Building Friendships 

Year One have been doing some great work around learning how to build and maintain friendships. Mrs Erica Wilson has been taking small groups and reading a beautiful book by P.K Hallinan called Heartprints, which presents the idea of deliberate acts of kindness.  

This book is being used to connect the language of friendship used here at Craigslea State School. The F in LIFE rules teaches us what friendship is, about listening to others, treating others the way you want to be treated, using polite language, respecting yours and others' property and being kind and honest. 

The book Heartprints poses a key question 

 “How many heart prints did you give today?”  

It connects students to a core principal of friendship and that is, placing others before ourselves. The simple language of the book allows the children to learn real life examples of how to be a good friend.  

As we do these things we place others first and in return they place us first and our friendships grow. As we see these qualities in students we ask them to colour in a heart print. When asked how they feel about themselves when giving away a heartprint, the children state it makes me ‘happy and proud’.  

At Craigslea we are proud of the friendships our children are developing and celebrate all students who use polite language, and are being kind and honest. 

Well done Year 1. 

Have a great week, 

Ms Dee Giudice - Head of Inclusion