Thinking Curriculum

Our Townsville Thinking Curriculum aims to equip our pupils with thinking tools that guide them in their learning journey. We provide them with opportunities to develop their own way of learning as they journey through the various learning experiences and gradually develop their own ability to master their thinking processes effectively.

Our Townsville Thinking Toolbox is filled with a varied number of tools such as:

i. Polya’s UPDC Model

ii. KWL for understanding, planning and reflecting

iii. Mind mapping for generating, visualising, organising, problem solving, decision making, reviewing and clarifying.

iv. 5W1H as a questioning technique to understand a situation or problem and to discern the problem by analysing each aspect

v. Behaviour Over Time Graph (BOTG) for pupils to chart their emotions at different intervals of their learning journey, enabling them to gauge their knowledge and emotions at the end of each session on the graph.

vi. The 3-2-1 Reflection for seeking improvements and refinements.

Applied Learning Programme (ALP)

The school’s Applied Learning Programme (ALP), “iDARE² to be a Critical, Adaptive and Inventive Thinker”, is designed to develop our students’ ability to think critically, adapt to emerging and evolving circumstances and invent creative solutions.

Anchored on our signature programme, the Townsville Thinking Curriculum, we aim to foster habits of critical, adaptive and inventive thinking into the daily learning experiences of our students. With the use of thinking tools, our students attain their own mastery in developing their thinking processes and strengthening their thinking-to-learn behaviours.

Through the integration of different subject disciplines via our curated Curriculum Infusion lessons and a 6-year Interdisciplinary Project Work (Project IGNITE) plan, our students are empowered to navigate and respond effectively to real-world challenges with creative and critical thought.