UISZ Day & Boarding School nurtures students' whole-person development and promotes wellbeing

[Sponsored article] Breaking the mould of exam-driven education that stifles children’s creativity and curiosity, Utahloy International School Zengcheng Day & Boarding School (UISZ) adopts the International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula for its primary and secondary schools integrated with comprehensive whole-person development programmes that aim to promote students’ lifelong mental and physical wellbeing.

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Published: 5:15pm, 8 Sep 2017Updated: 5:18pm, 14 Sep 2017

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Breaking the mould of exam-driven education that stifles children’s creativity and curiosity, Utahloy International School Zengcheng Day & Boarding School (UISZ) adopts the International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula for its primary and secondary schools integrated with comprehensive whole-person development programmes that aim to promote students’ lifelong mental and physical wellbeing.

Recent studies highlight the strong correlation between ‘wellbeing’ and ‘effective learning’. Happy children tend to be good learners. “They are engaged in their environment so that they learn better,” says Nicholas Evans, UISZ Head of School. “Wellbeing is also about being active. In the school’s “INSPIRE” Boarding programme, an immersive whole-person development model, the students are educated physically, academically, emotionally and socially. This cultivates wellbeing.”

The IB curricula focus on helping individual students to identify and develop their key skills, including research skills, critical thinking and social skills, says Nicholas Evans, UISZ Head of School.

Located in the Zengcheng district of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, the campus of UISZ is inside an 85-hectre botanical garden, surrounded by expansive open green spaces, complete with a full range of sports facilities, Olympic sized swimming pool, art and drama studios, and a lake. The campus is around 40 minutes to Dongguan and two hours to Hong Kong. The school also has a site in Sai Kung for outdoor education activities and experiential learning.