The article is devoted to a relevant issue of modern society – value orientations. At present, the study of the conditions and patterns of the formation of value orientations in primary school students within a modern information and communication environment is of particular importance. Within the framework of pedagogical research, special interest is given to value orientations and the features of their formation among primary school students in general education schools. It is at this age that the foundations of worldview are formed.

The significance of general education institutions is determined by the fact that education, as an institution of socialization and a mechanism of human development, along with family upbringing and the social environment, serves as an effective tool for shaping value orientations. The necessity of forming value orientations in primary school age is обусловлена the requirements of a new educational concept reflected in the Model Educational Work Program for general education organizations.

In this regard, students’ value orientations represent an element of the personality structure, reflecting their readiness to act in order to satisfy individual needs and achieve socially significant goals, as well as their selective attitudes toward values as guidelines for human behavior (Federal Law No. 304-FZ of July 31, 2020, “On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On Education in the Russian Federation’”).

The content of the article is based on the materials of a completed master’s research titled “The Role of the Modern Information and Communication Environment in the Formation of Value Orientations of Primary School Students,” which was tested during experimental work conducted at Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution “Lyceum No. 6, Gorno-Altaysk” in 2024-2025. The article presents the results of the approved program “Formation of Value Orientations of Primary School Students in an Information and Communication Environment.”