Houses, points and awards

If you have seen any of the Harry Potter movies then you know about schools having "houses" and every student belongs to a "house".  At the girls school there are three houses, Komensky, Karel, and Hus.  Siblings are always in the same house and our girls are in Hus.  All the kids try to earn house points and every week the points get tallied to see which house is in the lead.  Both kids have earned house points since the start of school but Ali has earned a lot of house points.  She earned them for being a good helper, listening well and working really hard.  She worked so hard last week that she was celebrated at the end of week assembly in front of the entire primary school.  The school gets told why she is being celebrated and she goes up to the front to collect her certificate.  Her certificate says, "Super Dooper Work Award for amazing behavior and hard work all week!  She was excited to receive the award and I'm very proud of her and all the hard work she is doing.

This week Sofia wasn't celebrated but she did win a heart from her teacher.  Sofia's teacher tells the kids everyday that they have all done a great job and they all have stolen her heart.  She gives everyone a sticker.  She goes one step further though and says that they have all stolen her heart but especially "child".  That child who especially stole the teachers heart gets a heart cut out of construction paper that says "You stole my heart today!  Thank you for being a great kid!".  It is such a good idea and the kids love it.  It really does make them feel special.