Students work towards acquiring and applying skills in five broad categories.  These skills are taught, practiced, and mastered in context, during units of inquiry, as well as during stand-alone activities.

Thinking Skills

critical thinking skills: analysis, evaluation, forming decisions

creative thinking skills: generating new ideas, considering new perspectives

transfer / application skills: application, application in multiple contexts

reflection: reflection, metacognition

Social Skills

interpersonal skills: respecting others, supporting others, social intelligences, resolving conflict

intrapersonal skills: self control, emotional intelligence

Communication Skills

exchanging information: listening, interpreting, speaking

literacy: reading, writing

ICT: viewing, presenting, informed choices

Research Skills

information literacy skills: formulating and planning, gathering and recording, synthesizing and interpreting, evaluating and communicating

media-literacy skills: consuming and processing, considering online perspectives, creating

ethical use of media / information: ethical use, reliability of sources

Self-Management Skills

organization: managing self, time management, goal setting

states of mind: mindfulness, perseverance, emotional management, self motivation, resilience