It’s ‘Secret Angel Week’ here at Provo Primary – a week where everybody gets to experience a little love and appreciation at the workplace and show just how much human beings can truly connect to one another and share happiness together — when we make ‘love and care’ a workplace “game”.
A bit like a ‘Secret Santa’, all of our staff have become a ‘Secret Angel’ to another staff member (Human). Over the week we will anonymously shower our ‘Human’ with gifts, love, kindness and treats. It’s wonderful to see how creative everyone gets, how they cleverly we all disguise our identity from our chosen ‘Human’ and how much we enjoy the challenge of trying to guess our own ‘Secret Angel’.
All will be revealed on Friday after school when the ‘Secret Angels’ will reveal who their ‘Human’ has been.
This year many of our classes are also enjoying a ‘Secret Angel Day’ in a similar way, spreading the joy across the school. It sure is a happy week here at Provo Primary!
If you would like to enjoy a ‘Secret Angel Week’ at your school or workplace please see the rules of the game below.
The rules of the game?
Everyone adds their names to a hat. Draw out names (at random). The name you draw is your ‘human’. Your job is to now be a secret angel for this human for the entire week, or agreed number of days. As a secret angel, you should pamper, treat and surprise your human over the days, and try to do this anonymously. A special Secret Angel area can be made, where surmises can be placed for pick up, alongside other delivery arrangements that you choose.
Can you keep your identity as a secret angel a secret… until you gather together at the end of the week to reveal yourself. Remember that while you are an angel — someone else is being an angel to you. So you too will be receiving ‘love’.
So during the week, every Secret Angel has to show love and appreciation for their human in creative, mysterious, and secretive ways. (Note: Angels can employ friends as “agents” to do their bidding. For example, ask a friend to rub your humans shoulders for 5 minutes on your behalf). Surprise your human with freshly picked flowers, notes of appreciation, a poem, a homemade baked treat, or even a serenade by the more vocally-gifted of us. Other sweet ideas you might consider are: inspiring messages, chocolates, a delicious snack, a personalized music playlist, a decorated desk, a cup of their favorite coffee, or even something quirky.
Inspired by ‘Love Week’, established by the company MindValley five years ago, this is our 3rd Secret Angel event here at Provo Primary. It is a much looked forward to event, which certainly seems to energizes our school into giving and receiving kindness and love all week long!