Smiling is infectious

You catch it like the flu

When someone smiled at me today

I started smiling too

I walked around the corner

And someone saw my grin

When he smiled I realised

I passed it on to him

I thought about the smile

And then realised its worth

A single smile like mine

Could travel round the earth .

By Spike Milligan

Our VP read the Smile poem over the intercom at the beginning of Wellbeing Week. Smiling is one of the easiest ways to spread kindness. The aim was to encourage as many smiles throughout the school and spread them beyond!

IF YOU CAN BE ANYTHING

BE KIND

The Student Council generated a Wellbeing Questionnaire for the school to complete online. This will be a very important assessment tool used in school improvement planning. You can see the results of the questionnaire in the link.

A smile can make the day so bright,

It can take the darkness into light.

When someone is feeling blue,

A simple smile can help them too.

So spread the kindness that you hold,

Share it with others, it won’t grow old.

Never give up, kindness starts with you,

Reach out to others and touch them too.

Plant a handful of kindness seeds,

Watch the kindness grow.

You’ll find that your own kindness,

Will touch all the people you know.

By CW in 6th Class

Exploring what compassion means through creating acrostic poems provided some of our students the opportunities to explore kindness and its meaning. Understanding and feeling compassion is essential for healthy relationships and contributes to reducing incidences in classrooms and on the yard.

Room 13

Don't be mean,

Spread your kindness throughout the team,

Love and kindness is the way,

Be gentle throughout the day,

Have a happy life and be strong,

Sing your heart's song,

Dream, believe, achieve is the way,

Let's do it everyday.

Sharing is caring!

Ava in Rm 26

Room 18 got crafty with their fabulous Gratitude Jars. A gratitude jar, is simply a jar used to collect your gratitude. This gratitude activity involved writing different things that our grateful students were thankful for on slips of paper and placing them in a designated jar. What a beautiful display of joy!

We created a large display of flags representing different countries within our school community. We celebrated global awareness and cultural appreciation. We come from many places around the world and at PJP we all grow together.

Room 19

Some 6th Class students made culture presentations to their reading buddies in Second Class.

Rm 8

Fun and Fitness

Rm 23

Some 4th Class students enjoyed gathering together in a meditation circle. Meditation can be a wonderful tool for students to help them relax, focus and manage their emotions.

Rm 12

Fun and Fitness in the classroom!

Rm 23

It’s wellbeing Week again, a joyful time of year.

To spread a little cheer throughout the coming year,

We celebrate the different cultures in our school too.

Fun and fitness we celebrate as well,

And we love it as you can tell.

Listen up and let me tell you in a rap way,

WE LOVE WELLBEING WEEK ‘YAY’!

You need to be kind, you need to be polite, that’s the way,

Thanks for reading our poem today!

By Meghan and Georgia

Rm 16

Love and Friendship Day

Rm 5