<p>This article holds advances of a research carried out in the Master’s program in Education of the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (UPTC acronym in Spanish). It arose from the interest to contribute to the consolidation of peaceful environments in elementary school children of the Educational Institution Saza, Nimisia building in Gámeza, Boyacá, using collaborative work as a pedagogical strategy. The low level of the school climate component was taken as the initial reference, the Synthetic Index of Educational Quality for 2015, as well as the registration of conflict occurrences, which generate unfavorable environments for students. Within the methodological process, incidents in the generation of the school environment of the group were initially recognized as manifestations of coexistence. From the direct observation, it was possible to detect that the offensive language, defensive attitudes, low levels of listening and little empathy, are features of the daily life of the students, inside and outside the classroom, which hinders the teaching-learning processes. Thus, the aspects to be worked were determined to strengthen interpersonal relationships among students in the development of workshops, using pedagogical elements of collaborative work.</p>