Building Character & Skills

This year we will be focusing on the following virtues:

Each virtue links to the The Jubilee Centre Framework for Character Education in Schools and the QEHS ethos of Respect, Engage, Aspire. 

  • Critical thinking – Intellectual Virtue – ‘Engage’
  • Courage – Moral Virtue – ‘Respect’
  • Compassion – Moral Virtue – ‘Respect’
  • Civility – Civic Virtue – ‘Respect’
  • Community – Civic Virtue – ‘Respect’
  • Confidence – Performance Virtue – ‘Aspire’

Civic Virtues

Character traits that are necessary for engaged, responsible citizenship, contributing to the common good. Examples include:

  • Citizenship
  • Civility 
  • Community
  • Awareness
  • Neighborliness
  • Service
  • Volunteering

Intellectual Virtues

Character traits necessary for discernment, right action and the pursuit of knowledge, truth and understanding. Examples include:

  • Autonomy
  • Critical thinking
  • Curiosity
  • Judgement 
  • Reasoning
  • Reflection
  • Resourcefulness

Performance Virtues

Character traits that have an instrumental value in enabling the intellectual, moral and civic virtues. Examples include:

  • Confidence
  • Determination
  • Motivation
  • Perseverance
  • Resilience
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork

Moral Virtues

Character traits that enable us to act well in situations the require an ethical response. Examples include:

  • Compassion
  • Courage
  • Gratitude
  • Honesty 
  • Humility
  • Integrity
  • Justice