learners who are innately curious about the world around them;  

thinkers with important ideas who use logic, reason and intuition to make sense of their world;

artists whose creative instincts need to be encouraged and developed;

spiritual/moral beings who need the freedom to express their spirituality, and to weigh the complexities of moral decisions; both their own, and those of others;

individuals with their own perspectives, strengths, weaknesses, interests and approaches to the world;

members of a community whose history and culture is the central starting place for their study of the world;

builders and decision‑makers with a responsibility to their families, their school community, their larger community and the world.