Six Group of Disciplines
Interdisciplinary Inquiry-based Learning
Primary School-Curriculum System
Integration and Exploration ● Tradition and Diversity
Characteristic and Individuality ● Overall Development
Characteristic and Individuality ● Overall Development
Integration and Exploration
On base of the national standard compulsory education curriculum, the Primary School of OTIA integrates the advanced education concept of the IBPYP curriculum from the International Baccalaureate Organization to build a primary school curriculum that attaches equal importance to understanding and application, and emphasizes the combination of exploration and experience. While responding to a series of latest national education policies such as “double reduction” and “teaching students according to their aptitude” etc., we build an inclusive education curriculum system applicable to Chinese students. Through the student-centered UOI Inquiry curriculum, contextualized teaching under six unit themes, we inspire students’ initiative to cultivate them to be lifelong learners.
Tradition and Diversity
Primary School is committed to creating a rigorous, inclusive and open learning environment, upholding the educational philosophy of “Embrace Diversity, Nurture Distinction”, encouraging students to experience and explore Chinese culture, and respecting and embracing diverse cultures. We focus on organizing students to participate in practical activities during traditional Chinese festivals and achieve complete results in terms of content, activities, reflections and presentations.
Characteristic and Individuality
Stratified teaching of
English for Grade 2 to 5
Stratified teaching of
Mathematics for Grade 4 and 5
Personalized private courses
A student with exceptional academic ability
will be given a personalized course
after a professional assessment
Overall Development
- Students can choose more than 100 club activities and courses at school, covering four categories of thinking, academic, STEM, sports and art.
- Team sports: kayaking, rugby, tennis, golf, basketball, football, cheerleading dance, baseball and swimming etc.
- Pottery class, shaping class and UOI class are all included to daily compulsory learning.
- Professional school teams: chorus, orchestra, dancing team, the Future City, robot, 3D printing, AMC8 and NFL etc.
- Botanic study center: we are the only school in Hangzhou which owns a botanic study center, and the only school in Hangzhou that has entered the Global Nature Day global competition and won gold/silver award in the past three years.
- Astronomy: we have a very high optical quality Startron C14HD telescope, and a high precision telescope supporting paramount MX+equatorial mount etc.