YEARS/GRADES 7 TO 10 (MIDDLE SCHOOL)

Years/Grades 7 - 10

Thought-provoking activities for students in grades 7 through 10, aligned with the CASEL framework for social and emotional learning

COLLABORATION

A team that works well together is more effective, more productive, and more successful. Collaboration is essential in almost all aspects of life – in the playground; classroom; families and in every work environment! Collaboration is evident when a group of people come together and contribute their expertise for the benefit of a shared objective or project.

Shrinking Spaces

COMPASSION

When schools strengthen relationships with community-based organisations they engage in environments positively impacts on students’ awareness and experiences. Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. Compassion requires action.

Class Volunteering Project

EMPATHY

This thought-provoking activity gives students the opportunity to feel and share another person's emotions. Cross the line creates awareness of others’ experiences, perspectives and circumstances building a unified and supportive group of learners.

Cross the Line

GRATITUDE

The phrase “random acts of kindness” is relatively well known all over the world. Gratitude from the Latin word gratus, means ``thankful, pleasing.`` Gratitude is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

Log an Act of Kindness

HONESTY

Honesty is an important quality to have. Being an honest person is important because it helps to build trust in relationships. Honesty is defined as fairness and straightforwardness of conduct when one speaks the truth and act truthfully. It is often connected with sincerity, integrity and trustworthiness. Being honest requires courage, realism, trust and it takes practice.

Honesty: How is it Defined?

HUMILITY

If you are humble, you think of others and empathise with their circumstances. Humility means “the state of being humble.” Both the word humility and humble have their origin in the Latin word humilis, meaning ``low.`` A low focus on the self is not self-deprecating but rather an accurate recognition of one’s accomplishments and worth.

Let Someone Shine

HUMOR

Humor can be used to enhance classroom happiness and develop a sense of community. Early translations of the word ‘humor’ relate to medical conditions of the body. In time the word humor came to be used as a general term for ``disposition or temperament`` and more recently humour has come to refer to something that is funny.

Caption Comedy: Make Them Laugh

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

Mindfulness is the quality of being present and fully engaged with whatever is happening in the moment and meditation is the training ground for learning mindfulness.

Mindfulness Meditation

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

What’s in a Picture?

POSITIVITY

We all have the opportunity to help create positive change. Positivity is the practice of focussing one’s mind affirmatively on the good and constructive aspects of a matter to minimise negative or destructive attitudes and emotions.

The Starfish Story

SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Self-acceptance requires self-discovery and a willingness to look objectively at ourselves celebrating strengths that outweigh weaknesses. Self-acceptance is the awareness of and satisfaction with one's strengths and weaknesses - the non-judgemental realistic assessment of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth.

“Who I Am” Collage

TRUST

Trust is central to healthy relationships and young students can engage in fun active activities exploring trust. Trust is the confidence that a person or group of people has in the reliability of another person or group. It is the degree to which one feels they can depend on the other party to do what they say they will do.

Navigate the Minefield

Thought provoking activities for students in middle school scaffolded to connect to Australian curriculum objectives

COLLABORATION

A team that works well together is more effective, more productive, and more successful. Collaboration is essential in almost all aspects of life – in the playground; classroom; families and in every work environment! Collaboration is evident when a group of people come together and contribute their expertise for the benefit of a shared objective or project.

VIEW

COMPASSION

When schools strengthen relationships with community-based organisations they engage in environments positively impacts on students’ awareness and experiences. Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. Compassion requires action.

VIEW

EMPATHY

This thought-provoking activity gives students the opportunity to feel and share another person's emotions. Cross the line creates awareness of others’ experiences, perspectives and circumstances building a unified and supportive group of learners.

VIEW

GRATITUDE

The phrase “random acts of kindness” is relatively well known all over the world. Gratitude from the Latin word gratus, means ``thankful, pleasing.`` Gratitude is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

VIEW

HONESTY

Honesty is an important quality to have. Being an honest person is important because it helps to build trust in relationships. Honesty is defined as fairness and straightforwardness of conduct when one speaks the truth and act truthfully. It is often connected with sincerity, integrity and trustworthiness. Being honest requires courage, realism, trust and it takes practice.

VIEW

HUMILITY

If you are humble, you think of others and empathise with their circumstances. Humility means “the state of being humble.” Both the word humility and humble have their origin in the Latin word humilis, meaning ``low.`` A low focus on the self is not self-deprecating but rather an accurate recognition of one’s accomplishments and worth.

