Kindness Counts - Weekly Challenge
The Kindness Counts - Weekly Challenge is a structured, 10-week program designed to encourage students to perform daily acts of kindness, reflect on their experiences, and develop empathy. The resource provides a daily kindness activity for students to complete, track, and reflect on each week. Perfect for fostering a positive classroom environment, strengthening peer relationships, and promoting social-emotional well-being.
Learning goals
- We are learning to describe ways to include others and make them feel they belong.
- We are learning to identify and practise emotional responses.
- We are learning to describe and apply strategies to use in situations that make us feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
- We are learning to describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships.
- We are learning to practise skills to establish and manage relationships by engaging in role-plays and discussions on effective communication and conflict resolution.
- We are learning to identify how valuing diversity positively influences the wellbeing of the community by celebrating cultural differences and promoting inclusive practices.
Curriculum alignment
Describe ways to include others to make them feel they belong
ACPPS020 8.4Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings
ACPPS035 8.4Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe
ACPPS037 8.4Describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships
ACPPS055 8.4Practise skills to establish and manage relationships
ACPPS060 8.4Identify how valuing diversity positively influences the wellbeing of the community
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
• Print in A3 for a class display or A4 for individual student tracking.
• Allow students to record their reflections digitally for an inclusive option.
• Use as a whole-class discussion tool by reviewing kindness experiences at the end of each week.
Extensions
• Have students create their own kindness challenges to share with the class.
• Incorporate journaling or creative writing prompts on how kindness impacts relationships.
• Pair with community service projects or school-wide kindness initiatives.