Recognition that is easy to give
A certificate takes a minute to make here, so it can mark small wins as well as the end of the year: a first chapter book, a week of kindness, a tricky times table.Classroom recognition
- KinderSocio-emotional and values development: getting along with others, sharing and taking turns.
- Grades 1–3Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC), a MATATAG learning area that gives kindness and effort a place in lessons.
The year-end awards in Philippine schools, such as With Honors, follow DepEd’s awards and recognition guidelines and are decided by the school. These certificates are for the smaller, everyday kind: a pupil who read a whole book in Filipino, helped a classmate, or came to every flag ceremony for a month.
A Kindness Award or Hard Worker certificate given during the year links neatly to GMRC lessons, and a sentence written on the back about what the child did makes it something families keep.
Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Kindergarten Curriculum Guide (2023) and the MATATAG learning areas for Key Stage 1.