VIEW

HUMOUR

Humour can be used to enhance classroom happiness and develop a sense of community. Early translations of the word ‘humour’ relate to medical conditions of the body. In time the word humour came to be used as a general term for ``disposition or temperament`` and more recently humour has come to refer to something that is funny.

VIEW

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

Mindfulness is the quality of being present and fully engaged with whatever is happening in the moment and meditation is the training ground for learning mindfulness.

VIEW

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

VIEW

POSITIVITY

We all have the opportunity to help create positive change. Positivity is the practice of focussing one’s mind affirmatively on the good and constructive aspects of a matter to minimise negative or destructive attitudes and emotions.

VIEW

SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Self-acceptance requires self-discovery and a willingness to look objectively at ourselves celebrating strengths that outweigh weaknesses. Self-acceptance is the awareness of and satisfaction with one's strengths and weaknesses - the non-judgemental realistic assessment of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth.

VIEW

TRUST

Trust is central to healthy relationships and young students can engage in fun active activities exploring trust. Trust is the confidence that a person or group of people has in the reliability of another person or group. It is the degree to which one feels they can depend on the other party to do what they say they will do.

VIEW

Thought provoking activities for students in middle school scaffolded to connect to Australian curriculum objectives

COLLABORATION

A team that works well together is more effective, more productive, and more successful. Collaboration is essential in almost all aspects of life – in the playground; classroom; families and in every work environment! Collaboration is evident when a group of people come together and contribute their expertise for the benefit of a shared objective or project.

VIEW

COMPASSION

When schools strengthen relationships with community-based organisations they engage in environments positively impacts on students’ awareness and experiences. Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Compassion is the capacity to understand the emotional state of another and have genuine feelings for other people's circumstances and feel motivated to support and assist. Compassion requires action.

VIEW

EMPATHY

This thought-provoking activity gives students the opportunity to feel and share another person's emotions. Cross the line creates awareness of others’ experiences, perspectives and circumstances building a unified and supportive group of learners.

VIEW

GRATITUDE

The phrase “random acts of kindness” is relatively well known all over the world. Gratitude from the Latin word gratus, means ``thankful, pleasing.`` Gratitude is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

VIEW

HONESTY

Honesty is an important quality to have. Being an honest person is important because it helps to build trust in relationships. Honesty is defined as fairness and straightforwardness of conduct when one speaks the truth and act truthfully. It is often connected with sincerity, integrity and trustworthiness. Being honest requires courage, realism, trust and it takes practice.

VIEW

HUMILITY

If you are humble, you think of others and empathise with their circumstances. Humility means “the state of being humble.” Both the word humility and humble have their origin in the Latin word humilis, meaning ``low.`` A low focus on the self is not self-deprecating but rather an accurate recognition of one’s accomplishments and worth.

VIEW

HUMOUR

Humour can be used to enhance classroom happiness and develop a sense of community. Early translations of the word ‘humour’ relate to medical conditions of the body. In time the word humour came to be used as a general term for ``disposition or temperament`` and more recently humour has come to refer to something that is funny.

VIEW

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

Mindfulness is the quality of being present and fully engaged with whatever is happening in the moment and meditation is the training ground for learning mindfulness.

VIEW

PERSPECTIVE

Perspective has a Latin root meaning ``look through`` or ``perceive,`` and all the meanings of perspective feature the act of ‘looking’. Perspective taking is the ability to look beyond your own point of view, so that you can consider how someone else may think or feel about something.

VIEW

POSITIVITY

We all have the opportunity to help create positive change. Positivity is the practice of focussing one’s mind affirmatively on the good and constructive aspects of a matter to minimise negative or destructive attitudes and emotions.

VIEW

SELF-ACCEPTANCE

Self-acceptance requires self-discovery and a willingness to look objectively at ourselves celebrating strengths that outweigh weaknesses. Self-acceptance is the awareness of and satisfaction with one's strengths and weaknesses - the non-judgemental realistic assessment of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth.

VIEW

TRUST

Trust is central to healthy relationships and young students can engage in fun active activities exploring trust. Trust is the confidence that a person or group of people has in the reliability of another person or group. It is the degree to which one feels they can depend on the other party to do what they say they will do.

VIEW

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Kindness Curriculum Poster

The benefits associated with giving and receiving kindness are tangible and result in overwhelmingly positive outcomes for the world around us. Science confirms the advantages to the body and mind.

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Additional Resources

We aim to continue to provide updates that may interest teachers who want to embed Kindness Curriculum attributes in their schools and classrooms. Parents may also find many of these activities suitable for use in their home.