Family Handbook 2024-25

HC-X: HAVERGAL’S INNOVATION HUB

The Digital Wisdom course is delivered over four years to students in Grades 5 to 8, with the skills developed in each grade growing in sophistication and complexity as students progress. It is a responsive program that develops alongside the growth and development of the students. This emphasis on an age-and-stage approach promotes exploration and growth through various assessments and projects and highlights students reflecting on their skill development towards the six outcomes. TC-9: The Challenge (Grade 9) TC-9 is a course designed specifically for Grade 9 students to explore, learn and take action on the most urgent challenge of their time: Climate Action. The course introduces students to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), their targets and indicators. In a Blended Model, they learn about different aspects of how climate changes are impacting people around the world in different ways. Students will have a number of full days devoted to research, systems thinking and diverse worldviews, as well as how to adopt a trans-disciplinary approach to complex challenges: learning from experts, completing field research and more. One of the key considerations is the framing of this course in hope, joy and optimism. This course is founded upon student interest, agency and action. The SDGs are challenges for all of us to meet head-on. Without fostering eco-anxiety, TC-9 is an opportunity to hear what today’s youth have to say about issues, discover what they want to do about it and be supportive in this action. To support this approach, we are integrating systems thinking tools like the Ladder of Inference; mindsets like

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