Monday, July 29, 2013

Young and Neighbourly (page 6) - 5 Faith and 5 Humility

Issue: 9 July 2013 

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ― Mark Twain 

Being neighbourly is not something that only adults can do. Everyone, regardless of age, can demonstrate acts of kindness. Three primary school pupils were among 11 recipients of the HDB Good Neighbour Award at the recent HDB Community Week, held between May 29 and June 9. The annual award, organized by HDB, honours the community spirit shown by those living in their HDB estates. The awardees shared their charitable acts with readers which include, lending elderly neighbours a hand with their groceries, helping neighbours to clean their houses, helping classmates with their schoolwork, among other things.

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(1) What are the acts of kindness you can show to your neighbours? [Remember, no act of kindness is too small when it is done from the heart.] 

(2) Besides our neighbours, who else can we show kindness to and what can we do to live out one of our school values - Compassion?

58 comments:

Izzan Kwa ( 5 Faith) said...

1) I can supply them with water and snacks when they forgot to bring their keys and their relatives are not at home.
2) We can show kindness to the needy or people in need.

Laya Grg (5 Faith) said...

1.Help them to put their groceries when they came from the supermarket.

2.Pressing the lift button for them when they cannot use both hands.

Maha ( 5 Faith) said...

(1)Helping them to carry with their groceries.
(2)We can show acts of kindness to our friends and we can show it through commitment.

Kee Hoi Ming (P5 Faith) said...

1)I can invite them into my house when they forgot to bring their keys and none of their relatives are home.
2)We can show kindness to the needy and orphans.

Jeslynn Loo(P5 Faith) said...

1)We can help our neighbours by hellping them carry groceries and take a look at their door often when they're away.
2)We can greet the teachers and cleaners.

Anne Jolina Benzon said...

1)I help to carry her plastic bag,school bag because i know that it is heavy.

2)I show kindness to my parents by helping them with the house chores.

Alaina (5 Faith) said...

1)I can help them to water their plants when they forgot to do it but i will ask permission.

2) Help our mother to do the house chores.

Naga (5 Faith) said...

(1) Help them to hold the lift if they are in hurry,help them to carry their groceries and make them happy.

(2) We can even help our friends
and help visitors and help the animals.We can show it through commitment.

Chavonne Foo(P5 Faith) said...

(1):I can help my neighbours to carry their bags of things bought from the market to their house.

(2):I can help my friends if they need help.



Chavonne Foo(5)
P5 Faith

Anne jolina Benzon(P5 Faith) said...

1)I help to carry her plastic bag,school bag because i know that it is heavy.

2)I show kindness to my parents by helping them with the house chores.

Li Si Qi ( P5 faith ) said...

(1)We can press the lift door button for our neighbour when they are rushing to go inside the lift or we can also help our neighbour if he/she is carrying many groceries.

(2)We can help our teachers to carry their books or laptop or we can also help the aunties sweeping the school by picking up the litters in our classroom.

Melissa Lim (P5 Faith) said...

``(1)We can press the lift door button for our neighbour so that they will not be crushed.
We can help our neighbours by carrying groceries for them when they cannot cope on their own.

(2)We can also help our teachers to carry her things.
We can also help our friends with their homework when they cannot cope on their own.

Yang Han Ting (5 Faith) said...

(1)When i so my neighbour carrying a lot of things, i will help her. i also help her to water her plants and take care of her puppy.

(2)i will show kindness to my parents, friends, grandparents and neighbours.i help the people around me that needs help, like helping a elderly in need to carry groceries.

Lee Zhi Yi(5 Faith) said...

(1)We can press the lift door button for them and if our neighbour have many grocerys, we can help them to carry their grocerys.We can also help them if they are in need help and we can help.

(2)We can help our friends if their homework are in need help and we know how to do and if they are injured,we help them to the sickbay

Tan qi xuan(5 faith) said...

(1)I can show kindness to my neighbours by helping them to clear the trash,take clothes when it is raining when they are not around,water the plants when they are on holidays.
(2)we can share kindness to friends and teachers in school,old folks ,the elderly and the orphans.
when there is an old lady who is carrying heavy bags of groceries,I can help by carrying some bags so that the old lady would not be so tired.

Shreya Rai said...


1) I can show the acts of kindness to my neighbour by caring some things which they are carrying along that is a bit heavier.

2) I can show some respect or kindness to my cousins,teachers,principal,parents and especially my friends who are in different race.

Sheryl Xie Jing (5 Faith) said...

1) We can share nice things we have with them. E.g food,Goodies etc. We can also help them carry groceries or other things when they can't manage.

