Mrs.Beauchesne's Grade 5 Class

Our Virtues for the Year

Friendliness	Friendliness is being a friend and taking an interest in other people. When we are friendly, we take an interest in other people or to make a stranger feel welcome. Friendliness is the best cure for lonliness. When something good or bad happens, it feels good to share it with a friend! "The best way to have a friend is to be one...." -Peggy Jenkins September's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To: CAITLYN MCCORMICK
Respect	Respect is honouring God and others. Respect is when we recognize God in others, and treat them as we would treat God. How can we show respect at Mass and around those places and people who are Holy? "Honour everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honour the emperor." 1 Peter 2:17 October's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To: MARLIESE VEEKEN
Understanding	Understanding is thinking clearly and using your mind so you can see the truth about things. Understanding is also having empathy and showing compassion. "What the heart understands today, the head understands tomorrow..."-Anonymous November's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:COLBY GRAHAM
Joy	Joy is being close to God. Everyone wants to be happy. Real joy comes from being close to God. Joyfulness is being filled with happiness and a peaceful sense of well-being. We appreciate the gifts each day. Joy comes when we are doing what we know is right, and when we laugh and see the humor in things. "Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob." Psalm 81:2. "There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, there is only the discovery of joy...." - Joyce Grenfell December's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To: AUSTIN CAMPBELL
Thankfulness	Thankfulness is being grateful for what you have. It is also an attitude of gratitude for learning, loving, and being as well as appreciating the little things which happen around you and within you every day. Thankfulness are people who are not negative and try to find the good in whatever happens. "The more we give, the more will come to us." - Peggy Jenkins January's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To: ISABELLA MANSBRIDGE
Love	God's will is TRULY good. Therefore we must always hope for His will to be done and know that good things will come to us with this belief. Did you know that of Faith, Hope, and Love......Love is the greatest virtue? "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. Psalm 118:8 February's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:
Forgiveness	Being forgiving is giving someone another chance after they have done somehing wrong, knowing that everyone makes mistakes!! People who forgive make amends rather than take revenge. It is also important to forgive yourself too! "To err is human, to forgive, divine!" - Alexander Pope March's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:
Gentleness	Gentleness is acting and speaking in a kind and considerate way. It is using self-control in order to not hurt or offend anyway. People who are gentle care about animals and people around them whether its physical or verbal. When you think gentle thoughts, it makes the world a safer, gentler place. "Never bend your head, always hold it up high, look at the world right in the eye..." - Helen Keller April's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:
Creativity	Creativity is the power of imagination. Creativity is a way to develop your special talents. It is seeing something in a new way, finding a different way to solve a problem. We use creativity to bring something new into the world! "Imagination is more important than knowledge...." Albert Einstein May's Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:
Confidence	Confidence is having faith in something or someone. It is trusting in the fact you have what it takes to handle whatever happens. Without confidence, fears and doubts hold us back. We feel worried and uncertain and afraid of making a mistake. With confidence, we try new things and learn all the time. "You see things and you say 'why?'.....but I dream things that never were and I say 'why not?'" - George Bernard Shaw Junes Kids for Kindness Award Goes To:

+Virtues

At St.Mary's, the Kids for Kindness Awards are based on this virtues every month. This program encourages students to follow the virtues every month that is taught. Students are observed whether or not they follow the virtues and nominated at the end of the month for the awards. The Virtues Project is also incorporated into our Grade 5 Religion program.

+Dear Parents

I encourage you to practice the monthly virtues with your child at home. Talk about what each virtue means, lead by example and praise your child whenever he exhibits that virtue. Children thrive on praise and encouragement .