Over the course of Term 4, many artistic children have come together to design and paint a friendship seat. Children thought about what friendship means and came up with their design. Painters then got to work, carefully filling in the design.

What is a Friendship Seat?

The original concept for the Friendship Seat started in Britain . The idea is that this very special brightly coloured seat, which is placed within the school yard, is a place where children who are lonely or sad can sit, in doing so alerting teachers and other pupils that there might be a problem.
Children are taught in the school how special the seat is, and to look out for any student who is on it. It is hoped that children will approach the seat, and invite whoever is on it to play with them, or simply check if they are okay. The seat can be a key beginning to promoting friendship and kindness in youngsters and help build a sense of community.
In Britain, the seat has been shown to help reduce bullying behaviour, because of the inclusive and caring values the seat requires the children to be aware of.     

~ Better Buddies Friendship Seat

Special thanks also go to Robin and Euan for their creative and hands on support for this Art enrichment project.