Brierley House System

Every child from Reception through to Year 6 has been put into a house, which they will represent during their time here at Brierley. In order to help with the organisation of the houses, House Captains have been appointed from Year 6. The house names were chosen as they are all names of famous Cheshire landmarks.

In 2023 -2024 the House Captains and House Vice-Captains are:

TATTON (Red) = Melvin Nicol (c), Sarah Saiog (c) and Cody Utting (vc)

JODRELL (Yellow) = Charlotte Wright (c), Jensen Lindsay (c) and Malaki Mellor (vc)

ANDERTON (Blue) = Millie Jennings (c), Micah Kosefobamu (c) and Daniel Hideg (vc)

DELAMERE (Green) = Samanvitha Pothuganti (c), Summer Ivey (c) and Lilly May Mellor (vc)

The four houses will compete over the school year in various sporting and academic activities, with the House collecting the most points being crowned as winners for each term. Points will also be awarded in the form of Class Dojos, for positive behaviour, excellent attendance and class work.

About the House system:

The idea of introducing a House system stemmed from wanting to address some objectives to improve our whole school:

• To offer ALL children the chance to take part in extra-curricular activity (some are unable to stay after school).

• To bring a sense of pride in belonging to a house and to enjoy the “friendly” competition between houses. More opportunity for pupils to experience both winning and losing (life skills!).

• To be used as a positive behaviour tool – individuals can collect points from teachers.

• To reward excellent attendance with house points.

• To offer more leadership and organisational opportunities to Year 5/6 pupils.

The house names were selected in order to offer class teachers the opportunity to produce work based on the houses. The cross-curricular links could include: History, Geography, Art, Design / Technology, English and ICT.

In addition to the appointed house captains, we have assigned each member of staff to a house.

We organise house events for all years from Reception to Y6. For Years 4-6, the House Captains (with guidance) will be responsible for selecting and encouraging pupils to participate in the house events.

House points for each event / activity will be awarded as follows:

1st = 4 points 2nd = 3 points 3rd = 2 points 4th = 1 point

Mr Foulkes collates and keeps the scores updated throughout the school year. The children love our house system and the opportunities that it provides.

Want to know more? Every month our school newsletter is updated with reports from house competitions.

Previous House Cup Winners:

                                Autumn                Spring                  Summer

2023 - 2024            Jodrell                   Jodrell                   tbc

2022 -2023             Jodrell                   Jodrell                   Tatton

2021 – 2022           Jodrell                    Jodrell                   Tatton

2020 – 2021           Tatton                     N/A                        Tatton

2019 – 2020           Delamere                 N/A                        N/A

2018 – 2019           Tatton                     Jodrell                   Jodrell

2017 – 2018           Anderton                Tatton                     Anderton

2016 – 2017          Jodrell                    Tatton                     Anderton

2015 – 2016          Delamere                Tatton                     Delamere

2014 – 2015          Tatton                    Delamere               Anderton