Virtue of the Fortnight

Virtues are universally valued by all cultures. They are the oldest ideas in the world. Virtues are the content of our character and they exist within each child in potential.

Each fortnight throughout the year we focus as a school on awakening and fostering a particular virtue.

In Week 1 and Week 2 of Term 1, 2012 the Virtue is

Friendliness / Whakahoahoa

• Friendliness is being a friend.
• It is taking an interest in other people.
• It is going out of your way to make others feel welcome or to make a stranger feel at home.
• When you are friendly, you happily share your belongings, time, ideas, and feelings.
• You share the good times and the bad times together.
• Friendliness is the best cure for loneliness.