House system

At Les Quennevais School we are proud of our flourishing House System. There are three Houses at les Quennevais and each form pertains to a different House. Each House has a member of SLT as its Head who are supported by a team of student leader representatives. There are two House Captains and 2 Sports Captains. These students undergo a rigorous interview process with the senior leadership team. After being made a prefect initially, students have the opportunity to apply to represent their house. House and Sports captains are present at all house events and competitions and support the Head of house to embrace all aspects of the house system. The Captains are required to help compile team sheets and to drum up interest for the points leaderboard. They welcome students into House assemblies and announce the visiting speaker to the rest of the student body.

Throughout the school year, students can earn points for their houses. They can achieve this through good behaviour, sports, music, a range of, arts and an ever increasing variety of competitions. From Bake Offs to Blake offs, Bunny Runs to Engineering competitions, there is something for everybody!

Because each house includes students from every year group, it fosters a sense of community throughout the school.

Some more benefits associated with our House system at Les Quennevais include:

Motivation

Our school house system increases a healthy competitive spirit among students. This can be felt through the cheers on sports day or seen by our Staff in the classroom, as students show increased participation in tasks and responsibilities.

Leadership

Within each house there are opportunities for students to become House captains, class representatives or head of House. These roles not only help with motivation, but they also help to give all school students a voice.

Participation

The House system helps to make every student an integral part of the school and equally responsible to contribute. This inclusion and encouragement of participation will help students to try a variety of academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities.

Personal skills

Finally, our house system helps to bring out hidden talents in students and give them an opportunity to develop their personal skills. They learn about responsibility, teamwork, leadership skills and cooperation which are all important qualities to harness.

The House System is led by Deputy Headteacher – Mrs C Moisan and the Heads of House.

McKeon - Mr A Richardson
Tranter - Mrs P Goodchild
Watts - Mr C Jones

Each house comes together weekly in House Assemblies and each Tutor groups letters correspond to a House, and it is as follows.

House Tutor Groups Assembly Day

McKeon (S,V,T) - Tuesday
Tranter (E,N,C) - Wednesday
Watts (L,Q,Y) - Thursday

Heads of House meet weekly with Form Representatives to discuss a wide range of issues, from Charity weeks to teaching and learning, and forms an integral part of the student voice within the school.