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When Supporting Growth Feels Unclear

Most parents want to support their child’s interests, abilities, and talents thoughtfully. Yet motivation can rise and fall, confidence can fluctuate, and progress rarely follows a straight line.
Common questions parents share:
Without a clear way to read these signals, support can feel reactive and uncertain.
DARE to RISE was created to give parents greater clarity and confidence in navigating this journey.

Introducing DARE to RISE

DARE to RISE is a practical framework that helps parents understand what drives a child from within and how to support growth with intention and care. Co-developed by Lorna Whiston Schools and Joseph Schooling, Singapore’s first Olympic Champion, drawing from:
DARE to RISE gives parents:
Children and parents experience the same framework in parallel, creating alignment that continues beyond the camp.

Grounded in Experience and Education

Grounded in lived experience and educational research, DARE to RISE brings together insight from high-performance sport, child development, pedagogy, parenting, and coaching.
The framework focuses on two interconnected aspects of growth.

DARE supports understanding of a child’s inner compass, including:

RISE guides how adults support growth through people and environment, including:

The framework is explored and applied during the camp and parent seminars, where parents and children experience it together.

DARE: The Children’s Experience

Children experience DARE to RISE through a three-day guided camp designed to support confidence, expression, and perseverance.

The camp is for:

Programme areas:

Key details:

* Details may be subject to change to improve the experience.

Activities are designed to be age-appropriate, engaging, and encouraging, with space for challenge and reflection.

RISE: The Parent Seminars

Parents attend two half-day seminars alongside the children’s camp, designed to introduce and explore the DARE to RISE framework.

The seminars coincide with drop-off on the first day and collection on the final day.

Seminar schedule:

Location:

Parents will:

By experiencing the same framework as their children, parents and children develop a shared understanding that extends beyond the programme.

* Details may be subject to change to improve the experience.

Seminar Speaker's Profiles

Joseph Schooling

Olympic Champion

Joseph introduces the framework through his personal journey, sharing how confidence, discipline, and resilience were shaped over time through challenge, reflection, and support.
Renee Stone

Lorna Whiston, Head of Schools

Renee brings the educational foundation of DARE to RISE to life, explaining how the framework is grounded in pedagogy, learning science, and developmental research, and how parents can apply it meaningfully.

Don Poh - CEO of Lorna Whiston
Don Poh

Lorna Whiston Group CEO

Don joins the second parent seminar as a panel speaker, sharing reflections from his entrepreneurial and leadership journey. He will discuss how early experiences shape confidence, initiative, and decision-making over time, and how these foundations often surface later in leadership and entrepreneurship.

Practical Information and Registration

Dates

28 to 30 November 2026

VENUE

Tanah Merah Country Club
Tanah Merah Coast Road Singapore 498722

Lorna Whiston Academy (Marine Parade)
101A Marine Parade Rd, B1-20, Singapore 449972

 

 

Fees
Eligibility
Programme Schedule
A detailed programme schedule for both the childrens camp and parent seminars is available as a downloadable PDF.
Priority Registration

Priority registration is for existing Lorna Whiston or Sports Schooling (including alumni), with places allocated on a first-come basis.

Eligible parents who register during the priority period will receive a SGD 100 credit for classes at Sports Schooling or Lorna Whiston Schools.

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