Kindness Curriculum

The Kindness Curriculum is inspired by the Kindness Factory’s mission to make the world a kinder place. The Kindness Factory, Kaplan academics, Kindness ambassadors and the community collaborated to create activities that promote kindness attributes to children and students.

The Kindness Curriculum focuses on the development of core attributes that underpin Kindness namely: Collaboration, Compassion, Empathy, Gratitude, Honesty, Humility, Humour, Mindfulness meditation, Perspective, Positivity, Self- Acceptance and Trust. All learning activities can be easily integrated into daily teaching routines and easily adaptable to meet class and school needs and priorities. They are also suitable as standalone activities to explore, investigate and address specific problems that arise in the lives of young people. 

Some activities encourage self-reflection, others require group collaboration and still others are just about engaging students in learning about life in age appropriate ways. All the activities have a clear rationale, a set of learning outcomes, a sequence of learning steps and embedded resources. The activities do not include summative assessment criteria but encourage reflection on personal and collaborative outcomes focussing on the attributes. The ultimate aim of the Kindness Curriculum is to encourage students and communities to contribute to a better world through Kindness.