Wellington College Yearbook 2010/2011 | Page 50

the wellington college year book 2010/2011 the wellington college year book 2010/2011 core of our main aims as an organisation. 50 Studying, working and living at Wellington should be an experience that enhances one’s life and positive school is a process designed to ensure this. Between September and March, the whole College community engaged in discussion of our values. What is our shared belief about the way the College and the world should be ? What drives our behaviour ? What do we want to stand up for above all else ? At the end of the Lent Term 2011, the whole community voted to adopt five values that we believe sit at the heart of the College: Courage, Respect, Kindness, Integrity, Responsibility. Over the next few years, the College community will review everything it does to make sure that all of our operations support these five values. These values are not new, nor do they supplant any person’s individual values. They have always been promoted and upheld in the history of the College through the actions of people who have passed through; we now have a process which aims to explicitly guarantee that this will continue. Values- based change is not just about picking some nice words; it is about making sure that principles of action turn into action, that the values stick and are lived by everyone. In upholding these five values across our community, we stand a much better chance of ensuring that all have the opportunity to flourish and achieve well-being. Ian Morris Well-being is a dynamic state, in which the individual is able to develop their potential, work productively and creatively, build strong and positive relationships with others, and contribute to their community. Community service home and away 51