2) We can also show kindness to our friends, elderly, strangers or family members. We can help elderly to cross the road if they cannot manage or give up our seat to those in need. We also can help our friends by comforting them when they are sad or helping them up when they fall.

Li Wei (5 Faith) said...

1) If my neighbour is an elderly,I can help them carry their grocceries. And when they go overseas, I can help them water their plants so the plants won't die.
2)We can help people with social disabilities, handicapped people and elderly.Show respect to other people

Lisara Thapa(5 Faith) said...

(1)By helping them with their
chores and school homework.
(2)We can help our parents,friends,teachers,cleaners,
grandparents,siblings,nephew and niece.

Celeste low (P5 Faith) said...

(1)
a)Smile at them

b)Help them like if we are going to throw rubbish after a party and our neighbour also had just finished his/her party we can offer to help take their rubbish and throw away

(2)We can help rag and bone man.If they are carrying alot alot alot of things we can help them carry the things if there are no lifts and he have to use the stairs

maryam(P5 faith) said...

(1)We can help them with their laundry . We can also help them carry grocerries . We can also do simple acts of kindness such as giving a smile when they return tired after work and help them with holding the lift open while they head their wat to the lift. Remember, every little helps.

(2)We can show kindness to our parents , siblings , friends and of course our school staff and teachers.We can be compassinate by pushing in our chairs when going for recess and also by placing our bags on the chair when we leave the classroom for any activities as the cleaner may also come in at that time and clean the classroom.

Peng Ying (5 Faith) said...

1) Whenever we see our neighbours,we can smile at them and greet them but must put a cheerfulon face.

2)We can show kindness to the homeless children. Example-we can donate our old clothes which are still in good condition.

Zeenath Nisha ( 5 Faith ) said...

1)We can help them by carrying some of their things when they are carrying alot of things.We also can water their plants if they have.

2)We can show kindness to our parents,friends,pets,old people,beggers and strangers.We can help cleaning outside their house if it is dirty.

Nor Missyazrika (5 Faith) said...

(1) I can help my elderly neighbour to help them carry their groceries or we can teach their children how to do the concepts if I know.


(2) We could help our teacher,grandparents and any elderly aunties or uncles.
Example: My friend saw an elderly woman crossing the road which carrying heavy groceries, she can go over offer help for the elder.We can greet them good morning and look cheerful so it will make up their day after a tiring day!

Jusmin Magar (P5 Faith) said...

(1)I can help them buy gorceries when he/she is sick,clean thir house with them,cook with them,
hepl them carry gorceries and help
them pick up their child/children when they are at work/busy/meeting.


(2a)We can also show kindness to friends,teachers,prinpal,stall vendors,aunties at our school and the cleaners at our school.


(2b) we can live out our school value (compassion) by helping our friends by helping them carry their extra stuff (e.g.)(textbooks,file and lunchbox).


Nurul Nazirah 5 Faith said...

(1)Whenever we see our neighbour, we can smile to them and maybe greet them by saying "hello" or "hi" .
We can also help them if we saw them having trouble in something. Example- We saw our eldery neighbour carrying alot of stuff. We can help them carry some of the bags.

(2) We can help our teachers. Example- We saw our teachers carrying alot of stuff. We can help them carry some stuff.
We can also help our friends, parents, siblings and other people who need help.

Lee Jia Ying (5 faith) said...

(1)When they are carrying grocerys,we can help them to carry some of the grocerys and when they fall down, we can help them up and we can help them if they need any help.

(2)If our friends needs help,we will help them and after school,we can help the auntie to pick up the rubbish on the floor for the auntie and when we go to the washroom, we can keep the toilet clean.

stroma (5 faith) :) said...

1)I could help them carry groceries hold the elevator for them invite them into my house when they had forgotten their keys greet them with a dazzling smile :)
2)orpans I could donate all my old clothes which are still in good condition and visit orphanages some times and feel that how fortunate I am to have parents .

Zhenzhen(5HUM) said...

1. pressing the lift button for them if their hands are both used up
2. we can help the aunties and uncles to pick up the litter in the cateen or even in the classroom

Niveda (20) said...

Niveda (20)
if there are carrying heavy wait of groceries i can help them carry

Sirjana Mabo said...

Sirjana Mabo (19)

1)I can show kindness by helping them carry their things.
2)When there is a teacher that is carrying many things,I would offer her a hand.

Vanessa (5 Humility) said...

1)I will help them water their plants,carry their things if they need and I can also babysit hteir children if they need.
2)We can show kindness to our parents,elderly and our friends!

Sirjana Mabo(P5 hum) said...

Sirjana Mabo (19)

1)I can show kindness by helping them carry their things.
2)When there is a teacher that is carrying many things,I would offer her a hand.

Ho jia xin (5 hum) said...

