Life Skills

Our unique Life Skills programme draws on the key components of Positive Education addressing the social and emotional development of students. Positive Education combines best practice teaching with the science of Positive Psychology. Our programme focuses on specific skills that assist students to strengthen their relationships, build positive emotions, enhance personal resilience, identify their strengths, reflect on their values, promote mindfulness and encourage a healthy lifestyle. Our Life Skills lessons provide systematic classroom instruction that enhances students’ capacities to recognise and manage their emotions, understand and appreciate the perspectives of others, establish and attain goals, identify and solve problems, and use a variety of interpersonal skills.

Students in each grade level have one single period of Life Skills weekly. Lessons employ varied teaching methods including role-play, simulations, circle-time, group discussions, oral presentations and research. Topics are introduced at developmentally appropriate points and key areas such as Digital Citizenship and Healthy Relationships and Keeping Safe (Child Protection)  are revisited to allow for deeper understanding with age-appropriate issues. 

The Life Skills programme aims to facilitate maximum personal, social and emotional development of UWCSEA students during the Middle School years. The Life Skills curriculum is currently delivered by the Principal, Vice Principals, Heads of Grade and specialist teachers.