Classroom activities

Kindness activities for the primary classroom

Kindness grows when students notice it, practise it and see the difference it makes.

  1. Random acts of kindness challenge. Each student chooses one small act of kindness to do this week and reports back.
  2. Kindness spotters. Each day, a few students secretly watch for kind acts and share them at the end of the day.
  3. Compliment chain. Paper links with a compliment for a classmate, joined into a chain that grows across the room.
  4. Kindness at home. Students plan one act of kindness for their family.
  5. Buddy class. Older students read with or help younger students.

Kindness is one of GWG's five habits of happiness, alongside gratitude, empathy, service and positive reflection.

Why schools trust GWG

  • Listed on the Victorian Government Schools Mental Health Menu
  • Listed on the South Australian Department for Education External Wellbeing Programs Directory
  • Included in ACER's national Wellbeing Program Guide
  • Evaluated in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Australian primary schools
  • Australian Government funded: Naturally Brave (2024 to 2026), a disaster resilience program for primary schools in South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, delivered with Bushfire Kids Connect and Makers Empire through the National Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Ready Fund, with support from SAFECOM, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the NSW Reconstruction Authority
  • South Australian Government funded: funding to the Adelaide Crows to expand Growing With Gratitude into more South Australian schools, with a focus on regional communities
  • More than 1 million students across 1,205 schools in 80+ countries have been part of a GWG presentation, workshop, online program or event

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