School pupils around Knowsley and St Helens have been doing their bit to make their community a kinder place after taking up our challenge to mark World Kindness Day.
World Kindness Day is celebrated across the world on 13th November every year. It was introduced by the World Kindness Movement in 1998 as part of their mission to create a kinder world.
We proudly supported this mission by encouraging our staff, as well as people living in and around our developments, to show kindness to their neighbours.
We also asked pupils from schools across the region to take part by carrying out small acts of kindness. In St Helens, Sutton Oak Cof E Primary School and Sherdley Primary School took up the challenge and pupils came up with a range of inspiring ways to support their community.
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School in Prescot and St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School in Whiston also took part.
Among the acts of kindness the children carried out were:
Sutton Oak CofE Primary School
An amazing 30 pupils took part in the competition, each drawing a picture of a kind act;
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Tomi (year 4) drew a picture for her mum to tell her she was the ‘best mum in the world’
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Joshua (year 5) showed himself making a friend laugh with a joke
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Logan, Harper and Freya (year 4) drew pictures of them helping their parents to do the dishes
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Alex (year 5) told a story of all the kind things he’d done in a day
Sherdley Primary School
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Jake (year 2) picked up litter in New Bold, joining the efforts of his local litter picking group the Moss Fairy Crew
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Kane (year 2), Luca (pre-school) and Theo (year 3) helped family members with work in the house and garden
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Mollie (year 3) helped to look after her two-year-old cousin Esme so her auntie could get on with some housework
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Archie (year 2) helped his mum look after their rabbit Coco, took flowers to his poorly neighbour to cheer her up, and helped his grandad to wash his car
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
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Ava (year 5) made a ‘Get well soon’ card and delivered it to Whiston Hospital for the patients
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Caleb (year 5) donated to his local foodbank. He said: “Donating this food makes me realise how lucky I am.”
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Entela (year 5) took pound coins from her piggy bank to give to homeless people in Liverpool, and also helped her neighbour with her walking aid
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Lucy (year 5) helped to cook her brother’s favourite shepherd’s pie for his tea to make him feel better because he had chicken pox
St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School
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Several pupils wrote poems and created posters about what being kind means, including Ariana, Ava, Heloise, Olivia and Safia
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Reggie helped his dad wash the car and his mum wash the dishes
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Max helped his friend Rufus up after he fell over while playing hockey
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Levinieh asked God to help her and others to show kindness
As a thank you, all four schools will receive a £250 donation to help fund new equipment and treats for the classes that took part, and we will present the pupils with a certificate to recognise their kind acts.
Jennifer Burns, Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey North West, said: “We were excited to see what the pupils in St Helens and Prescot did to mark World Kindness Day and we certainly weren’t disappointed. They showed such a range of kind and caring behaviour and it’s clear that our future is in good hands with these youngsters. Thank you to everyone who took part.”
Angela Tambourini, Headteacher at St Leo’s and Southmead Catholic Primary School, said: “Taking part in the Taylor Wimpey ‘acts of kindness’ challenge really brought home to our children the importance of living out our school gospel values. Learning how our children are being kind not only in school but in their community was very humbling for us and highlighted just how important it is to be the very best version of ourselves.”