On Friday 9th March we continued with our 'Be Kind to Others' topic from City of Edinburgh's Health and Wellbeing 'Be Resilient' programme. Pupils from P4 and P6 shared their learning on the topic and gave examples of acts of kindness. We welcomed Austrian Primary Education students Elisabeth and Daniela and bade fond farewell to Erasmus French teaching student Elodie (from Lyons) and Erasmus Spanish trainee teacher Adriano (from Madrid University) thanking them for all their tremendous support at school. Our P7 House and Sports Captains have been busily working for several weeks with the Fiona Denvir, Bethan McEwan and Cathy McCormack from the Parent Council to redesign and plan our annual school fundraising events. P7 Captains Flora, Caspar and James introduced their new logo and explained their ideas for P1-4 to continue to take part in a Swimathon, while P5-P7 will take part in a new 'Meadows Mayhem' obstacle course. P7 pupil Isaac updated us on his 'Marathon in a Month' campaign with brother Reuben to raise awareness and funds for Asthma UK and explained how others can take part, to raise funds for Asthma UK, or for Sport Relief or simply just to participate. Emily and friends in P7 told everyone about their Sport Relief Bake Sale on Friday 16th March at 12pm in the playground and P7 Sports Captains will continue to sell wristbands for £1. Alice, Niamh and Margret talked about International Women's Day and updated everyone on their P1 and P2 survey about gender equality. P2 pupils and Girl Guides Penny and Catriona were congratulated on their launch of the Citizen Girl campaign. P6 pupils Rory, Isla, Ellie and Evie promoted their annual Easter Egg Foodbank Appeal running from 12th - 23rd March. There will be an opportunity to donate eggs at Parent Consultations on Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd March. What a wonderful P6/7 Disco! P6/7 Cross Country were congratulated on their participation in the recent EPSSA event at the Meadows where P6 Anna and P6 Dylan both received a 4th place medal. Huge congratulations to Sean, Evie, Katharine and Tomos on their outstanding success at the recent Edinburgh Semi Final of Euroquiz, as Runners Up, only one point behind eventual winners Stewart Melville's after an unprecedented TWO tie breaking sudden death rounds. Congratulations to Stewart Melville's who will now progress to the Final at Parliament.

1. Be Kind to Others
Friday 9th March
Assembly

2. Skipper has found that these ten tools
help him to cope with the river of life

3. •Kindness makes a difference to ourselves and others
•Being unkind hurts others and hurts us, too
•It is important to be kind to yourself
Be Kind to Others

4. Buddy is scared of water and
has never learned to swim. He
asks Skipper for some help
because he knows that Skipper
can swim really well. Skipper
agrees to teach him how to
swim.
One of Skipper’s friends would
like to learn to swim
Can you think of a
time when someone
asked for your help?

5. Kindness
makes a
difference to
ourselves and
others

6. Skipper has a book about how kindness can
make a difference to ourselves and others.

7. Our actions and our
words show that you
care about someone.
By doing nice things for
others we fill their
bucket and can make
ourselves feel good too.
We can say or do kind things

8. Simple acts of kindness require
very little effort but make a huge
difference to others.
Skipper begins to teach Buddy the
things he needs to know to learn
to swim. Together they practise
over and over. Not only does this
make a big difference to Buddy,
but Skipper also feels good for
helping.
Simple Acts of Kindness

9. Being unkind
hurts others and
it hurts us too

10. When we do and
say things to
someone else that
are mean, uncaring
or disrespectful, we
become ‘bucket
dippers.’
We can all be unkind sometimes
When we upset and hurt
someone else we empty our
own buckets too.

11. Take an apple for example.
Look what happens if you
drop it or kick it or call it
names. It looks the same –
doesn’t it?
But what would you see if we
cut it open…?
We can’t always see the hurt
caused by unkindness

12. When we dip into
another’s bucket with
thoughtless words or
careless actions, we can
repair what we have
done with a sincere
apology.
We can make amends when we have been
unkind
SORRY

13. It is important
to be kind to
yourself

14. When things go wrong,
remember to give yourself a
break.
Be kind to yourself, remember
you are only human and that
everyone suffers or gets
things wrong sometimes.
Treat yourself as you
would treat a good friend

15. Building Resilience
Family Activity
Try to do an Act of
Kindness every
day. Offer to help
someone, or pay a
compliment or
make someone
smile.
Share your Acts of
Kindness at
Assembly
Create a Kindness
display for your class.
Share the acts of
kindness your class
has done.
Class Activity

16. Building Resilience
Sharing Kindness…
What did you do
to be kind to
others?

17. Building Resilience
We have learned that…
Being kind helps
our own and
others’ health
and wellbeing.

19. Wilkommen
Elisabeth und Daniela
von Austria!

20. Au revoir et merci beaucoup,
Elodie!

21. Adios y muchas gracias,
Adriano!

22. P7 Captains design
new school fundraising events
with Parent Council

23. P7 Flora, Caspar, James

24. Meadows Mayhem!

25. P7 Isaac and Nils
Marathon in a Month
#participation

26. Sport Relief
Friday 16th
– Friday 23rd
March
#participation

27. P7 Emily
Sport Relief Bake Sale
Friday 16th March
#participation

28. #equality

29. P2 Penny and Catriona Girl Guides
#CitizenGirl #equality

30. P7 Niamh, Alice, Margret, Stella
Gender Equality Survey
#equality

31. P6 Rory, Isla, Ella, Evie
Easter Egg Appeal for Foodbank
Monday 12th March - Friday 23rd March
#equality

32. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Fantastic P6/7 Disco!

33. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
P6/7 EPSSA Cross Country Stars

34. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
EPSSA Cross Country
P6 Medal for Anna!

35. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
EPSSA Cross Country
P6 Medal for Dylan!

36. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Euroquiz Euro Stars!
Second Place in Edinburgh!

37. Mon 12th P6/7 Cross Country Meadows
CANCELLED Rescheduled to 20th April
Mon 12th P6A and P6A Jacobites at the Castle
Tues 13th P6C Jacobites at the Castle
Thurs 15th P4/5 Disco 6.30-8.00pm
Fri 16th P7 House Quiz
Fri 16th Sport Relief Bake Sale 12pm

38. This week’s house points
Tantallon Lauder
Sienna Grange

39. Ready to sing… Build Up

40. Building Resilience
Build Up
by Stephen Fischbacher
Every word you say (woah oh)
Every game you play (woah oh)
Every silly face (woah oh)
Every single place (woah oh)
You can build up
1,2,3,4,5 … or you can tear down
Build up one another
Build up your sisters and brothers
Build up one another
Build up

41. Building Resilience
Every joke you tell (woah oh)
Every name you spell (woah oh)
Everywhere you go (woah oh)
Everyone you know (woah oh)
You can build up
1,2,3,4,5 … or you can tear down
Build up one another
Build up your sisters and brothers
Build up one another
Build up

42. Building Resilience
Can you build up? (We can build up)
Can you build up? (Yes we can!)
Can you build up? (We can build up)
Can you build up? (Yes we can!)
Every song you sing (woah oh)
Every bell you ring (woah oh)
Everything you spend (woah oh)
Every special friend (woah oh)
You can build up
1,2,3,4,5 … or you can tear down

43. Building Resilience
Build up one another
Build up your sisters and brothers
Build up one another
Build up
I tell you now
Build up one another
Build up your sisters and brothers
Build up one another
Build up