UWCSEA Activities are a vital part of student life and learning. Activities invigorate the life of the College by bringing students together for creative, athletic, leadership and numerous other endeavours. Through the Activities programme, students have the chance to explore their talents, develop new skills and to be successful beyond the classroom. By trying out new things, they discover what they are good at, and are motivated to succeed.

The natural world, beyond being our ancestral home, has been a source of solace, awe and adventure since time immemorial.  Outdoor Education is an experiential approach to education that can describe a process of learning new disciplinary or dispositional learning in the context of outdoor settings or can describe specific learning about how to engage within outdoor spaces which are often remote or adventurous.  Outdoor Education is often distinguished from related fields, such as adventurous or extreme sports, by its emphasis on natural landscapes and settings, and the cultivation of a connection to nature. How humans as individuals or groups connect to the concept of nature or engage with particular landscapes is often culturally or historically mediated, and may involve religious, spiritual, historical and ideological elements which might be shared or unique to certain cultures.  Across the UWC Movement, Outdoor Education provides a means to create resilience, relationships and mutual understanding and is an important part of our Hahnian heritage. At UWCSEA, we are particularly aware of our students’ urban lifestyles and our mission for a sustainable future through environmental stewardship. This shapes many of our choices about the types of opportunities we create for our students. 

Learners in Outdoor Education can cultivate the skills and qualities of our profile, a connection to nature, as well as learn expeditionary skills. Through transformative experiences, students are encouraged to practise and reflect upon the skills and qualities of our profile. Research suggests that an identity strongly connected to the natural world encourages environmental awareness which aligns to our mission.

Outdoor Education provides the skills for and supports a lifelong engagement with the natural world as part of an active and healthy lifestyle, which can support spiritual, mental and physical well-being, as well as encouraging a disposition towards environmental stewardship.

PSE (Personal and Social Education) is one of the five elements of the UWCSEA Learning Programme. Through this programme, students are encouraged to further develop the skills and qualities of the UWCSEA Profile.

 The UWCSEA Service programme empowers students to become aware, able and active contributors to the community, whether on campus, locally in Singapore or internationally with a project in a developing country. Service is at the heart of our mission, and service activities are a vital part of the learning programme.

There are three different kinds of service, and students may become involved in all three. College service allows them to offer a service to other members of the school community. Local service connects our students with members of the Singaporean community through various local service partners. Global Concerns are project groups that actively address specific issues and support causes and communities through direct links with partner organisations outside Singapore. Please note that Grade 11 students must do a local service for the full year.

Click here for more information on Grade 9 and FIB Local and College service, and here for Grade 11 and 12 Local service.

Students sign up to the service programme through the Activities and Service Sign-up System (log-in required)