We want Winthrop students to:

• Use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information and interact with others.
• Select, integrate and apply numerical and spatial concepts and techniques.
• Recognise when and what information is needed, locate and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it with others.
• Select, use and adapt technologies.
• Describe and reason about patterns, structures and relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions.
• Visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise opportunity and potential and be prepared to test options.
• Understand and appreciate the physical, biological and technological world and have the knowledge and skills to make decisions in relation to it.
• Understand their cultural, geographic and historical contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary for active participation in life in Australia.
• Interact with people and cultures other than their own and be equipped to contribute to the global community.
• Participate in creative activity of their own and understand and engage with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work of others.
• Value and implement practices that promote personal growth and well being.
• Be self-motivated and confident in their approach to learning and be able to work individually and collaboratively.
• Recognise that everyone has the right to feel valued and be safe, and, in this regard, understand their rights and obligations and behave responsibly.

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