House system

To support and encourage our school vision, values and aims, Thurso High School has a House system. Houses include Dirlot, Forss, Brims, Pentland and Olrig. All pupils are allocated to a house based on their register group and remain in this house throughout their time in Thurso High School. Each House is supported by a staff House Lead who contributes to House Assemblies, attends House Council meetings and who acts as a link to the Prefects and Junior House Captains within their House. 

All pupils will receive individual recognition for positive achievements, team efforts and behaviour through house points generated from a merit system and ongoing school events. Merits can be awarded by any member of staff and will fall under the categories of each of the five school values. Individual pupil merits are recorded as well as contributing to combined points for each house.

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Important House events through each academic session include:

• Termly House Assemblies where our S6 Prefect Team and S3 Junior House Captain team deliver interactive presentations on a wide variety of topics. Topics covered are linked back to our school TRACK values (Teamwork, Respect, Achievement, Commitment, Kindness). Within our House Assemblies, Houses also celebrate individual successes and achievements and promote upcoming House events. The first assembly of each session focuses on pupil achievements throughout the previous academic year with certificates being awarded for pupil effort and achievement as well as any extra curricular successes. 

• Each academic session, two pupil representatives volunteer from each register set to take part in termly House Council meetings. Prior to the meeting, the chosen representatives from each registration class discuss any ongoing matters from previous meetings with their peers and ask for any new points that require to be raised at upcoming meetings. House Council meetings are led by staff House Leads and S6 House Captains from the Prefect Team. Actions from the meeting are taken to the School Senior Management for discussion and progress fed back to pupils through school announcements and Personal and Social Education classes. The House Council allows pupils the opportunity to reflect and voice ideas and opinions on their learning, the school environment and to contribute to the wider ethos of the school. 

• Yearly House events such as House week which involves a number of House competitions running over the course of a week. 

• A yearly excursion for the House who have achieved the most merits throughout the academic session. In previous years, the winning House have enjoyed a trip to our local cinema.