PUPILS at a primary school in York are getting the VIP treatment.

Rosie Creaser, Ella Blackburn, Aimee Lansbury, Ella Mae Jefferson, Charlie Blackburn, Michael Speight and Jenson Wilson are all outstanding pupils both in attitude to work and their impeccable behaviour, according to their teachers.

And to confirm this belief the seven pupils at St Aelred's RC School in Tang Hall have benefitted from the school's new VIP reward system.

Every two weeks St Aelred's holds a special VIP assembly with parents invited when the VIPs are announced - one child from each class.

During the assembly the chosen children walk up a red carpet to the song Celebration by Kool and the Gang. Then they receive their VIP lanyard which they wear every day and keep for two weeks and they receive a VIP lanyard and certificate and other perks include the children being able to sit at a special dinner table with cloth, flowers and reserved signs.

On top of this the children can choose one extra reward from a list including: being able to visit another class for one lesson; missing homework for a week, becoming a teaching assistant for a lesson and being allowed to wear their own clothes for a day.

Foundation stage leader, Sylvia Klays, explained how she heard of the scheme from her seven-year-old nephew who goes to school in Northampton, suggested her own school adopt it.

She said: "We wanted to recognise those children in school who always give of their best. They work hard, they are role models to their peers, they love to learn, they care for others, they use their initiative and are always happy around school.

"The children have been so excited since we first mentioned VIPs before Christmas. They have been involved in suggesting both the required behaviours of VIPs and the rewards given.

"Amongst choosing many different rewards, the VIPs enjoy sitting at the VIP table at lunchtime with flowers and tablecloth, they love walking down the red carpet at VIP assembly and are very proud to wear their VIP lanyard for two weeks.

"The introduction of the VIP is already causing great enthusiasm around school and children are working hard to be the next chosen VIP."