(1)i can help them carry their things for them and help them press the lift.

(2)i can show kindess to my friends,teachers and my family members.

Athena Han (5 Hum) said...

1)We can help and bring the blind people by telling them where they wanted to go.
2)We can help our teachers,friends,neighbour and our parents by helping them to pick up their things when they drop it.

Niveda (20) 5hum said...

if there are lonely we go and talk to therm

Barsha Thapa (P5 Hum) said...

Barsha Thapa (3)
P5 Humility

We could heip the old and elderly people when they need help as they might backbone pain so we must really help them so we could be helpful and learn how to help others like our friend if they need if not ask them if they need help in their wok so we can help them understand more and we can also understand the question while teaching them .

Yu Xin ( 5 Humility) said...

1)When our neighbour drop something,we can help them pick it up and return it to them
2)We can help our teachers ,friend and the school aunties who needs help.

Kristen (5 Humility) said...

1)If we see them feeling uncomfortable carrying heavy groceries, we can help them to carry some of the bags.
2)We can help our friends by teaching them if they need help.

Nicole(P5Humility) said...

1)I can show kindness by helping my neighbours with their groceries.
2)I can help people by babysitting their children.

Subatra (5 hum ) said...

1. i will help my neighbours carry their groceries , water their plants , hold the lift for them and wait for them to enter
2.i can show kindness to my frinds parents and elderly

Samantha Wong(P5 Hum) said...

1)when our neighbours go oversea we can help them look after their house like see if there are any burglar.

2)we can also help orphan or elderly by donating our clothes that we do not want.

Jade( 5 Humility ) said...

1)I could help them by carrying grocries for them and invite them to my house when they had forgotten their keys:)
2)I could walk around my neighbourhood to check on my neighbours, just incase there is an emergency, example: fire in the house, injury,robbery

Marjan (P5 Hum) said...

1) we can help them carry their stuff, help them water their plants and take care of their children if they are married.

2) we can help our students, teachers, freinds and strangers if they need our help.

Sophia (5 Hum) said...

1) We can help them by opening the door for them and help them carry their bags.
2)Poor.I can give food and donate some money to them.

Eve (5 Humility) said...

1)I can help them by carring their groceries.I can help them by holding the elevator door for them.
2)I can donate some old toys,clothes and some money.

Gita Pun(5 Humility) said...

(1)We can show kindness to the needy and orphans.
(2)We can also show kindness to friends,teachers,prinpal,stall vendors,aunties and uncles at our school and the cleaners too.

lareefah ( 5 HUM) said...

q1 can help them by carrying their groceries,guiding them to their house . If their are sick they can't go down to buy things help them go buy things. if their house is dirty help them clean it . Guide them to the toilet. speak friendly to them.

q2 besides our neighbour we can help our teachers , friends, parents ,auntys, we can donate money storybooks. we can go to the orphan and buy them food

Kessie (5 Humility) said...

(1)We can help them to carry their bag and help them to press the lift.
(2)I can show kindness to my friends and we can help to teach them how to do the problem that they do not know.

Neshana(P5 Hum) said...

(1)We could help them by helping them buy gorceries when they are not feeling well and clean the things that she have drop down.

(2)We can show kindness to orpans.When they do not have i can share them mine

Noorul[p5 hum] said...

1)I can show care by making them happy when they are sad,help them carry the things wich are heavy for them,i can talk to them nicely,be gracefull to help them and make them feel you are a kind person.

2)orphanage:by giving food and donating money.TO SHOW OUR SCHOOL VALUE "COMPASSIONATE".

Bimala Pun(5 Hum) said...

Bimala Pun (5 HUM)

1)We can help our neighbours by helping them carry their heavy thing.

2)We can help our friends by teaching them if they need a help.

Ashwini (5Hum) said...

1) I will help them press the lift and carry their things for them.

2)be compassionate to other people like our grangparents and relatives.

Angeline(1) said...

1)I can help them carry thier things and I can invite them into my house.

Lakshanya P5 Faith said...

1) We can help them take care of their kids when they go to work or during festivals we can invite them to our house to ask them to celebrate the festival with us.
2) We can show kindness to people around ask any where,any time,any thing:)

Becca Sandhu (Rebecca) - P5 Faith said...

1) We can help them carry their groceries, only if they allow it.

2) We can show kindness to the cleaners by greeting them whenever we see them.

Izzan Kwa ( 5 Faith) said...

1. I showed my Indian neighbor kindness by giving them water and snacks when they forgot to bring their keys.
2. I can help them to water the plant and help them to carry groceries.

Vanessa Lee(5 Humility) said...

1)I helped to water my neighbours plants.
2)To the cleaning aunties,uncles,friends and teachers.