Curriculum
Whole Person Development
The goal of T.H.E. Curriculum is to provide a balanced path of learning which guides, encourages, and enables each learner to develop towards their unique holistic potential, as well as providing a substantial awareness of the external world, so that they may consciously imagine and create their own life within a universal context.
Key principles of our curriculum are:
- A powerful internally focussed Self-growth curriculum which complements and extends the standard externally oriented curriculum.
- An ongoing, age-appropriate balance of physical, emotional, mental and intuitive development at all levels.
- A broad awareness of the world and its various inter-relationships.
- Exploring self in the world, to grow an awareness of one’s calling or vocation.
Curriculum objectives
SELF AWARENESS
Life is contained within the dimensions we, as humans, refer to as physical, emotional, mental and intuitive. Unfortunately, we are mostly “unconscious” of these parts of self and the roles they play in our lives. Acknowledging, understanding and opening to the full human experience is key to personal and societal growth.
SELF DEVELOPMENT
Our bodies and brains develop in a generally common sequence at roughly similar ages. The four human dimensions (or bodies) are distinct, but integrated. For maximum health and growth, it is necessary for each learner to develop each one in a balanced and individually appropriate manner.
SELF EXPRESSION
We are allowed to express ourselves (within limits) through existing channels such as art, sport etc. However typically we are afraid to own, let alone freely express our personal needs, feelings, ideas, beliefs and inspirations, thus we lock our true selves away to the detriment of individual and cultural evolution.
AWARENESS OF THE WORLD
A broad perspective of the world and awareness of the inter-relatedness of its diverse parts are necessary in today’s world if we are to address the crises that confront us. This broad awareness is also vital if we are to find the role that is best suited to our individual nature.
PARTICIPATING IN THE WORLD
The world and its workings are unknown to most students at the point of their graduation – until now, they have been kept apart from it, yet now need to make serious life choices from this inexperience. Active engagement with the school and wider community in their everyday (physical, social and economic etc) situations, will ground their education in the real world.
