Skill Development & Desired Learning Outcomes
For a child, everything is brand new. Looking is never enough. Everything needs to be
touched, felt, chewed, turned over and sometimes smashed to find out what it really is!
Members of the RWS community undertake various activities and initiatives with the aim
of developing the following skills, attitudes, and values:
In developing a
profound sense of self, we:
- Act with integrity.
- Persevere, with conviction and courage as sources of
motivation.
- Acquire wisdom to make ethical decisions.
- Possess creativity, curiosity, focus, passion, and a sense of
vocation.
- Remain open, teachable, humble, with an ability to follow when
appropriate.
- Pursue physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being through
these practices:
- Celebrate achievement and remain resilient through
failure.
- Maintain a reflective lifestyle that includes time for
thought, reading or prayer.
- Manage complexity and practice
self-discipline.
- Gain an informed understanding of practices as we learn to
think independently about our own and others' faiths.
In developing healthy
interpersonal relationships, we:
- Learn collaboratively, working with diverse people in
effective teams.
- Identify with the hopes, dreams, and struggles of people
around us.
- Give and receive effective feedback.
- Remain flexible and adaptable, able to absorb others' ideas
and able to live with ambiguity.
- Bring out the best in others by leading with our own positive
example.
In equipping
ourselves to survive and thrive in the 21st century,
we:
- Create intellectual capital through lifelong exploratory
learning in all areas of human endeavour.
- Think critically, actively applying our knowledge and
analysing patterns to find solutions.
- Practice and master methods of scientific inquiry and
research.
- Communicate effectively to construct and support sophisticated
arguments orally, in writing, and using creative forms of
expression.
- Utilize technological resources responsibly and with
ease.
In developing as citizens,
we:
- Maintain a sense of personal responsibility for our
neighbours' welfare.
- Explore and appreciate regional and global cultures,
languages, religions, and histories.
- Remain comfortable in multiple environments because of our
cross-cultural competency.
- Possess and act on a strong sense of social justice and
empathy with those less and more privileged than ourselves.
- Understand and seek to preserve our natural environment as
good stewards of the earth for future generations.
