British Values & our value for the month

To further support our School Values and our promotion of 'British Values', we think about and celebrate one of our 22 values each month, often linking them with different events and festivals, both locally and around the world.

We look at the value in assembly and in class and we aim to ‘live’ that value in the way we work with others in school.

In November 2024 our value is...

Learning about Patience

At school, we explain to the children that patience is about realising that some things just take time and responding to this fact of life by waiting without getting upset.

Instead of getting frustrated when they face a difficult situation, patience will help them to act rationally, without getting upset or losing their temper.

Patience helps us to generate a positive, measured outlook and to keep going in order to overcome obstacles.

We are asking parents/carers at home to send in a note if they think their child has demonstrated patience, describing how they demonstrated this value. We will celebrate some of their achievements in assembly (if they are happy with this). Examples of patience might be:

Waiting for their turn without interrupting and without complaint.
Accepting without argument, that they can’t always have their own way.
Accepting what cannot be changed.
Trying over and over until they achieve a goal.

What people have said about patience…

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting Joyce Meyer

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Saadi

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. AA Milne

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Napoleon Hill

With love and patience, nothing is impossible. Daisaku Ikeda
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. Saint Francis de Sales
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. Phillips Brooks

Sometimes the fastest way isn’t always the best way. Sometimes the best things in life take a while. Emily Beth

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. Benjamin Disraeli

Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Tao Te Ching
The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime Anonymous