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  1. What are the main benefits of school wristbands? by School-Wristbands.co.uk - the #1 Supplier of School Wristbands!

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    *CJS Leavers gifts - by www.School-Wristbands.co.uk

    School wristbands have been a hit among schools for a long while now, ever since us at School-Wristbands.co.uk thought of the idea back in 2010 - schools all across the country, and even throughout the world have employed our school dinner wristband system.

    We have many posts detailing our meal system - you can find these here.

    For now we'll focus on exactly why this school meal system is so great!

    It starts off with the basic fact of saving money. Our school meal system allows schools to know exactly what meals their students want to eat at lunch time, and exactly how many of each they need to cook. This helps to avoid any waste, and can dramatically cut a schools food expenses in almost half with the amount of produce saved. This not only helps the school financially, but the world environmentally and is a clear winner across the board.

    It also ensures that the students will also get what meal they want, and wont have to settle for second best - it means no-one will feel left out, and we think that is important for schools to employ such equality measures at their lunch times.

    *Printed School Lunch Wristbands - by www.School-Wristbands.co.uk

    So that's one thing, but what else are school wristbands used for - and how?

    • Well, for one schools also tend to hold alot of trips! Most schools host a school trip for their year 6 class prior to their end of year, and so schools also need a way to identify their students when travellng - and helps in regards to finding the correct contact details in case of a missing student emergency. This is where our custom printed school trip wristbands come in!

    • Our professional in-house designer will produce a visual order summary of your custom school trip wristbands, which will also include a quote with extra options for additional reference.

    • Once you've approved the order - the average delivery time is usually around just 6 working days! 


    So that's school trips, but what about the other uses for school wristbands?

    The wide variety of uses for school wristbands

    There's so many that we couldn't fit them all in this blog post, but here's a few below for you to look through - hopefully this gives scope as to the usefulness of school wristbands!

    • Sports day wristbands, school meal wristbands, school trip wristbands.

    • Attendance reward wristbands, math reward wristbands, reading reward wristbands.

    • Pupil incentives - merit wristbands, bronze wristbands, silver wristbands & gold wristbands.

    How are school wristbands used in place of traditional merit systems?

    Traditional merit systems tend to go a bit like this; a student gets merit points awarded to them and once they reach nominations of numbers such as 25, 50, 75 & 100 - they get called up in the weekly school assembly to accept a paper certificate of their merits. While this seems great, the truth is that most of the merit rewards are not actually great incentives for students! Not all students will find paper interesting, and would prefer something more materialistic that they can see everyday to remind them of their accomplishments.

    This is where our custom printed merit wristbands, or pre-printed bronze, silver and gold wristbands come in. Using them in replacement of the traditonal rewards really does increase overall attention towards the merit system among students, and is evident among all schools who have updated their system to see.

    How do schools use school wristbands on sports day? 

    Well, schools usually have houses which are groups that students are placed into at the start of each year and which they represent in any sporting events held by the schools throughout the year.

    For example, a school called Fearnhill Secondary School in Letchworth Garden City uses the colours; green, blue, yellow & red to represent the four different houses on the students ties.

    On sports day, schools will give their students a wristband of their respective colour so that they can easily be identified during their placements after any sporting event.

    If the student comes in 3rd, 2nd or 1st - they are given a respective bronze, silver or gold wristband as a reward along with anything else the school may decide to giveaway.

    Contact us about your school wristbands queries today!

    School wristbands could do so much for the students at your school, so why not contact us and find out more if you're interested? Our team is always happy to help!

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  2. 99 Club Maths Challenge Wristbands - a great incentive for mental arithmetic!

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    99 CLub

    The '99 CLUB' is a great way for children to improve their mental arithmetic skills; in particular, their recall of multiplication and division facts.

     

    Starting in Year 1 with the 11 club (in which they practice doubling up to 10), Children move through the programme at their own pace, progressing onto the 22 club (22 multiplication & division questions), then the 33 club, 44 club, and so on.

     

    The aim is for the children to reach the 99 club, in which they will have to answer 99 multiplication and division questions correctly. After the 99 club, there are also decimal, fraction and percentage clubs to challenge children further – these are often called the Bronze, Silver & Gold clubs.

     

    By rewarding the children at each level with custom printed “CLUB” wristbands, they will be incentivized to improve their mental arithmetic skills in order to progress to the next level. It also sends a subtle message to parents that their childs' progress in mathematics is taken seriously by the school.

