YWIES Yantai Primary Programme covers the Chinese National Curriculum and integrates with high-quality educational resources. We nurture confident bilingual students with a multicultural perspective that empowers them for further studies at the highest levels in either or both languages.
Our learning activities are topic-based and cover multiple subject areas so that children may make meaningful connections between the learning and the world around them. The focus is on providing valid answers to real-world problems. Our positive and joyful learning environment encourages children's curiosity, helps them to develop critical thinking skills, and empowers them to produce creative responses.
Our Western and Chinese teachers work collaboratively to create a holistic, bilingual learning environment. Time is allocated for teachers to plan horizontally across the same grade levels, and vertically with different aged children working together on some units. Teachers share equal responsibility for developing the children as independent learners and thinkers. We further ensure that teachers engage in regular professional development to support their progress as practitioners and lifelong learners.
The individual child lies at the heart of our work. Our learning environment is positive, nurturing and empathetic whereby each child's unique personality is respected. Our educational approach builds confidence in all children, empowering them to experiment and be creative with their learning. We focus equally on children’s understanding of how good character is formed through values such as integrity, honesty and respect, genuine care for the welfare of others as well as teamwork.
Yew Wah not only provides some of the regular subjects that are a part of the curriculum as requested by the Chinese government, but also other unique subjects that local schools do not offer.