Star Sprinklers

[Anita McCurdie]

Can you do something kind for someone else from the bottom of your heart without expecting anything in return? If you said yes, congratulations! You're a Star Sprinkler. Our Year 3 class have been challenging ourselves to spread kindness in our school. We started by choosing one person's name out of a hat. We then spent 2 days being kind to that person without letting them know who it was. Some people wrote kind notes such as "Hope you have a great day, from your star sprinkler". Others brought in small gifts like a lolly pop, a sticker and some flowers. At the end of the two days, we were allowed 2 guesses as to who we thought it was. Not many people got it right. But that was what it's all about, giving love but not expecting anything in return. Spread the word!!

[Grant Lewis]

That is a really cool idea Anita. I have asked a sent out a bulk email to all the teachers at our school to give your idea a try. Fingers crossed they take it up. But if one does, then mission accomplished I imagine, as around 30 humans will be and receive sprinkler/s.

[Anita McCurdie]

Thank you so much for the comments. It was funny, Mike, I couldn't work out who my Star Sprinkler was and I wanted to change the rules then!! (but didn't!) The children really seemed to enjoy the secretive aspect of the activity. I love your ideas Jenny. It just really boosts the morale around the place performing random acts of kindness and it's such an easy and cheap way to make yours and someone elses day more enjoyable. I particularly like the idea of a name drawn out of the hat - a great way to start a staff meeting I thought. Thanks for your feedback.

[Jenny Luca]

I love it. Exactly the kind of easy to implement activity that models so well the power of kindness. I used to run something like this for staff at a previous school. We had a weekly staff morning tea where we would run raffles and award prizes to staff who had been nominated by their peers. We also had our random act of kindness presentation; staff members' names were drawn out of a hat and they received chocolate bars as a random act of kindness. We asked them to pay it forward by performing a random act of kindness for someone else throughout the course of the week. I bet your kids were happier people at the end of the two days. Thanks for sharing this. : )

[Mike Poluk]

Anita, thank you very much for posting this! This was a very creative way to put a smile on peoples faces; hopefully the good deeds will continue from time to time now that the 2 days are over. I think it's great that most people couldn't guess who their "Star Sprinkler" was. It proves that kindness doesn't have to just come from those who are closest to us.