Friendship Day Celebrations

On Friday Week 2 we celebrated Friendships at our Brooklyn Park Campus!

Our second annual Friendship Day was devoted to empowering children with friendship skills and continuing to build upon our culture of kindness. In our Junior school, students split into groups of a mix of students from Foundation to Year 6, with our ELC friends also joining in the fun this year.

Students rotated through a range of fun games and activities, each with a focus on a learning outcome. Activities ranged from cooperative challenges, making Friend-o-meters, 'Friendship Ninja' headbands, our very own Friend-O-lympics, learning a Friendship song performed by the entire campus, drawing friendship experiences with chalk, and so much more, including a massive recess and lunch dance party!

Each student and staff member also decorated a hand to represent how they show kindness to others. The hands will form part of an Emmaus Tree of Community, which will be displayed in our library.

Friendship Day celebrates the friendship skills we have been building in our 'Friendology 101' lessons. This program, by URSTRONG, helps children establish and maintain healthy relationships, manage conflict with kindness, and increase their overall resilience.

This year also allowed us to show kindness to others outside of our community, with the Sock For Wishes campaign. This ensured we had plenty of groovy socks on show today whilst raising vital donations towards making a wish come true for a child in need.

At Emmaus we're so proud of our students' engagement and their willingness to be kind-on-purpose to others.

Richard Heath
Deputy Head of School - Pastoral Care