Category: Special Days

Kindness Month 8th Day

February 12th

Happy Kindness Month!

When we take care of this place, we take care of each other. Today, while you’re out at recess and lunch, or on your walk home, pick up a few pieces of litter and put them in the recycling or garbage. (and, obviously, don’t be a litter bug yourself!)

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 7th Day

February 11th

Here is your Kindness Month tip of the day:

Sometimes we just need to apologize to make a problem feel better.
Today, apologize to someone. You may need to forgive yourself along the way.

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 6th Day

February 10th

For Kindness Month today, here is a quotation from the author Henry James:

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 5th Day

February 7th

It’s Kindness Month!

Do you have family members who live far away? This weekend why don’t you write them a card or a short letter? Everyone likes to get mail! You will put a smile on the face of someone you love.

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 4th Day

February 6th

Happy Kindness Month! Here’s a quotation about kindness from Stephen Grellet:

“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 3rd Day

February 5th

It’s kindness month!

Some time this month come to the library and pick up a special bookmark for Kindness Month. Colour the front and write a special message on the back. Hide it in a book on the library shelves as a present for a future reader.

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month 2nd day

February 4th

Today’s kindness tip is:

Hold the door for someone without being asked. Do it today!

 

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

Kindness Month at Quilchena

February is Kindness Month!

Each (school) day this month our Quilchena community will be invited to focus on kind acts. They will be on the morning announcements and then posted outside the library. I will also post them here. We invite you to follow along at home.

February 3rd

What does it mean to be kind?

Think about the little things we can do to be kind to each other. Try to do a kind thing for someone every day this month. I bet you’ll make a lot of people happy…. and maybe feel a little happier yourself.

Moving Remembrance Day forward

Some families have very particular traditions of how they mark Remembrance Day on November 11th. For others it can be a day with not a lot of focus towards a specific purpose. Many teachers have been reflecting on how best to approach this day in an inclusive way, while being mindful of the diverse backgrounds our students carry with them–some may have violent conflict in their very recent past, while for others war may be a more abstract concept.

 

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

Click for more information on this titleI offer a possibility for a new tradition on Remembrance Day (I am likely not the first to take this path): Use this day as an opportunity to reflect on how compassion plays a roll in your life. Read some thought-provoking books about compassion and living a peaceful life, be intentional about sitting or walking quietly to think about where compassion often plays a roll in your life, and where it might be needed, or have some purposeful conversations with loved ones.

 

Book - Why Am I Me? by Paige BrittPictured are a few of the books in the Quilchena library that are good conversation starters. Each image is linked to the book’s catalog record.