School Trophies

All trophies represent a great way of rewarding people for achievement and encouraging people to give their very best - but this is perhaps particularly true of school trophies. There are different types of school trophies available, such as sports ones designed to recognise individual or team achievements in sports such as rugby or football, and trophies awarded for academic excellence at school awards days.

Both of these types of school trophies provide similar benefits, in that they teach the value of healthy competition and teamwork, whether it is sporting or academic; while the award of school trophies for excellence in either of these areas gives children confidence for the future and a sense of achievement. This is a formative time in the life of a young person when such experiences will likely have the greatest impact, and the psychological benefits and tangible sense of reward provided by winning school trophies will help to instill a desire to aim for further and greater accomplishments in later life.

School trophies also offer great benefits to the schools themselves, in terms of increasing an institution’s prestige and attractiveness to parents. A full cabinet of glittering school trophies for sports and academic excellence will make a school stand out in the minds of parents when they are deciding where to send their children. Furthermore, school trophies can strengthen the mutual bond between pupils and schools - enhancing the pride and identification that children feel in their school and that which the school takes in them.

However, for these benefits to be felt in full you should always look to maintain any school trophies you win, by cleaning them regularly. School trophies made of metal or brass should be cleaned by covering in non-abrasive cleaning fluid for just a few seconds before rinsing with warm soapy water.