Our Executive Team
Empathy is one of the three school values that plays a very important role in our school culture; it’s the soft skill that rules in a hard skills world. We all get plenty of experiences in a “hard skills context” - gaining and applying knowledge, building specific technical skills, but we also get to apply and learn a series of “soft skills”, enhancing how we work and act with others. The ability to personalise communication towards one another by putting ourselves in another person’s shoes. This year in particular, we are very proud of the provision that supports our community’s understanding of what it means to show empathy towards one another. Children learn their foundations through GroWell and ChooseWell - each programme centering on growth, personal performance and reflection. Skills are learned and applied in making effective and informed choices for our wellbeing. None of us will always get this right and we can all find showing empathy a hard “soft skill” to master. Students demonstrating
social responsibility in an abundance of contexts - through leadership or through events - makes an empathetic mark on the lives of children in our school community and beyond. Looking to the future, and looking at the world we will all be existing in, empathy will be integral to everything we do. It will be one of the only human qualities that will sit as a differentiator between us and AI. Empathy sits at the centre of our three values because it is a transformative skill that underpins everything we do at GEMS Wellington International School. There is no script - there is no right or wrong way to show it but we all have the ability to demonstrate it. It is more than just understanding the feelings and experiences of others; it’s about caring deeply for people and having the integrity to do right by them. Sarah Wright Senior Vice Principal
GEMS WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
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