FEATURES
Based on the ZWIE's KSA Evaluation System and integrating the globally leading Kuder career planning and guidance system, we provide one-on-one interpretation of comprehensive assessment results to collaboratively create personalized growth plans for each student. By mastering ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills and finely managing learning objectives, students can learn autonomously and efficiently, cultivating lifelong learning abilities that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Our Chinese language curriculum includes both Mandarin and Cantonese, focusing on developing students’ reading, critical thinking, expression, and aesthetic appreciation. Leveraging the integration capabilities of ZWIE, we incorporate the essence of traditional Chinese culture, such as the Six Arts, Chinese martial arts and medicine, and the philosophies of various Chinese schools of thought, into both classroom and extracurricular activities. Additionally, we infuse elements of Lingnan cultural heritage into our courses and activities, revitalizing international curricula like IB and DSE through the integration of traditional Chinese culture, thereby creating a unique feature of our school.
Building on ZWIE’s 20 years of educational experience, our school is dedicated to fostering students’ exceptional growth from the perspectives of social-emotional development, well-being, leadership, and global competence. We aim to create a comprehensive framework for nurturing students’ happiness and success throughout their lives.
Based on ZWIE’s teacher competency standards, our teachers exhibit high professional teaching skills. We build our teaching team around the needs of students, fostering a teacher-student relationship that is both friendly and supportive. This approach reflects a management style characterized by care, attentiveness, and personalized service.
The school has introduced globally recognized career assessment and experience systems, such as Kuder. From the moment they enroll, each student is assigned a career planner to provide one-on-one consultation services. ZWSS offers a diverse curriculum, guiding students through the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), enabling them to pursue further education in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, or overseas through three distinct pathways.
The school will establish a Parent Committee, a Parent Leadership Academy, and a Parent School. Additionally, the school will organize Parent Days to provide a platform for parents to exchange learning experiences and grow together. By regularly hosting family education forums, the school will integrate domestic and international educational resources to offer modern educational solutions to parents. Through PTS (Parent-Teacher-Student) meetings, the school will build a communication bridge between parents and the school, achieving collaborative education and allowing students to develop comprehensively in a loving and caring learning community.
COURSES
Based on the 22 years of curriculum development achievements by ZWIE, the school offers a 12-year integrated education programme. In a trilingual teaching environment (Mandarin, English, and Cantonese), the school fully implements the Hong Kong Curriculum Framework, integrates the features of the IB (International Baccalaureate) education, and incorporates ZWIE’s unique excellent Chinese cultural learning system. Additionally, it combines the local cultural characteristics of Foshan to create a new benchmark for educational integration in the Greater Bay Area.
Based on the 20 years of education research and teaching achievements by ZWIE, combined with local and global contexts, the ZWIIE Holistic Education in China (HEC) fully leverages students’ active participation.
Integrative Course Inquiry:
Breaks down subject boundaries, using concept-driven and inquiry-based learning methods to acquire knowledge.
Subject Inquiry Course:
Focuses on subject literacy, emphasizing foundational knowledge, basic skills, essential experiences, core qualities, and attitudes, deepening subject understanding.
Extracurricular Activity Course:
Through hands-on and mind-engaging activities, it develops individual talents, ensuring the application of knowledge and the unity of knowing and doing.
Adhering to the concept of holistic education, the school offers courses and clubs in physical education, arts, and technology, such as instrumental music, fencing team, choir, musical theatre, Model United Nations, robotics courses, and AI learning. These programmes aim to ensure the well-rounded development of students, broaden their knowledge, and cultivate their spirit of innovation and practice, enabling them to better address the global challenges of the future.
The Global Competence Programme is supported by knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values. It effectively connects students’ in-school and out-of-school time through ten special courses and activities. This programme enhances students’ identity and cultural confidence through a cycle of “inquiry-action-reflection,” fostering local sentiment, international perspective, and global awareness, providing students with a compass to explore the world.
The Junzi Character Development System aims to foster growth through a series of courses and activities, allowing students to gain experience through practice and exploration. It cultivates students’ leadership skills, promotes the development of various character traits, and lays a solid foundation for their worldview, outlook on life, and values.
The primary school curriculum is based on the Hong Kong Curriculum and incorporates the essence of IB international education under the Holistic Education in China by ZWIE(HEC), creating a biliterate and trilingual learning environment. In particular, English is taught at different levels, with 80% of the lessons in English.The primary school curriculum is student-centred, and we focus on creating rich learning scenarios and playful activities to stimulate student interest in inquiry learning, break down barriers between disciplines, establish connections with the real world, and empower children with diversified problem-solving skills and modes of thinking, so that we can focus on the academic growth of our students while comprehensively fostering their future-oriented abilities and literacy.
Foshan Zhongshan Whampoa Star-raise School For Hong Kong and Macao Students (ZWSS) is a candidate school* for the PYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org。
The junior secondary curriculum is based on the Hong Kong curriculum, and the curriculum and teaching organisation are guided by the IB-MYP curriculum conceptual framework. Under the Chinese and ZWIE Integrated Curriculum system, we create a "biliteracy, trilingualism and second language" learning environment, and according to different students' fundamentals, we provide bilingual and whole-English teaching to help students strengthen their foundation and achieve high levels of academic excellence.
Foshan Zhongshan Whampoa Star-raise School For Hong Kong and Macao Students (ZWSS) is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org。
Multiple Systems, Multiple Pathways: Promoting Holistic Development and Lifelong Growth for Students.
The IBDP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme)
Focusing on the ten goals, the programme consists of three core courses and six subject groups for students of different levels to choose from. Using knowledge as a tool and inquiry in action, the programme develops and hones the five skills of students, laying a solid foundation for university studies, career development and lifelong growth.
Foshan Zhongshan Whampoa Star-raise School For Hong Kong and Macao Students (ZWSS) is a candidate school* for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org。
HKDSE Curriculum
Centered around seven learning objectives, the HKDSE curriculum includes four core subjects, up to twenty elective subjects, and various other learning experiences. It aims to develop students' foundational abilities, critical thinking, social skills, and learning capabilities, ensuring lifelong learning and meeting their academic, professional, and career development needs. The curriculum promotes comprehensive development beyond textbook knowledge, including social and life skills, helping students integrate into society and enhance their problem-solving abilities.
HKDSE exam results are recognised by many prestigious universities in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas (including the University of Hong Kong, University of Cambridge, National University of Singapore, Australian National University, and other world-renowned institutions), as well as over 130 key universities in Mainland China (including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and many other well-known institutions).
