Values Assembly - Friendship

Values Assembly - Friendship

1. Assemblies in the VbE Membership Resource Pack are free for member schools to use. We respectfully ask that you don’t share this material. Please feel free to adapt this assembly to the context of your school. There are notes at the bottom of many slides. Delete slides which are less relevant and add images etc of your setting. Some slides are more suited to EY/KS1/KS2 etc. Assemblies are designed so that much of the material can be explored in classes and lessons for the month after the initial assembly. Eg, films, songs, philosophical questions, scenarios etc. The images have all been purchased, or are copyright free or are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License.  If you have any feedback or suggestions for VbE, please get in touch: [email protected] If you like an assembly written which isn’t in the pack yet, please let us know and we will write if for you (please give at least 30 days notice). Newsletters to accompany assemblies are in the Resource Pack and also some ideas for displays .

2. Date…………………………. School Logo Welcome to our Values Assembly

3. This month’s Values song is… ‘Count On Me’ by Bruno Mars (2012)

4. “A value is a principle that guides our thinking and behaviour .” Let’s reflect on how thinking about (enter previous month’s value) did this?

5. Let’s remind ourselves of all the values we have in our Values Toolkit so far …

6. Love Compassion Respect Kindness Responsibility Peace Equality Courage Hope Consideration

7. Positivity Trust Honesty Self belief Self control Pride Confidence Tolerance Empathy Patience Determination

8. Friendship This month we will be exploring the value of …

9. consideration empathy patience equality Which values can we use to help us show FRIENDSHIP ? tolerance love compassion kindness responsibility courage trust self control pride peace self belief hope positivity confidence honesty determination respect

10. We can show FRIENDSHIP to those close to us or far away. We can show FRIENDSHIP to people who we know and love – or to people who we are just getting to know.

11. What would you put in your ‘Friendship Soup?’

12. At this time of the school year, let’s reflect on our friendships… Who has been a good friend to you? Who have you been a good friend to?

13. Kid President has some good advice about being a good friend ’20 Things We Should Say More Often’

14. Friendship Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there. Anon

15. Friendship A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside. Winnie The Pooh

16. Friendship “Why did you do all this for me?” he asked. “I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.” “You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a tremendous thing.” E.B. White – ‘Charlotte’s Web’

17. Make a collection of your favourite friendship quotes ?

18. To build classroom community built on friendships, you could start ‘Secret Stars’ . Each ‘Secret Star’ is assigned a ‘Secret Student’. They do something nice for this person each week without letting them know who they are. Ask everyone their opinions of this and create a ‘charter’ together. Discuss and evaluate each week. (Examples: Secret Stars can perform an act of kindness, pay a compliment, do a favour. No material gifts). Building a classroom community of friends

19. How does Friendship do this?

20. A quiet moment of prayer or reflection... Friendship

21. A quiet moment of prayer or reflection... As we reflect, think about how friendship makes the world a better place to be.

22. Here in our school Let us be peaceful at all times. Let our rooms be full of happiness and respect for each other. Let love be in our hearts With kindness and compassion for all. Let us remember In learning together, We grow together And succeed together. A prayer for all of us

23. What can YOU do if you are feeling lonely or feeling as if you haven’t got any friends.

24. What qualities do you look for in a good friend?

25. How can more people in the world be more friendly? What differences would that make?

26. What are the consequences of people being UNFRIENDLY to each other?

27. What might stop one person being friends with another person?

28. Stand By Me…

29. Thank you for listening so well to our Values Assembly.