Following the guidance of ISA mission statement, ISA Tianhe aims to provide a balanced education system which creatively fuses the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme with the UK National Curriculum standards and outcomes. It also contains outstanding Language programme and Co-curriculum, creating a high-quality, creative, comprehensive education mode and affording the intellectual, physical, emotional and social growth of all students in a caring and supportive learning environment, and enabling students to engage positively and insightfully with people from diverse nationalities and cultures.
International Baccalaureate (IB)
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a curriculum framework available around the world for students from 3-19 years of age. The IB Programmes encourage students to be independent thinkers and lifelong learners. Creativity and inquire are fostered in all areas of the curriculum.
UK National Curriculum Standards
The IB Framework acts as a guide to an inquiry-approach to learning and developing independence. We also adopt the UK National Curriculum Standards and content to ensure that students have superb academic level, strengthen their systematic English learning and improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The “GIFTED AND TALENTED” proportion of students in GL Test for English and Maths is far superior to that in the UK.
Language is the basis and means of all knowledge learning. It plays a crucial role when students learn about and explore the world. Apart from using English as main teaching language, we provide strong Language Programmes at ISA Tianhe, including English as an Additional Language (EAL), Chinese and Mother Tongue (Italian, Korean, Spanish and Japanese) to help students achieve a higher quality education.
EAL Programme focuses on core reading and writing skills, including reading comprehension, writing, grammar, pronunciation, symbol and vocabulary, as well as giving students confidence in speaking. At the same time, teachers will help students finish the subject courses through regular support courses.
Chinese Programme has not only adhered to the philosophy of IB education and striven to build an elite international education model, but it has also fully demonstrated and blended the essence of Chinese and western cultures. We use Chinese textbooks published by the People’s Education Press (PEP), closely following the teaching contents of the local public schools. We provide four compulsory courses and four elective courses for students per week and conducts stratified teaching according to students’ Chinese level. Our non-mother tongue Chinese program, on the other hand, adopts the teaching materials for foreigners to ensure that children of different countries and regions can also experience the fascinating Chinese culture through studying the language.
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Mid-autumn Festival Garden Party
Chinese Story Inquiry Exhibition
Mother Tongue Programme aims to help international students from other countries learn their mother tongues. The programme enables students to develop into emotionally secure individuals, feeling connected to their family’s culture, aware of a variety of other cultures and developing a strong sense of their identity.
The co-curriculum is a set of learning experiences that augments the academic curriculum so that each student is exposed to a rich and varied array of experiences which can include the arts, music, sports, and many more. Now, we provide more than 40 club activities to meet students' different hobbies and individual development needs and realize holistic education.
2021-2022 Block 1-Club Activities
From this year, ISA Tianhe co-curriculum programme is professionally managed by the school and the ISA International Academy. With the establishment of the ISA International Academy, it provides students with a richer variety of choices. The launch of ISA International Academy mini program also further optimizes and improves the convenience of the course selection. We will continue to provide more systematic and professional course services to our students while improving the co-curriculum operations system.
ISA International Academy Mini Program