Best Practice

Using cinema as part of a rewards system

Behaviour
William Parker School uses the appeal and inspiration of film to motivate its learners. Ruth Roberts explains how they use cinema as part of a rewards system.

At William Parker School, we strive to implement schemes to help benefit students from underprivileged backgrounds and support them in areas where they require additional support. Our aim is to help them and their families, enabling our students to reach their full ability.

In cases where levels of motivation or engagement are low, which could be down to reasons including a lack of parental involvement or financial deprivation, we try to implement measures to help boost the learner’s approach to education and deliver something positive for them to strive towards. This can help to decrease absenteeism and improve performance.

To address the challenges we faced, the school designed a questionnaire to establish the activities that most appeal to our learners and which they most enjoy. 

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