Awesome Student Award Ideas For Elementary Schools

Motivating your elementary school students is not difficult, especially when you have several rewards available.

Whether it's for academics, behaviour, sports or helpfulness it is not hard to find ways to motivate them to continue being awesome!

Here are some student award ideas that will put a smile on their faces and keep them motivated.

1. Give Peace A Chance

From fights on the playground to squabbles in the classroom, elementary school children usually find themselves involved in conflicts from time to time.

This is all part of the process of learning how to solve the conflicts they will encounter with others as they grow older.

One way in which you can easily show them how to be a champion of peace is to create a peacemaker trophy.

This award can be given at the end of the semester or term, to the child or children who have helped to solve and de-escalate conflicts.

If children know that you are looking out for this trait then they will work towards it and you will see them deliberately trying to resolve conflicts.

2. Student of The Month

Your students deserve to be acknowledged for their hard work and you don't always have to wait until there is a school award ceremony to do it.

Once a month you can recognize one student's outstanding performance and name them the student of the month.

You can put a picture of the child on the class notice board or somewhere of prominence in the classroom, decorate around it and have the words student of the month written over the picture.

You may also want to give the child a small trophy if possible to remember the event by.

Alternatively, you can print student of the month certificates and give to students. There are several certificate templates available online.

If you prefer to give the award after a longer time span has passed, instead of a student of the month program, you could have a student of the semester or term program.

In order to fairly select a student you will need to have a criterion for the award, you could include traits such as:

• Punctuality
• Helpfulness
• Excellence in academics
• Academic improvement

These will give students a clear picture of what it takes to qualify for the award.

3. Getting Creative With Student Award Ideas

Sometimes the best awards for students are the simplest ones. You can reward a student by giving them a chance to have lunch with you.

Children look up to their teacher and having an award that involves having lunch with you or even being your helper for the day is enough to make a child feel special.

You can even get the principal involved. Have the principal come to your class and publicly congratulate students whose behaviour, academics or punctuality has improved.

These simple tactics cost nothing but will make a world of difference to your students.

Final Thoughts

There are many student award ideas available that you can use to motivate and inspire your students. The key is to find the ones that resonate best with your students and use them on a consistent basis.

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