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Some teachers do not believe in using incentives or rewards in their classroom practice. These teachers often make a comment like, 'I just expect them to do the right thing, why should they be rewarded for it? When I was a classroom teacher I did use incentives but these often weren't thought out prior by myself. I didn't have any organised systems in place. My incentives tended to be spur of the moment things like, if we do this really well we will have 10 minutes of 'ninja tag' - a game I knew was a class favourite. I felt I didn't need an incentives/rewards system operating in my class. I felt I had good relationships with my students and there was little inappropriate behaviour. I did have an organised system however for one of my autistic students who had a reward sticker chart personalised to him with his goals and an agreed reward. I was one of those teachers who believed people should just do the right thing without expecting rewards. And then I did the IYT course as a teacher and my thoughts and beliefs around incentives in classrooms changed.

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Key Principles around incentives
That all of us need both intrinsic and extrinsic incentives in our everyday life as motivational tools.
Incentives are purposeful, they are linked to a particular behaviour.
Style of rewards can be based around the developmental level of the student.  Older students can manage ‘delayed gratification’, for younger students the immediacy of the reward is good enough.

Incentive systems have to be carefully considered to meet the needs of the particular students.
Don’t mix your incentive and consequence system!!!

Reference:
Webster-Stratton, C. (2012). Incredible Teachers - Nurturing Children's Social, Emotional, and Academic Competence

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Make class money and create an easy to manage system where students can earn dollars (agreed criteria on how they earn money). This could build up to a class market day where they bring in old toys/books/baking and they can then purchase things with their class dollars they've earnt.

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Make a list with your class
What kind of incentives motivate them?

Maybe work towards a mufti or pyjama day
Extra 10 mins playtime
A game outside
More teacher reading to students time
Students choose the learning activities for a day or period of the day

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Again the coupons could be based on student's ideas

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Junior students in particular like this incentive.
Make it special and choose a different student 1x a week to have lunch with you for 20 mins. Bring a tablecloth, have a special spot and enjoy talking about everything except schoolwork!

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Some students would relish the chance to have you join them in their lunchtime game/activity or maybe they would like you to play a board game with them in class or in a break time as a reward.

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Some students need an individualised, tailored rewards system to help them achieve their goals. There are many templates available for this and it can be an easy way to support a student. A sticker chart can be a simple visual way of motivating a child to reach their goals and reward. I always make sure I record the goal on the chart too.