Things that matter to you — Wellbeing, 7–10 years
Knowing what matters to you can guide choices and give ordinary days a sense of direction.
Values guide choices
Values are the ideas you want your actions to show, such as fairness, curiosity, loyalty, courage or care. They are not prizes or talents, and people can value different things. Naming a value gives you a direction when there is no single perfect choice.
Why values help
Every day brings small choices: join in or make space, tell the truth or hide a mistake, spend time practising or resting. Rules cannot describe every situation, so people developed values as a way to choose consistently. Values solve the problem of having to decide from nothing each time, while still leaving room to think.
Choosing with a value
Ava finds a new pencil case on the floor. She would like to keep it, but fairness matters to her. First, she checks inside for a name. Next, she gives it to the teacher and describes where she found it. Later, the owner collects it. Ava did not know who was watching, but her choice matched the value she wanted to practise.
Values are not a score
A reasonable mistake is to think that having a value means you must follow it perfectly every time. People often turn important ideas into tests, and school can make scores feel like proof of worth. Values are directions, not marks. You can notice a choice that missed your value, repair what you can and try again.
Values in ordinary life
Values appear when you choose a book, decide how to use your time, share equipment or respond to a mistake. They also guide artists, scientists, families and communities: curiosity can lead to questions, care to protection, and fairness to rules that give people a voice. Different values can meet, so discussion is part of choosing well.
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