Random Acts of Kindness
This half term our focus is random acts of kindness. We are encouraging the staff and children to perform acts of kindness around school, at home and in the world. Children are able to write kind words or thank you notes to individuals, their class or the whole school on special slips of paper that we have provided. If children get caught performing a random act of kindness they may even receive a mini-certificate.
I am sure you will be as pleased as we are to celebrate kindnesses your children have performed.
Please see below ideas of acts of kindness that you and your children can perform. The idea is that the kindness is done unprompted.
We would love to hear of any acts that you, or your children, have carried out outside of school and want to share with us.
Ideas for Random Acts of Kindness
In School
Open the door for somebody
Play with a child that looks lonely/sad
Use the RAK cards to tell children or staff what you like about them
Use the RAK cards to say thank you to another child or member of staff
Post a positive message for everyone to read, on the ‘Kindness’ posters around the school
Listen to a friend who needs to talk
Make a new friend
Clear up any mess you see
Smile and say ‘hello’ to everyone you see
Create a ‘Kindness’ bookmark to give to someone, or leave in a book for someone to find
Include as many people as you can in your games
Help someone who doesn’t understand something
Share
Offer for your classmate to go first
Compliment the first 3 people you see every day
Be a partner with someone, who normally has trouble finding one
Compliment someone on the effort they have made
At home
Write/make a thank you card for your parent or carer
Clear up any mess you see
Thank your parents/carers when they do something for you like cook you a meal
Offer to help with the chores or cooking dinner
Ask your family how their day has been
Collect food for a foodbank
Donate unwanted clothes, toys and books to charity or to the hospital
Tell someone why they are special to you
And
Clean up litter from the street (and don’t leave litter!)
Always use re-usable bags when you go shopping
Donate or volunteer for a charity
Hang up a bird feeder
Be kind to insects and spiders
Be polite
What else can you think of ?