In last week’s Community Meeting I appreciated two students for taking the time to come and check up on me on a day when I was feeling a bit out of sorts. I thanked them for this and commented that although it may not have seen much to them, their small act of kindness had made my week! Mr Portman pointed out that other schools have organised “Random Act of Kindness” weeks, but we didn’t need them because our students are kind all of the time.
And I agree… Well, mostly.
Today we had a difficult conversation in Crew. Over the past few weeks there have been a number of incidents where a couple of members of Crew haven’t been particularly kind to their fellow students, either in their words or their actions. The majority of Crew Finch are exceptionally kind, and they felt it was time to hold these two individuals to account for their actions. The Crew had a very mature conversation about they type of people they wanted to be, and all agreed that being kind and empathetic are important traits. Crew also acknowledged that nobody’s perfect and that we all make mistakes – what’s crucial is that we learn from the mistakes, make pledges to change our behaviour, and consequently become better, or in this case, kinder human beings!
Today’s session wasn’t planned; it just happened in response to a situation Crew weren’t happy with. Yet again, the Power of Crew in action!