At Sandown, we believe that being part of a team is an important part of growing and learning. Our house system brings children together across the school, giving them opportunities to work as a team, support one another, celebrate each other’s achievements and strive to be the best that we can be.
Our six houses reflect the values at the heart of our school vision: Nurture, Pride, Community, Ambition, Health and Mastery. Each house represents one of these important aspects of school life, helping children to understand what these values mean and, most importantly, how they can demonstrate them every day.
Our houses are woodland themed, reflecting the beautiful natural environment that surrounds our school. With our extensive school grounds, trees are an important part of the Sandown landscape and our school identity.
Houses are a way of grouping children for activities and competitions throughout the school. Our classes take part in house competitions to earn tokens for their house. These challenges celebrate the wider curriculum and are not limited to sport.
Children work together as a house to earn house tokens through a variety of activities, achievements and events.
The houses are:
