#BEHELPFUL Sunday

#BeHelpful

Sunday is all about discovering the joy of being helpful — doing small things that make a big difference to ourselves, our families, our friends, or our community. Being helpful doesn’t have to be huge or complicated. It can be sharing a story, supporting someone who feels unsure, or coming up with ideas that make life a little easier.

Today’s activities shine a light on kindness, confidence, and the creativity that grows when children and young people take the lead in helping others.

✨ Sunday Activities

1. Storytime Helper Swap
Choose a favourite story and ask a grown‑up to read it with you. Then swap roles — you become the helper by retelling the story in your own words or describing the pictures.
This activity supports UNCRC Article 5 – the right to guidance as you grow, building confidence, communication skills, and shared learning.

2. Invent a Helpful Tool
Imagine a tool that could help someone — maybe a Mood Lifter Machine, a Homework Helper Robot, or a Friendship Fixer. Draw it, label its features, and explain how it works. You can even build a model using recycled materials.
This activity supports the My Health, My Rights Charter – a right to information in a way we understand, encouraging problem‑solving, empathy, and creative thinking.

3. Helpful Hack Video Script
Create a short script for a video teaching a useful life hack — staying calm before exams, organising your school bag, supporting a friend, or anything you think could help someone else. You don’t need to film it — just plan it out like a real content creator!
This activity supports EACH Charter Article 10 – the right to be treated with tact and understanding, and to have privacy respected, building leadership, communication, and peer‑to‑peer support.

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💛 Partner Activity: Parent Club – Kindness Fortune Teller

We’re delighted to end the week with a joyful, kindness‑boosting activity from Parent Club — the Kindness Fortune Teller.

Children can make their own folding paper fortune teller, decorate it with colours and numbers, and fill each flap with a fun kindness challenge — like giving someone a compliment, sharing a smile, or helping tidy up. It’s playful, creative, and encourages children to spread kindness in gentle, meaningful ways.

This activity supports:

• positive relationships
• confidence in social situations
• fun ways to practise kindness every day

A perfect way to finish Scottish Children’s Health Week — by helping others feel valued and loved.