February 4th 2013

Learning, Growing Learning, Growing and Succeeding and Succeeding

TogetherTogether

Introducing a Introducing a VALUES VALUES BASED BASED

APPROACH APPROACH to to

The Downley School The Downley School

LOVELOVEAll human beings need...

fondness

warmt

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affectioncaring

loyalty

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What What might might LOVELOVE look look like?like?

respect happine

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Think about signs of Think about signs of LOVELOVE you see you see

around you every around you every dayday

Who shows us Who shows us LOVELOVE in our lives?in our lives?

Our families

Our friends

Nurses and doctors

Our school staff

Who else?

LOVELOVE comes from comes from within yourself. We within yourself. We all have love inside all have love inside

of us. If we love of us. If we love ourselves we can ourselves we can love others – but love others – but sometimes that’s sometimes that’s

really difficult.really difficult.

What good things What good things can you say about can you say about

yourself? yourself? What makes you What makes you

wonderful?wonderful?

““I really care about I really care about my family, my my family, my

friends, my staff and friends, my staff and all of the children at all of the children at

The Downley The Downley School.”School.”

““I try really hard to I try really hard to listen to people and listen to people and

to respect their to respect their point of view – even point of view – even if I don’t agree with if I don’t agree with

it”. it”.

““I am really kind to I am really kind to animals and do my animals and do my

best to look after the best to look after the world I live in”. world I live in”.

Why do some people Why do some people find it hard to find it hard to LOVE?LOVE?

They may not They may not have been have been

loved loved They may They may

have been let have been let downdownThey may be angry They may be angry

or feel bad about or feel bad about themselves themselves

First moment of First moment of reflection...reflection...

What do you love What do you love about yourself? about yourself?

How can we How can we show show LOVE?LOVE?

•By being kind and patient•By listening and showing we care•By accepting people for who and what they are and not judging them

•By thinking carefully about what we say or do and how we can affect others•By being brave when someone needs help but can’t ask for it themselves•By forgiving

Do you feel Do you feel LOVED?LOVED? Do you feel Do you feel

fortunate for this fortunate for this LOVELOVE – or do you – or do you sometimes take it sometimes take it

for granted?for granted?

LOVELOVE can be very powerful. can be very powerful. It can help to change people’s It can help to change people’s lives. It can make the world a lives. It can make the world a

better place.better place.“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving .”

Mother Teresa

LOVELOVE can be very powerful. can be very powerful. It can help to change people’s It can help to change people’s lives. It can make the world a lives. It can make the world a

better place.better place.“At the centre of non-violence stands the principle of love.”

Martin Luther King

LOVELOVE can be very powerful. can be very powerful. It can help to change people’s It can help to change people’s lives. It can make the world a lives. It can make the world a

better place.better place.“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and theother by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” Mahatma Gandhi

When we reflect, think When we reflect, think about what you about what you LOVE LOVE about about

yourself. yourself. Then think about someone Then think about someone

you you LOVE?LOVE? See them in your mind.See them in your mind.How do you show your How do you show your

LOVE?LOVE? Do you ever take them for Do you ever take them for

granted?granted?How will you show your How will you show your

LOVELOVE in the future? in the future?

A quiet moment of prayer or reflection...

Here in our schoolLet us be peaceful at all times.Let our rooms be full of happiness and respect for each other.Let LOVELOVE be in our heartsWith kindness and compassion for all.Let us rememberIn learning together, We grow together And succeed together.

A prayer for all of us

... the greatest love of all Is happening to me I found the greatest love of all Inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all

Written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed

Being deeply loved by someone

gives you strength, while loving

someone deeply gives you

courage. Laozi

And, in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.McCartney

Love is patient, love is kind. It does

not envy, it does not boast, it is not

proud. It is not rude, it is not self-

seeking, it is not easily angered, it

keeps no record of wrongs. Love

does not delight in evil but rejoices

with the truth. It always protects,

always trusts, always hopes, always

perseveres. Love never fails.

Corithians 13 – The New

Testament