School Focus

Compassion literally means “to suffer together ” and it is defined as the feeling that you have when you are see another’s suffering and feel you need to help relieve them.

What is Compassion?

• Compassion is understanding how another person feels.
• Compassion is caring about others.
• Compassion is showing concern through kind thoughts, words and actions.
• Compassion is helping and giving.
• Compassion is listening and being patient.

Over the months of November and December we will be talking about compassion in our school.  Through participation in activities for Anti-bullying Week as well as activities for Christmas, we hope to explore this virtue in greater detail.

During December, we will focus on understanding what it might be like to be cold and how we can help others through our donations of items to keep us warm.  These donations will be sent on to the Christmas Bureau.

We had many opportunities to discuss bullying and how to intervene, stand up and help others.

We also had the opportunity to try to experience and understand disabilities to help us develop our compassion for others.

Please use the links below to access some of the fabulous resources that our teachers used to promote compassion.

Is it bullying? poster

Disability Awareness

Disability Quiz

Video links