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Thank you for joining schools and nursery's across the UK in taking part in the Kindness Challenge and raising money for Childline!
We’ve got lots of resources to help you plan, including paying in instructions, activity sheets and suggestions for Kindness acts. Wear your heart. Lead with kindness. Wear a heart to show your empathy, generosity and positivity. A heart t-shirt, a pencil case, a hair clip or even print out a big heart to pin to your top. Kindness looks good on everyone!
You'll be helping to power Childline. We’re there for all young people online, on the phone, anytime.
Resources
- New - Acts of Kindness generator
- New - Kindness bucket
- New - Magic words
- Empathy: How are they feeling?
- Generosity: What makes them brilliant?
- Mindfulness colouring in sheets
- Respect: Create a poster
- Self-compassion: People, places and things that support you
- Nursery colouring in sheet
- Primary school writing activity and word search
- Secondary school writing activity
Adnoddau Cymraeg
- NEWYDD Empathi: Sut maen nhw’n teimlo?
- NEWYDD Haelioni: Beth sy’n eu gwneud nhw’n wych
- NEWYDD Taflenni lliwio ymwybyddiaeth ofalgar
- NEWYDD Parch: Creu poster
- NEWYDD Hunan-drugaredd: Pobl, llefydd a phethau sy’n eich cefnogi
- Taflen liwio meithrinfa
- Gweithgaredd ysgrifennu a chwilair ysgol gynradd
- Gweithgaredd ysgrifennu ysgol uwchradd
Kindness act ideas
- Smile at someone and get a smile back
- Share a toy with a classmate
- Help tidy up
- Play with someone you don't normally play with
- Help someone do something they're finding hard
- Make a thank you card for your teacher or friend
- Make a bird feeder to welcome birds into your playground
- Say 'please' and 'thank you' to teachers and classmates
- Include others in games
- Listen during story time
- Help set up snack or mealtime areas
- Plant seeds to encourage wildlife in your playground
- Cheer on your friends for their achievements and efforts
- Take turns
- Help with a task like arranging books
- Celebrate birthdays
- Get to know someone in your class you don't normally talk to
- Be kind to yourself by doing something you love
- Smile and say good morning to someone who works in your school
- Help someone who is stuck on their classwork
- Write a thank you letter to a friend or teacher
- Hold the door open for someone
- Say 'please' and 'thank you' to teachers and classmates
- Invite someone sat on their own to join in your game
- Decorate Kindness Rocks and leave them around your playground
- Thank your teacher for being patient teaching the lesson today
- Sit next to a classmate you don't normally eat lunch with
- Pick up litter in your playground
- Make a bird feeder to welcome birds into your school playground
- Give positive feedback to someone in class who presents or reads something
- Let your friend choose the game to play during break time
- Lend someone something from your pencil case
- Offer to hand out the fruit at snack time
- Sort out the reading books if they're all jumbled up
- Offer to tidy up the equipment at the end of PE
- Include everyone in group activities and games
- Listen to classmates during discussions and presentations
- Get to know someone in your class you don't normally talk to
- Be kind to yourself by doing something you love
- Share tips on managing stress and maintaining mental wellbeing with fellow students
- Help a friend who's stuck on their classwork
- Mentor younger students, offering guidance and support.This could be for new starters.
- Tutor classmates in a subject you're good at and vice versa
- Write a thank you letter to a friend or teacher
- Invite someone sat on their own to join you at lunch or breaktime
- Decorate Kindness Rocks and leave them around your school grounds
- Make a bird feeder to welcome birds into your school grounds
- Give positive feedback to someone on their work or a presentation
- Offer to tidy up the equipment at the end of PE
- Create a study group to collaborate and support each other
- Listen to classmates during discussions and presentations
- Organise a clean-up of your school grounds
- Join and actively participate in clubs that celebrate diversity, inclusion, and equality
- Organise a listening circle - a safe space for open discussions on important topics
- Be there for classmates who are going through tough times, offering a listening ear, or suggesting seeking help from adults when needed
- Express gratitude to teachers through cards, messages or small tokens of appreciation, showing recognition for all that they do.
- Launch or take part in initiatives to reduce waste, conserve energy, or promote sustainable practices in your school
Purple Mash resources
For even more Kindness Challenge resources, take a look at the Purple Mash pack. You can download and print this, or access the online resources including:
- Kindness quiz
- Mindfulness postcards
- Kindness t-shirt
- Kindness poem
- What makes a good friend
- Maze kindness game
- My kindness superhero
- How to be kind poster.
Fonetti competition!
Have your pupils' written activities published in a Fonetti read-aloud book.
- Depending on your age group, ask pupils to fill in the primary school writing activity (you only need to submit the writing activity, part 3 – not the word search) or the secondary school writing activity
- Choose the top 10 of your pupils’ stories
- Email [email protected] with a scanned copy of these 10 submissions to be entered into the competition. Please make sure the pupils' names and ages are written on the sheets
Some of the top submissions will be used in a Kindness Challenge Fonetti read-aloud book, accessible from the Fonetti website.
The top 10 winning schools
The top 10 winning schools will each receive a one-year subscription to the Fonetti School Portal, which includes licenses for their pupils to access the read-aloud app.
Published entries
All pupils whose entries are published in the read-aloud book will receive a full year's personal subscription to Fonetti.
The easiest way to fundraise - GiftT
The easiest way to fundraise is with GiftT QR codes. This is the perfect way to collect donations, especially if you're organising the Kindness Challenge as a sponsored event. If you would like to set up a GiftT account please send us an email and we will send you your login details.
Paying your money in
All registered schools should receive a welcome letter with paying in instructions. If you've misplaced this letter with your supporter ID, or haven't received your welcome pack yet, please complete and return this paying in form. Your supporter ID may also be found on your Kindness Challenge emails.
You can pay in money:
- directly to Barclays Bank via the pre-coded giro in your welcome pack
- via cheque sent to NSPCC, Bumpers Way, Bumpers Farm, Chippenham, SN14 6NG
- online here
- by phone on 020 7825 2505.
Or your school may be using one of our cashless options like GiftT, IRIS ParentMail or JustGiving.
JustGiving - Raising money has never been easier with JustGiving QR codes. You can see your QR code by typing ‘/qrcode’ at the end of your page's URL. Save or screenshot this and include it on posters, emails and letters. Children can spread the word to their family and friends to encourage them to donate to your Kindness Challenge!
Returning sponsor forms: You'll find instructions for paying in money you've raised within your welcome letter or the paying in form.
If your school has sponsor forms to return to NSPCC to enable us to claim gift aid, please return them by confidential and secure post (such as second class signed for). Address details can be found within your welcome letter or the paying in form. You don’t need to return sponsorship forms if you’ve raised money via GiftT.
If you have any queries in relation to paying in the money you've raised, please email [email protected].