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Our Curriculum
Philosophy of Learning


Age	Grade	Stage	Curriculum	Key Features
17	G12	High School &	IB Diploma Programme (IBDP)	Strategic university preparation: International-mindedness
		Public Exam		Critical thinking, values, TOK, EE, CAS, Learner Profile
16	G11

15	G10		Cambridge IGCSE	Preparing for university by developing academic strength
14	G9
13	G8	Middle		Deepening knowledge, skills, understanding and
12	G7	School	International Middle Years	connections. Fostering whole-person development
11	G6		Curriculum
10	G5			Balanced and comprehensive development of
9	G4		US-based Standards	Foundational Competences in
8	G3	Elementary	Curriculum	Knowledge, Thinking, Values, Attitudes and Skills
7	G2	School
6	G1
5	KG	Kindergarten	BIBA KG Curriculum
4	ECC4			Love, Respect, Curiosity, Interest, Harmony Development
3	ECC3	Early Childhood	BIBA ECC Curriculum
3	ECC3	Early Childhood	BIBA ECC Curriculum
2	ECC2	Center

We adopt a progressive approach, with different emphasis in different stages to realize and practice our stated philosophy of learning.

The Early Childhood curriculum for ages 2-4 is school-based, focusing on developing fundamental attitudes and basic competences including love, respect, curiosity, interest and harmony.
The Kindergarten to Grade 5 (K-5) curriculum is based both on US-standards for most subjects and the China’s national standards for the subjects of Chinese and Chinese Mathematics. The curriculum provides balanced and comprehensive development of foundational competences in knowledge, thinking, values, attitudes and skills, with a special emphasis on literacy development through Readers’ and Writers’ workshops.
The middle school curriculum for Grades 6-8 uses the International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC), taking a developmentally appropriate approach. It deepens knowledge and skills, with a special focus on developing students’ understanding of main ideas and making connections among different disciplinary areas.
The high school curriculum strategically prepares students for university studies. It begins with using the IGCSE for Grade 9 and 10, developing academic strength. The school is planning to adopt the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) for Grades 11 and 12 for strong cognitive, affective and international development. The IBDP is a rigorous programme recognized by many reputable universities world-wide as the best preparation for university studies, developing students’ international-mindedness, critical thinking, values, self-study and knowledge construction capacities, with clear goals set out in a clear Learner Profile.

Through blending the best of East and West, taught by dedicated and passionate teachers from over 26 countries using inquiry-based, interactive approaches in small classes involving both formative and summative assessments, and placing a strong emphasis on developing both English and Chinese capabilities (Bilingual approach), the BIBA curriculum provides exciting and challenging learning experiences for children, developing them into internationally-minded, intelligent, caring, balanced ambassadors promoting inter-cultural understanding, respect and integration. The bilingual approach emphasizing on developing strength in both languages will make BIBA graduates unique future leaders. They will be proficient in both languages possessing inter-cultural understanding for top level work in an international context in China on their return from overseas studies, which other international school graduates mainly with strengths in a foreign language may not equally well take up.