VISION
Inspiring Minds to Shape The Future
Mission
WISS cultivates healthy, balanced, confident and ethical people; striving to challenge and stimulate students to inquire, wonder, discover, and create each day. We aim to send into the world brave, compassionate, internationally minded global citizens with the skill and intellect to help shape the future.
Inquire, Wonder
Discover, Create
WISS Core Values
Child-Focused
WISS is nurturing and inspiring our young people to achieve through fostering our students’ passions.
Compassionate Spirit
WISS has a caring community made up of students, parents, faculty and teachers who are dedicated to serving those within and outside of the WISS community.
Balanced Curriculum
WISS offers well-rounded curricum through academic, language programs, creative and sports.
Diversity Driven
WISS has over 50 nationalities of students that are open-minded, individual, tolerant and accepting of different cultures and beliefs.
Future Orientated
WISS has an innovative approach to teaching and learning that is both progressive and pioneering for the future.
As a full continuum IB world school offering the four programmes of the International Baccalaureate (IB): the Primary Years Programme (IBPYP), the Middle Years Programme (IBMYP), the Diploma Programme (IBDP) and the Career-related Programme (IBCP), the IB learner profile is ingrained in our community.
IB Learner Profile
The IB defines the characteristics of students who are aware of and sensitive to the experiences of others. These create a profile of the IB student, which we strive to encourage in all our students and which help teachers and students to establish goals, plan units of inquiry, and assess performance.
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Inquirers
They develop their natural curiosity. They acquire the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research and show independence in learning. They actively enjoy learning and this love of learning will be sustained throughout their lives.
Knowledgeable
They explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines.
Thinkers
They exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to recognize and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators
They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.
Principled
They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.
Open-minded
They understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.
Caring
They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
Risk-takers
They approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought, and have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies. They are brave and articulate In defending their beliefs.
Balanced
They understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.
Reflective
They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.
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