PSHE Festive Activities – A January review of our pupils' Christmas kindness

Image shows a festive red background with 6 images of pupil crafts or activities and text reading PSHE Festive Activities in white.

As we settle back into school life after the Christmas break, we wanted to pause and reflect on the many thoughtful ways our pupils chose to support others during the festive season.

Year 7 - Charity Christmas stalls

As a Tutor Group, Year 7 pupils designed and ran a stall to raise money for UNICEF. They came up with an idea, created the stall, had a rota to supervise the stall and visited those of the other Tutor Groups. Each stall asked for a small financial donation that was sent to UNICEF. They still took part even if they didn't have change as contributions were voluntary. Overall, our Year 7 pupils raised an incredible £137.56!

Image shows two pupils standing behind a stall decorated with a picture of a Christman pudding and a festive sign that reads "Guess the Sweets". There is a large jar of sweets on the stall with a paper Christmas hat on top.

Image shows several pupils standing near a blue table in the school hall with one bending over the table and drawing. There is a white box on the table. There is also a member of staff standing next to the table.

Image shows a coloured in Reindeer picture on the wall of the school hall. A pupil is trying to pin the red nose onto the reindeer.

Year 8 – Christmas Cards

Our Year 8's created Christmas cards to send festive wishes to residents in local nursing homes. Nursing homes in the local area were contacted, and the residents were very excited to receive their cards from Swanmore pupils. A wonderful way of spreading kindness and joy at Christmas.

Image shows a variety of hand-made Christmas cards on a table

This image shows a variety of hand-made christmas cards on top of a table

This image shows a variety of hand-made Christmas cards on a table

Year 9 – Food donations and cards for Meon Valley Food Bank

Pupils from Year 9 decorated a box, filled it with non-perishable food items and toiletries, and made Christmas cards for our local community. Mrs Kindleysides delivered the box to Meon Valley Food Bank before Christmas. This was a fantastic effort to support the local community.

This image shows a trolley filled with cardboard boxes that contain tinned goods and other non-perishable items.

Image shows a variety of hand-made Christmas cards on a table

This image shows a number of boxes and bags filled with donated food items. There are christmas decorations on some of the boxes.

Year 10 – Positivity Posters

Our creative Year 10 pupils crafted A3 posters in groups. Each poster was filled with Christmas cheer and positivity for our community service workers who were on call over the festive period. A thoughtful way to appreciate anyone who was working over Christmas.

This image shows a hand-made poster featuring the word "Thanks" in large blue letters. At the bottom of the poster is an image of a nurse, a police officer and a snowman.

This image shows a variety of hand-made posters on the ground. The posters are Christmas themed and are thanking community workers for working over Christmas.

This image shows a hand-made poster with the words "Thank You" in the centre in stripey blue and purple text. The poster also has drawn images of a snowman two Christmas trees a santa had a snow flake a stocking and other Christmas imagery.

Year 11 – Kindness chains and decorations

Pupils from Year 11 made a kindness paper chain to brighten classrooms and halls, as well as tags and decorations for the school Christmas tree. These were displayed in the Swanmore library.

This image shows hand-madepaper Christmas tree decorations in white green and red strung together and displayed against a white background

This image shows a bookcase filled with booked with a string of hand-made paper Christmas tree decorations in red green white and brown strung across it.

This image shows a rainbow paper link chain next to a string of Christmas tree decorations in red green and brown on a table

Overall, we are very impressed with our pupils and their dedication to spreading kindness over the Christmas period.