House Points Scoreboard
Award points to any house in one tap, watch the bars race past each other on the smart board, and keep a full history you can undo, export and reset every week.
A house points scoreboard keeps the running total for each house so the whole school can see who is leading. Set 2 to 8 houses with your own names and colours, tap +1, +5 or +10 with a reason, and every bar is drawn as points ÷ highest points × 100%. Compare houses of different sizes by total points ÷ number of children.
Award points
Choose how many, pick a reason, then tap a house.
How many points1–8 award Shift+1–8 deduct Z undo
Houses
2 to 8 houses. Everything is saved on this device only.
Popular Indian house names — tap to add
House Points
A house board the whole hall can read
Built for the smart board in assembly: giant bars, the leader crowned, and a record you can show parents at the end of term.
Name your houses
Set 2 to 8 houses with your own names and colours — or tap a suggestion.
Award in one tap
Pick +1, +5, +10 or your own number, choose a reason, then tap the house.
Show it in assembly
Press classroom mode for a full-screen board and use keys 1–8 from the stage.
Reset each week
Archiving keeps the old totals, clears the board and starts the next week clean.
Keep the points fair
Houses often have different numbers of children. Compare the average per child as well as the total:
Average = Total points ÷ Number of children
Agree the reasons first
Points work best when children know exactly how to earn them. A simple published scale avoids arguments:
- +1 homework done neatly, answering in class
- +5 helping a classmate, keeping the room clean
- +10 winning a quiz, match or cultural item
Reward effort, not only winning
Research on classroom motivation is consistent: praise for effort and behaviour you can repeat (practice, kindness, punctuality) encourages more children than prizes only for the best performers. Deduct points sparingly — losing points publicly stings far more than gaining them pleases.
Reading the board
The longest bar is always the leader, and every bar is drawn as a share of the leader's total:
Bar length = Points ÷ Highest points × 100%
House Points Scoreboard — your questions
How do I keep track of house points in school?
Set up your houses once with their names and colours, then award points as they are earned: choose the number of points, pick a reason such as Homework or Sports, and tap the house. Every award is listed in the history where it can be undone, and the whole term can be exported as a CSV file for Excel.
How should I decide how many points to give?
Points work best when children know in advance how to earn them. A simple published scale avoids arguments: +1 for homework done neatly or answering in class, +5 for helping a classmate or keeping the room clean, and +10 for winning a quiz, match or cultural item. Deduct points sparingly.
Is it fair when houses have different numbers of children?
Not on totals alone. A house with 60 children will usually out-score one with 40. Compare the average per child as well: average = total points ÷ number of children. Announcing both the total and the average keeps the competition honest and keeps smaller houses interested.
Can I undo a wrong entry?
Yes. Every award appears in the Points history with the house, the number of points and the reason you chose, and each entry can be undone individually without disturbing the others. Pressing Z undoes the most recent award, which is useful when you are working quickly from the stage during assembly.
What are some good house names for an Indian school?
Most schools use four houses named after people or nature. Common choices include Ashoka, Tagore, Shivaji, Gandhi, Nehru, Kalam, Vivekananda, Bhagat Singh, Teresa and Raman, or nature names such as Lotus, Peacock, Ganga, Himalaya, Sunrise and Valour. Tap any of these on the page to add it.
How do I start a new week or term without losing the old totals?
Press Reset and archive. The current totals are stored in the Archived weeks and terms list, the board is cleared, and the next week starts from zero. At the end of the year you can export everything as CSV for the annual prize list, and the file opens straight in Excel.
Should I reward winning or effort?
Both, but weight it towards effort. Praise for behaviour a child can repeat — practice, kindness, punctuality, neat work — reaches far more children than prizes that only ever go to the best performers. Losing points publicly stings much more than gaining them pleases, so deduct rarely and privately where you can.