Values In Action (VIA)

The school’s VIA Framework seeks to provide a spectrum of learning experiences to improve on how our students and staff work and learn in school by:

• Equipping them with the values, knowledge and skills,

• Enriching their lives by keeping them curious to find and sustain the joy in learning,

• Exploring issues pertaining to school and community and,

• Empowering them to contribute to the community meaningfully

Guided by the 3H (Head, Heart, Hand), the school’s VIA programme is part of a holistic education with a range of activities planned and implemented focusing on the following:

Caring for School: The Li’l Clean-up implemented in every class to care for their classrooms

Caring for the Environment:  P1-P6 Cleaning of School Canteen (GLOW and GLOW-X), P3 and P4- reducing food wastage and keeping environment litter-free

Caring for the Community: P6 VIA with Thye Hua Kwan (THK)

All CCAs involved in CCA-initiated VIA.

The VIA programme in RVPS is also guided by the school’s Leadership Qualities, them being: Communication, Collaboration, Care and Responsibility. The VIAs planned for each level of students provide avenues for the students to sharpen their leadership skills by:

• Communication – voicing out opinions and concerns about the community through class discussions; reflecting on their role as active contributors to the community; presenting their ideas to their class / school; raising awareness to the public through their interaction with them

• Collaboration – through the brainstorming with ideas as a class and in groups to address the problems / concerns in the community; collaboration with partners like THK and NEA

• Care – addressing issues / concerns with the community displays care for the environment; care for the elderly by engaging them in activities 

• Responsibility – as concerned citizens of Singapore by being responsible for the cleanliness in the classroom environment, the school environment and the community (hawker centres)