Random Acts...

Two Fridays ago our class performed a 'flash mob' by swarming into the Grade 6 class (room 301 - Tiiu) during their lesson, and telling them that we were inspired by their Random Acts of Kindness from the previous year, and were there to perform a R.A.D., otherwise known as a Random Act of Dance. The music started, and we went on to dance around the room, and got their whole class up dancing. Then the song was over, and we quickly left them to their work, with a little of a lift in thier day (or so they told me afterwards).
Last Friday we had planned to perform a Random Act of Music for Megan (R.A.M.), based on some anti bullying work we had done in class. She had earlier in the year done an activity that was similar to the one we did in class in a way, so we thought we could go down and surprise her with a performance/flash mob in her office. Time ran out though, so we had to postpone until Monday morning. We went over the song, and anyone who wanted to added lines to the song. Then we swarmed the doorway to her office, and dragged her into the foyer, where Malika introduced what we were doing, inspired by Megan, and Will I Am. (the link to the original song from Sesame Street, with Will I Am is below) We performed, and left. In the class the students had a lot to share when we reflected on it. They could see how she went from serious, to very happy by the end of the song. They also explained how it made them feel good to do something like this, that required a lot of work and thought, for no reason other than to make someone feel better.
Watching the video of our performance I was struck by how powerfully they delivered the lines, with the motion of pointing to Megan on 'What YOU are is magical, What YOU are is special'. They really put their hearts into the activity, and when she came up today to thank us again for making her day/week, they all got grins on their faces from ear to ear. It really is the little things that count most.
Check out the original Will I Am performance from Sesame Street;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs