Cultivating Kindness- A Lesson for World Kindness Day 2025

• PSHE
• LessonUp
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• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Introduction

A lesson for students of all ages to consider what kindness means, in celebration of 'World Kindness Day'.

Instructions

Students will consider what kindness means to them and will be challenged to consider 'random acts of kindness' during the day.

Cultivating Kindness

World Kindness Day 2025

Lesson Inspiration

This lesson can be used to compliment your school's PSHE scheme of work or as a stand alone session to support World Kind ness Day.

Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their actions and are challenged to complete a 'random act of kindness' during their day.

• Consider what kindness means to us
• Think about what others say about kindness
• Challenge ourselves to share 'random acts of kindness' with others in our school.

In this session, you will:

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What does kindness mean to you?

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What is Kindness?

Generosity

Caring

Friendliness

Sharing

Consideration

Which other adjectives can you use to describe kindness?

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World Kindness Day

Celebrated on 13th November each year.

First took place in 1998

It was created to make the world a kinder place.

This slide offers some key facts about World Kindness Day.

You can find more at:

World Kindness Day

How can being kind make a difference?wHA

What are some of the benefits of being kind?

1. It can brighten someone's day and create a positive atmosphere
2. It can help reduce social isolation
3. It can encourage others to do kind things
4. All of these...and more

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Match the quote about kindness to the celebrity.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Work hard. Play hard. Be kind.

Accept the challenge of kindness.

Be kind to yourself a little more every day.

A) Lily Redman, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

B) Warner Music New Zealand, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

C) Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

4) Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

5) SMP Entertainment, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Random Acts of Kindness

There are lots of kind ideas in the spinner. Maybe you can think of some more too.

Remember to tick the 'show for students' when you share this so that everyone can have their own 'secret kindness mission'. 

Being kind makes me feel.....

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Reflection

Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate towards others.

Acts of kindness can have a positive impact on individuals and the community.

We should strive to practice kindness in our daily lives and be empathetic towards others.

This session may have brought out some sensitive issues. You may wish to use this part of your lesson to remind students of the processes within your school to support those who may have been victims of bullying or discrimination.

A link to childline is here.