive attitude and positive attitude grades on end of year reports (minimum B average)
• Satisfactory attendance record
• School service (e.g. selling raffle tickets)
• Use of school diary for Goal Setting activities, regular use of diaries for recording homework (form teacher to oversee)

Character Education – Senior School In the senior school (beginning with students in Year 11), students will have the opportunity to enter into the Character Education Award scheme (also known as the Barrowclough Award scheme). Through their participation in a number of school and community-based activities, they will have the opportunity to gain points during the year. Accumulation of a certain number of qualifying points will result in the awarding of either a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate of recognition.

At Year 11 the Character Education Award/Barrowclough Award will recognise a young persons all-round participation in the wider life of the school, while at Year 13, there will be greater focus on in-depth involvement and reflection. It is intended that the Bronze award will be within the grasp of all young people who approach their schooling in a committed manner while the Gold award will provide an incentive to those who are highly motivated to extend themselves further.

We are aware that many of our ‘top’ students are already incredibly involved in the wider life of the school. These students receive recognition of this. The Character Education award/Barrowclough award is intended as a vehicle to help those who do not feature in the accelerate programme or the top sporting or cultural groups to develop their profile and gain recognition for their efforts and also to help them develop the ‘profile’ necessary to pursue leadership positions within the student body.

Over time we would like to see the Character Education Programme/Barrowclough Programme and the Character Award/Barrowclough Award become nationally recognised, the recipients to be renowned as ‘Educated men of outstanding character.’ who display the values of courage, humility, industry, integrity, pride and respect, and of course for Palmerston North Boys’ High School to be recognised as the institution that has developed these outstanding young men.

Character Education at Year 11 – The Character Award

To keep the extra staff to a minimum the emphasis will be placed on students to apply for their position and points in the Character Award/Barrowclough Award.

Year 11 – points will be able to be obtained in the following categories:

• School service/involvement (including Shand Shield, road race, selling raffle tickets)
• Formal leadership programme – completion of Learning Leadership seminars in Terms 1-3 plus completion of reflection activities
• Community service – points awarded for becoming involved with a community group to include regular effort to assist the organisation
• Cultural involvement – points awarded for reliability and commitment, initiative and leadership
• Sporting involvement – points awarded for reliability and commitment, initiative and leadership
• Positive attitude and positive attitude grades on end of year reports (20 points per A, 10 points per B)
• Satisfactory attendance record
• Use of school diary for Goal Setting activities, regular use of diaries for recording homework (form teacher to oversee)

Character Education at Year 12 – The Character Award