Rastaala School, our link school in Espoo, Finland and The Lahore Lyceum our link school in Lahore , Pakistan are collaborating with us on our Acts of Kindness work. We have made kindness films for each other inspired by the idea of a 'kindness boomerang'. We have looked at the the idea of kindness going on a journey, passing from one person to another....and returning to the person who started the kindness.
Below you can see the kindness film made by the Year 5 students at Dunkirk Primary. The pupils watched the original kindness boomerang film which was made in America and used it as inspiration to create their own. We decided to set in within the school environment so that we could explore what a kind school looks like.
Go to Kindness at Rastaala page and Kindness at The Lahore Lyceum page to see their versions of the
Boomerang films
Acts of kindness
'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all' (Aristotle)
How can we make our school a kinder place?
How can we make the world a kinder place?
In a world that is unpredictable and constantly shifting, how do we create a sense of welcome and belonging within our communities?
All human beings have a natural capacity for kindness. It belongs in every home, school, neighbourhood, and society. We believe in supporting our children to be socially responsible human beings that can contribute positively to the world around them. Therefore, the teaching of kindness is as important as teaching the more academic subjects.
Acts of Kindness is one of our new linking projects and will happen across all three schools. Recent world events connected to migration and people's urgent need for refuge and safety has highlighted, challenged and questioned our individual and collective ability to be compassionate and kind to people within and outside of our home communities. Reactions to the refugee crisis have been mixed across the world and has brought to our attention the need for a kinder world, a place where compassion and care sit at the heart of our everyday actions and in response to global crisis and extreme need.
Kindness Across Borders
The Erasmus Acts of Kindness project will spread the 'web of kindness', nurturing the innate kindness within us all, inspiring us to be more caring within our homes, schools, communities AND across the borders that try to divide us.
Scientific studies prove that kindness has many physical, emotional, and mental health benefits. Many studies show that being kind helps children to become healthy, happy, well-rounded individuals. Below is a brief summary of some of the benefits of practicing kindness.
It helps to create happy, caring children
Supports children to make and sustain strong friendships.
It provides children with a greater sense of belonging
Practicing kindness improves self-esteem and inner confidence
Regularly practising kindness can help the brain heal from trauma
Being kind to others releases endorphins within the body
Improved health and less stress
Increases feelings of gratitude and appreciation
Better concentration and focus
Reduced anxiety and depression
It helps to reduce bullying within the school community.
Our Acts of Kindness project will include events and activities that happen throughout the year, including staff training, classroom and school based explorations of kindness, bigger scale projects that inspire children to take kindness into their wider community and connecting through kindness across all our link schools.
How can we make the world a kinder place?
In a world that is unpredictable and constantly shifting, how do we create a sense of welcome and belonging within our communities?
All human beings have a natural capacity for kindness. It belongs in every home, school, neighbourhood, and society. We believe in supporting our children to be socially responsible human beings that can contribute positively to the world around them. Therefore, the teaching of kindness is as important as teaching the more academic subjects.
Acts of Kindness is one of our new linking projects and will happen across all three schools. Recent world events connected to migration and people's urgent need for refuge and safety has highlighted, challenged and questioned our individual and collective ability to be compassionate and kind to people within and outside of our home communities. Reactions to the refugee crisis have been mixed across the world and has brought to our attention the need for a kinder world, a place where compassion and care sit at the heart of our everyday actions and in response to global crisis and extreme need.
Kindness Across Borders
The Erasmus Acts of Kindness project will spread the 'web of kindness', nurturing the innate kindness within us all, inspiring us to be more caring within our homes, schools, communities AND across the borders that try to divide us.
Scientific studies prove that kindness has many physical, emotional, and mental health benefits. Many studies show that being kind helps children to become healthy, happy, well-rounded individuals. Below is a brief summary of some of the benefits of practicing kindness.
It helps to create happy, caring children
Supports children to make and sustain strong friendships.
It provides children with a greater sense of belonging
Practicing kindness improves self-esteem and inner confidence
Regularly practising kindness can help the brain heal from trauma
Being kind to others releases endorphins within the body
Improved health and less stress
Increases feelings of gratitude and appreciation
Better concentration and focus
Reduced anxiety and depression
It helps to reduce bullying within the school community.
Our Acts of Kindness project will include events and activities that happen throughout the year, including staff training, classroom and school based explorations of kindness, bigger scale projects that inspire children to take kindness into their wider community and connecting through kindness across all our link schools.