This week we have been looking at values.

We learned that values are group of things that are important – such as honesty, good manners, kindness, determination.

I reminded the children of our school’s RESPECT values:-

          Resilient, Enthusiastic, Safe, Perseverance, Empathetic, Confident and Tolerant.                We discussed the meaning of each of these values.

We discovered that many values come from holy books, like the bible, which Christians and Jews believe in, and that it is a sacred text. 

Last week we listened to the 10 Commandments last week and this week we listened to the story of The Good Samaritan. Both of these are stories from the bible.

The children were ‘shocked’ and ‘sad’ that people left the man at first.  We shared our thoughts on what we would do if we saw someone we didn’t know, hurt and in need of help – Mason said “I would give my coat to keep them warm”, Jessica said “you could call for an ambulance” and Harley said “you should always help any people if they’re hurt”.

The learning we took from this lesson was, that although people may have different beliefs and different gods, places of worship and bibles – we should all share the same values and be kind to everyone regardless.