​​坎延梅多学校​的目标之一是让社区的每个成员“对自己、他人和我们伟大的学校友善”，这是创造学生、教师和家庭可以茁壮成长的环境的关键要素。基于这一目的，我们的冬季庆祝活动侧重于情感意识，以培养友善。

幼儿园的学生一直在探索和分享关于什么让他们特别的想法。他们强调了欣赏我们每个人独特之处的重要性。

一年级的学生正在学习颜色代表情绪的内容。他们创作了一个故事，把偷走颜色的经典季节角色格林奇和书籍《色彩怪兽》中的主角（情绪混乱的怪兽）结合在一起。

二年级的学生利用他们对加拿大社区和公民身份的了解，展示了我们让世界变得更美好的潜力，从欣赏自然中的自己到庆祝彼此。

三年级的学生通过乘坐魔法校车环游世界。他们展示了秘鲁、乌克兰和印度文化的精髓，揭示了将我们作为世界公民所联系的价值观。

学校还出现了许多其他倡议，以鼓励友善、开发自我调节工具和培养社交技能。例如，学生们在友善之树上张贴友善行为，发起了一个推动使用好朋友长椅的活动，参与了友善书籍的读书活动，并参与了友善链条以激励他人“积善行”。正如一名一年级学生解释的那样，“在我们学校，我们只需要一个规则，那就是友善，因为如果我们遵循这个规则，其他一切都会好起来。”

​One of Canyon Meadows School's goals is for every member of the community to “Be Kind to yourself, others and our great school” as a key element to create an environment where students, teachers and families can thrive. With this purpose in mind, our Winter Celebrations focused on emotional awareness to foster kindness.

Kindergarten students have been discovering and sharing ideas about what makes them special. They highlighted the importance of appreciating what makes each of us unique.

Grade 1 classes have been learning about how colours represent emotions. They created a story combining the traditional seasonal character of the Grinch who stole the colours, with the main character of the book “The Colour Monster” who had his emotions mixed up.

The Grade 2 classes used their knowledge about Canadian communities and citizenship to show us the potential to make the world a better place, from appreciating ourselves in nature to celebrating each other.

The Grade 3 students shared their travels around the world by travelling on a Magic School Bus. They showcased the essence of the cultures of Peru, Ukraine and India on a journey that uncovered the values that bind us as people of the world.

Many other initiatives have sprouted around the school to encourage kindness, to develop self-regulation tools and foster social skills. For example, students have posted kind actions on kindness trees, created a campaign to promote the use of the buddy bench, participated in kindness books read-aloud and engaged in a kindness chain to inspire others to “pay it forward”. As a Grade one student explained, “We only need one rule at our school, be kind, because if we follow this rule everything else will be OK.”