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Ripples of kindness

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When we created our Class Charter at the start of the year, the most important quality the children wanted to see in their classmates and staff, was kindness.  With this in mind, we set out to create a ‘Ripples of Kindness’ display in our school foyer so that others could be made aware of the importance of small acts of kindness too.

We used oil pastels to create the ‘ripple lines’ that would be seen if a pebble was thrown in water.  Then, we experimented with water colour paints, using the ‘wet on wet’ technique.  It was so relaxing, watching the colours spread and mix, as we placed our wet brushes on the card.

Time spent playing around with the paints, mixing colours and adding more or less water to our card, definitely paid off!  The finished results are beautiful!  Well done P4-5-6!

Now, we are thinking about the different ‘types’ of kind acts we can do and the positive ‘ripples’ they can send to others in school, at home and in our community.

Please stop and take a look when you visit school next week.

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Class Charter

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Over the past few weeks, P4/5 have been working together to create our class charter.  We looked together at the Articles listed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and picked out four that we felt were important for our class.  We chose Non Discrimination…Be Ourselves, Be Respectful, Be Safe and Be Healthy.

Our next job was to identify our responsible behaviours under each heading.  Once agreed,  we voted on a theme to display our charter and the most popular idea was a Rainforest theme!

It would be really great if you could spend time talking through the responsible behaviours we have decided on at home too.

Be Ourselves

  • We understand that we all have similarities and we will respect our differences too.
  • Be ourselves…don’t change being you for other people!
  • Take interest in everyone and what they like to do.
  • Include everyone!

Be Respectful

  • Be kind and fair to everyone.
  • Listen to all ideas, even if different from your own.
  • Talk in a polite way to everyone.
  • Treat others how you would like to be treated.

Be Healthy

  • Keep our brains active and our ideas healthy.
  • Let staff know how we are feeling.
  • We will notice if our classmates are struggling and help.
  • Be active!

Be Safe

  • Use equipment at school sensibly.
  • Wear a seat belt on the bus.
  • Follow all the school rules.
  • Treat others with care.

The Duty Bearers were also given a set of responsibilities too.  The children felt these were important to include.

  • Encourage us.
  • Help us to sort out any problems we have.
  • Help us in a small group if we find something tricky.
  • Take us to new places and let us try fun activities indoors and outside.
  • Just be yourselves!
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Class Charter

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Over a few weeks, we have been working on our class charter.  First, we talked about the work of the United Nations which then led us to look at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  There are many “Articles” in the convention but we focused on the main ones that we felt were important in our class.  We chose those that fitted – Be Heard, Be Ourselves, Be Healthy and Be safe.  We worked in groups to say what this would look like in our class as we learn together.  We gathered everyone’s ideas and these were turned into statements that we are going to try our best to abide by in class.  🙂

There was also a discussion about what the children want their teachers to try to provide.  Mrs Henderson and I will work hard on these too and we’ll try our best not to let you down.  🌞

Please see pictures of our Class Charter below.

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