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  October 2026 our value is Collaboration.

In school, we have explained to the children that collaboration is about working as a team with co-operation and patience to achieve a common goal.  They can achieve their best as a team by having good relationships with others (for example, working with any of their peers without complaint) and by making good choices because that will benefit the group as a whole.  We have discussed how practising collaboration and teamwork will help them throughout their life.

We are asking parents/carers at home to talk at home about collaboration/teamwork.  Examples of collaboration might be:

• Demonstrating a willingness to work/play with everyone – not just their best friends.

• Listening respectfully to both their peers and to adults.

• Supporting the ideas of another person even if they don’t agree with them.

• Consistently taking a fair share of something they are offered.

This is what people have said about Collaboration…

• Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Mattie Stepanek
• Collaboration is the best way to work. It's the only way to work, really. Antony Starr
• Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford
• Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. Helen Keller
• The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. Phil Jackson