This is a part of the activities in our project ””Our Schools, Beautiful, Sustainable, Together””.   
   
World Goodness Day on November 13 is celebrated in many countries. Schools all over the globe are marking it. This day was also marked at Ghelari Secondary School! Through our work we want to emphasize the development of positive actions and kindness between children, people, communities and we want to highlight the fact that kindness is a bridge between people.      

In this context, the students and teachers from Ghelari Secondary School celebrated this day through an activity organized by the students of the V-VI grade simultaneously and coordinated by Mrs. Luminița-Melania Dîngă, in which the students learned that kindness means generosity, consideration, concern for others, kindness teaches us the most important lessons, encourages us in difficult moments,  it reminds us of all that is beautiful.      

Students learned about humanity and kindness  from the quotes reproduced by the students of class V-VI simultaneously. The children sang a song about kindness in English and, divided into pairs, highlighted the kindness they did and do daily. Then followed the drawing session, much loved by the children, in which they competed to present how they see this quality of their price. At the end of the activity all the students enjoyed the delicious flavors of the apples.      

For children, getting involved in such activities means cultivating and developing prosocial behaviors, educating positive character traits, becoming aware of the real problems faced by their peers.       

Celebrated every year, the kindness of mind urges children, but also "great people" to do good deeds, without expecting anything in return. Self-gratification for the good done is their only reward.      

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, an ear that listens carefully, a sincere compliment, or the slightest act of charity, all of which have the potential to give a new direction to life" - Leo Buscaglia      

Through today's activity, children encourage us to do good deeds, to make the world a more beautiful place through the common thread of kindness that unites us all. It is through kindness that we love, we trust, we become wise and we evolve. The good man is gentle, loves and accepts all his fellows as they are.      

Is there a greater value of the human being than goodness? This question rings in my ears and continually makes me think ... 

Article by Luminiţa-Melania Dîngă, teacher at Ghelari Secondary School

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