The specialist courses play a very special role at Changsha WES (Bilingual) Academy. It is a vital element of the school curriculum and our school as a whole. To enable students of all ages to the self-expression, artistic, and simple need for fun, and the academic side makes use of concentration, logic, theory, math, history, literature and languages as well as social interaction. This will have an impact on, and be applied to, all other school subjects.
Students are encouraged to actively create at our school. We have a weekly lounge session every Friday where students are invited to perform and share their talents with the learning community in the lobby. We have other artistic events that happen each year as well such as the Winter Concert, Dragon Parade, Art Showcases, various holiday celebrations, and International Family Day.
Our Music curriculum is a combination of the Chinese National Curriculum and the Music Scope and Sequence from the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. Through our curriculum students get to experience music from around the world, music from Chinese Ethnic Minority groups, and music from world history. Students explore these areas through performance using instruments, their voices, composition, and through various listening examples.
At Changsha WES (Bilingual) Academy, the objective of Physical Education is to help our students to become physically fit, improve their competence, develop character, learn skills, and become more knowledgeable about sports.
Our comprehensive and balanced Physical Education programme, focuses on developing students’sport skills, training psychological strength, reinforcing interpersonal skills and teamwork. Our physical education includes individual sports and, team sports.
For students who are passionate about sports, we have ASA (After School Activities) and CCA (Co-Curricular Activities) that happen weekly. These optional sports programs include different types of sports, like basketball, fencing, baseball, football, and more. Students can choose the sport according to their interests in the ASA or CCA programs. Students are asked to make a commitment to their choice for the whole semester once they decide to participate. The training usually takes place after school.
At Changsha WES (Bilingual) Academy students are sorted into Houses – Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Titan. Every semester, we hold various sports activities among the houses , to help students enhance the physical practice and innovation, develop interpersonal skills, teamwork and promote House spirit.
To help encourage a healthy lifestyle, we have morning fitness at least twice per week from 8:15 – 8:35. During this time students exercise together and learn basic fitness techniques that will help them be more physically fit and healthy.
Our Visual Arts curriculum is a combination of the Chinese National Curriculum and the Art Scope and Sequence from the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. Through our curriculum students get to art from various artists and artistic styles. Students encounter art and influences from local, national, and international artists.
Our Drama curriculum is based on the Drama Scope and Sequence from the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. Drama at Changsha WES (Bilingual) Academy is delivered and formed through activities which integrate with arts and instructiveness into learning, such as role-play and scenario improvisation, so that sensibilities and aesthetic abilities can be elevated, imagination and creativity expanded, and critical thinking skills improved.
In the PYP, the ever-increasing impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on teaching and learning is recognized. The use of technologies is integrated as much as possible into student inquiries.
ICT provides opportunities for the enhancement of learning, and may significantly support students in their inquiries, and in developing their conceptual understanding. At Changsha WES (Bilingual) Academy, technology is considered a tool for learning with its own set of skills, as opposed to an additional subject area.
The library is viewed as the hub of a PYP school, in which students develop essential information and literacy skills by accessing a range of media and texts.
Students will visit the library on a scheduled basis with their class at least once a week. All students can borrow books to take them home. Parents and students are welcome to visit the library at other times when the librarian is present.
