Last week at school, we marked both Anti-Bullying Week and Interfaith Week and each encouraged us to think about the importance of kindness. It also happened to be World Kindness Day. 

What does kindness mean to you? Write about a time you were kind, how it made you feel and whether you think kindness needs to be big or if small acts of kindness matter too. 

Tadeo (Year 4)

To me, kindness means a world filled with peace, where nobody gets hurts, or hurts others, and nothing gets destroyed. Where people help each other and share their love. Where all children get treated well and play with each other. 

I was kind on Saturday morning when I shared my blueberry pancake with my little sister, Vera, who really wanted it. It made me feel nice and calm. 

I think kindness can be big or small because if you do a little act of kindness, other people will follow and be kind too, and it will become a world filled with peace.

Oliver (Year 6) 

To me, kindness means doing something for someone else’s good to make them happy but when you’re kind you don’t expect something back from the person. A time when I was kind was when I smiled at run director when I was running because they make the event happen and without them I wouldn’t be able to do it.