Deciding what to do – The Proposal Form

We want you to carefully select your Tripos role and experiences. Before you write your proposal, you should spend some time thinking about your interests, skills, strengths and areas you would like to develop during your time in the Sixth Form. You may also wish to consider which of the RHS Learner Qualities you feel you are stronger at and which you are weaker at as a guide and way of focussing your ideas.

Think in particular about areas you would like to develop, if you are not sure discuss with your tutor or another teacher. Would you like to develop: your writing ability? Your fitness? Your artistic ability? Working with others? Being creative? Being a good listener? Being a better debater? Managing a project? Organising an event? No matter what your goal or area that you wish to develop, in your proposal you should not only show that you have thought about what you are going to do but also you should explain your rationale for why you have selected that topic for your Curiositas, that role for your Civitas and that challenge for your Conatus.

Curiositas

To complete this form, we are looking for evidence of how you arrived at your chosen Curiositas topic and why you have decided on that topic. You may be able to utilise and copy parts of what you have already written in your Candidate Proposal and Planning Review of your EPQ Log. For those competing the EE you may be able to utilise and copy parts of what you have already written in your EE/RRS or EE/RPPF. In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to advance your Curiositas element onwards, this may include: continuing your research into the area and beginning to plan out your essay.

Civitas

We are looking for evidence of how you arrived at your chosen Civitas role and why you have decided on that role. For IB students, you may be able to copy parts of what you have already written in your CAS records for your Service Project. In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to advance your Civitas role onwards, this may include: applying for your role or volunteering position, beginning the role or continuing to research a role that is suitable.

Conatus

We are looking for evidence of how you arrived at your chosen Conatus Challenge and why you have decided on that challenge. For IB students, you may be able to copy parts of what you have already written in your CAS records for your Creativity or Activity Projects. In the next steps section, we want to know what you will be doing to advance your Conatus Challenge onwards, this may include: beginning to prepare, organise or research how you will complete it.