Philosophy – International

The CWA Middle School Programme, designed for students aged 11 to 14,encourages them to become critical and reflective thinkers. It also emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. In the Middle School, our students study in seven subject groups: language acquisition, language and literature, individuals and societies, sciences mathematics, arts ,and physical / health education. The Middle School Programme aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self, and responsibility in their community, with appropriate attention to:

Teaching and learning in context
Conceptual understanding
Approaches to learning (ATL)
Service as action(community service)
Language and identity

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Six global contexts

1. Identities and relationships
2. Personal and cultural identity
3. Orientations in space and time
4. Scientific and technical innovation
5. Fairness and development
6. Globalization and sustainability

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Eight subject areas

1. Language Acquisition
2. Language and Literature
3. Individuals and Societies
4. Mathematics
5. Design
6. Arts
7. Sciences
8. Physical and Health Education

The International Advanced Level Examinations (A Levels)

Our students are enrolled onto our A-level courses in Grade 11 and will complete them at the end of Grade 12.  A Levels are an excellent foundation for their applications to a university. Universities value this qualification due to the high standard of content and skills needed to pass the final examinations.

Students normally pick the three (or four) subjects that they are most interested in and then follow an intensive programme of study for those subjects.  At CWA we currently offer 9 different subjects from Mathematics to Art.  At the end of the two year period students are entered for the relevant examinations. These examinations are prepared, and marked by Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), who subsequently issue the grades. These, therefore, are external public examinations.

We are a candidate school for IBDP, and we hope the first student to start IBDP in August 2019. The IB Diploma Programme has emerged as the single truly international pre-university high school programme，which includes three core courses and six subjects. It is generally recognized as an excellent educational system.

Three core courses

1. TOK – Theory of knowledge
2. EE – Extended essay
3. CAS – Creativity, activity, service

Six subject groups

1. Studies in language and literature
2. Language acquisition
3. Individuals and societies
4. Sciences
5. Mathematics
6. Arts

To enrol on this course you would be joining CWA in Grade 10. The main focus of this programme is to boost our students English level so that they can study at IHSP in English. This course is an excellent foundation for students to prepare for studying A Levels (or IBDP) in Grades 11 and 12. Students who follow this programme will study Mathematics, English, Chinese, Art and Design, and Science. The structure of these courses is such that students will be ready to study a course which is recognised by international universities. At the end of the year students will take for examinations to assess their progress and suitability for which courses in Grade 11.