Over the years Buderim Mountain State School has gained itself a reputation for excellent academic achievement, and is one of the Sunshine Coast's top performing state schools in NAPLAN testing.
In recognition of our students' successes and participation in both class and extracurricular activities, and to continue to inspire them to work to the best of their ability, we like to reward students with either a cumulative award or a Buderim badge. These awards are presented at each year level's parade, and we encourage parents of recipients to attend.
Buderim badges and awards
In recognition of our students' successes and participation in both class and extracurricular activities, and to continue to inspire them to work to the best of their ability, we like to reward students with either a cumulative award or a Buderim badge. These awards are presented to students either in class or on parade (assembly) and we encourage parents of recipients to attend. Year parades are held on the following weekly schedule:
- Prep and Year 1: Tuesday 2:20 pm
- Year 2 and 3: Wednesday 2:30 pm
- Year 4: Thursday 2:20 pm
- Year 5 and 6: Friday 2:30 pm
Cumulative Awards
Achievement awards are presented to students each week for a range of accomplishments, including; demonstrating our three school expectations - Be a learner, Be safe or Be respectful; demonstrating our PERKS qualities – being kind, persistent, empathetic, resilient; using manners; showing high work effort, or for achieving excellent academic results. When a student receives three achievement awards (they do not need to be received in the same year), they can submit their awards to the health room and will be presented with a Principal's Certificate. Once a student has received three Principal's Certificates, they are eligible to receive a Buderim Banner. A Medallion is earned by students who have received two banners. Principal's Awards, Banners and Medallions are all presented in week 5 and 10 of each term.
Buderim Badges
Buderim Badges are presented as a patch to be sewn on to a student's school uniform, and are given as five categories:
Academic excellence badges are awarded in Years 1 to 4 when a student receives at least three A's (or 'very high' gradings) on a report card for any of the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities & Social Sciences (HaSS). In Years 5 & 6, a student needs to receive at least four A's on a report card for any of the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Sciences (HaSS) and Languages other than English (LOTE -Japanese).
Effort badges are awarded to students in years 1 – 6. Students need to receive a Very High (Years 1-2) or Excellent (Years 3-6) Effort rating for all but two subjects reported on within the report card, for the semester, with the remaining two subjects at a Sound or High (Years 1-2) or Satisfactory or Very Good (Years 3 – 6)
Service badges are awarded for helping, leading or teaching others, such as; one term of library helper or general school service, or upon receipt of three certificates of service, (ANZAC day, working bee etc)
Sport badges are awarded for district, regional, state or national representation.
Cultural badges are awarded for representing the school in the areas of Arts and Humanities, such as school band, strings ensemble, representative STEM groups, performing troupe, etc.