     

    Our “99 CLUB” wristbands can be custom printed with your school name and logo to add a more personal touch – contact us today at [email protected] or 07949 291 133 to discuss your requirements.

  3. Merit Bands - earn & accumulate merits to earn reward wristbands!

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    Gold, Silver & Bronze Awards - School Rewards Wristbands

    Bronze, Silver & Gold effect school wristbands for incentives, rewards and awards - the perfect incentive & award for achieving 25 merits!

     

    Ideal for school Sports Days and a range of other games, competitions and achievement rewards.

     

    Other sizes & custom options available on request.

     

    You can find our Merit Bands on our shop page - alternatively, email us at [email protected]/call on 07949 291 133 to discuss your own requirements today!

  4. Attendance System Wristbands - A Great Incentive To Encourage Higher Attendance Rates!

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    SCHOOL ATTENDANCE WRISTBANDS www.school-wristbands.co.uk

    School-Wristbands.co.uk now offer colour coded attendance wristbands - a great way to encourage higher attendance rates among all pupils.

     

    Each term, the school chooses a different colour wristband that's awarded to those students with the best attendance records. There are six colours available, one for each half term.

     

    Some schools start the year with a lower attendance target for the students and gradually increase this through the year.

     

    And to continue to incentivise good results, if a student collects all six colours, they receive the special, rainbow segmented attandance wristband at the end of the school year.

     

    Simple to incorporate while providing a welcome reward, that other students will see & want to achieve. This also conveys a subtle message to parents, that attendance is taken seriously by the school.

     

    You can find Attendance Award Wristbands on our shop page. Alternatively, email us today at [email protected] to discuss your own specially branded Attendance Wristbands.

  5. Universal Credit - What does it mean for free school meals?

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    Universal Credit is a social security benefit introduced in the UK in 2013 to replace six means-tested benefits and tax credits: income based Jobseeker's Allowance, Housing Benefit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, income based Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support.

     

    All children in reception, Year One and Two currently automatically qualify for free school meals in England and Scotland. Eligibility for free school meals from Year Three is linked to benefits, and the system of calculating and claiming benefits is changing.

     

    In February the government announced that children in Year Three and above in England whose parents earn up to £7,400 a year would be entitled to a free school meal. This figure is slightly lower at £7,320 for Scotland, and almost double in Northern Ireland at £14,000.

     

    These earnings thresholds are not currently linked to inflation - the IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies) advises that 100,000 extra children would be eligible for free school meals by 2022 if the thresholds were linked to inflation.

     

     

  6. Universal Credit - What does it mean for free school meals?

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    Universal Credit is a social security benefit introduced in the UK in 2013 to replace six means-tested benefits and tax credits: income based Jobseeker's Allowance, Housing Benefit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, income based Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support.

     

    All children in reception, Year One and Two currently automatically qualify for free school meals in England and Scotland. Eligibility for free school meals from Year Three is linked to benefits, and the system of calculating and claiming benefits is changing.

     

    In February the government announced that children in Year Three and above in England whose parents earn up to £7,400 a year would be entitled to a free school meal. This figure is slightly lower at £7,320 for Scotland, and almost double in Northern Ireland at £14,000.

     

    These earnings thresholds are not currently linked to inflation - the IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies) advises that 100,000 extra children would be eligible for free school meals by 2022 if the thresholds were linked to inflation.

     

     

  7. Southwark Park Primary School - Attendance Award Bands

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    Southwark Park Attendance

    Southwark Park Primary School were interested in using our Attendance Incentive Bands as rewards for their students, but wanted different silicone colours to use for each term. We currently hold only purple attendance bands in stock, but were more than happy to produce these wristbands for them.

     

    We will soon hold all of the above colours of attendance bands in stock - keep an eye on our shop page!

     

    Attendance bands are a great incentive for students to achieve outstanding attendance rates. A number of our customers have now opted to use a variety of silicone colours, like Southwark Park, to award students at the end of each term - some have decided to use the different colours to award students that achieve certain rates of attendance as well.

     

    You can find our Attendance Incentive Bands shop page here.


    Get in touch to discuss your own School Trip Wristbands - you can contact us at;

    0800 920 2125 (free from landlines), 07949 291 133 (mobile friendly), or email us at [email protected]