Our English program ensures the incorporation of 21st-century skills in our classroom. Students will use critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication in a variety of lesson types. This allows the program to holistically encompass the common core standards which we follow. The curriculum covers the areas of literature, informative texts, writing, viewing, speaking, listening, media literacy and language skills. Thus, the English curriculum has four main components which are listening, writing, speaking and reading. Our instruction practices meet the differing needs of the learner and are responsive to the cultures, languages and experiences that students bring to the classroom.

In addition to the national curriculum of compulsory education, this course promotes comparative studies of Chinese and world literature of diverse genres including myth, fiction, drama and poetry. Students will acquire rich knowledge in Chinese culture, a deep understanding of Chinese values, and be able to tell the Chinese story to the international society. Meanwhile, they learn to understand and respect other nations with their distinct cultures and values, and contribute to cultural diversity. Through a large scope of subject activities such as debating, poetry workshops, drama performances and topic research, students improve their Chinese language and cultural proficiency and apply it to real-life situations. Teaching of writing includes literary texts and practical texts, with a focus on the writing purpose and readership.

This course is designed to develop students’ mathematical thinking skills, creativity, and reasoning for application to real-world problems. We use the national math curriculum for the middle-year program in combination with the IGCSE math curriculum. Teachers integrate the merits of local and international math textbooks and teaching methods to meet the Curriculum Standards for Middle-year Math. They are committed to bringing math alive and making it relevant.

This course aims to prepare students for high school study in an international environment by helping them experience and understand the process of scientific research, build a comprehensive understanding of science and nature, and develop positive values and attitudes toward science. On the basis of teaching the Curriculum Standards for Middle-year Science of National Compulsory Education, we also incorporate other local and international materials, ideas and teaching methods. Students learn scientific knowledge in both languages and become familiar with different ways of thinking in both cultural contexts.

This program follows the National Curriculum Standards for Middle-year Social Studies, with emphasis on critical thinking, historical perspective, the historical development of China and the world, scientific understanding of society, and consideration of the individual’s place in the world. We use a variety of reading materials to provide students with an understanding of different cultures and to improve their reading competence. Students go on field trips to learn by interacting with the real world. Field trips and social investigations are important in this course. Students work on individual and group projects, and their performance is assessed by multiple criteria emphasizing process rather than the final product.

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students acquire knowledge and skills through solving practical, real-life problems. Through independent inquiry, sharing of discovery, and cooperative work they unlock the science and essential learning underlying each problem, and develop comprehensive problem-solving skills. Through deep exploration across disciplines, PBL strengthens critical thinking skills in computation, engineering, design and science. Our PBL program is complemented by WBS Middle School elective courses, after school activities and clubs.

The themes of our unique curriculum are closely tied to real life and feature the leading edge technologies APP Inventor and Python. Our students learn to use code writing tools and coding language, and they master skills such as applied APP design. Emphasizing hands-on skills, we incorporate broad learning in both software and hardware in addition to basic programming abilities. In keeping with the concept of "learning-life connection", students undertake practical projects related to real life needs, discover ways to address them, familiarize themselves with basic computer knowledge and skills, use modern tools and methods for processing information, analyzing problems and solving them. The focus of the program is practical application, with an emphasis on developing students' skills in IT thinking, creative design, and resource utilization and sharing. We develop the students' ability to choose and apply tools and technology independently and to present their work with confidence.

Our Visual Arts program develops students’ sense of aesthetics while developing technical arts skills which, when combined, enable them to express themselves creatively in different art forms. Students are introduced to the artistic traditions of China and the world, historical and modern art, and are encouraged to find art forms in the world around them. Students explore the correlation between art and other curricular subjects, and through their investigations develop independent learning skills.