Values Assembly - Hope

Values Assembly - Hope

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

3. This month’s Values song is… ‘Free’ by Rudimental featuring Emeli Sandé

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 Friendship Peace Equality Courage Hope Consideration

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

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

9. wish dream ambition goal belief expectation HOPE

10. ‘Hope … is a feeling that something you want is likely to happen.’ Oxford Dictionary ‘Hope is a wish in your heart of good things to come.’ Steven – aged 7

11. ‘Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things’ Hope helps us achieve amazing things!

12. Let’s watch this short film. Can you see the value of ‘hope’ ? Which other values can you see?

13. A beautiful film which shows us how ‘hope’ lights up our lives…

14. Which other values can we use to help us feel hope? positivity empathy courage patience ? ?

15. “A value is a principle that guides our thinking and behaviour.” How does ‘hope’ do this?

16. A quiet moment of prayer or reflection... Hope

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

18. 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

19. What do you HOPE for... and why? What do you hope for… for yourself? What do you hope for… for your family and friends? What do you hope for… for other people? What do you hope for… for the world?

20. How can you make your hopes and dreams come true?

21. Hope Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness Desmond Tutu

22. Hope Don’t lose hope…you never know what tomorrow may bring.

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