Our Mission

We are courageous and caring lifelong learners committed to personal excellence as internationally-minded leaders in our communities.

Our Vision 

A thriving and innovative learning community, empowering students for the future.

Our Philosophy

Zhuhai International School (ZIS) has been educating young people from across the globe in a caring and inspirational environment since 2007. Working with students from the age of 3 to 18, we have around 30 different nationalities exploring challenging aspects of the world around us and experiencing the joys and rewards of inquiry-based concept learning.

As an IB World School, ZIS is uniquely placed to promote new perspectives and broaden the minds of the children in our care while deepening their sense of understanding and wonder. ZIS prizes communication, holistic learning and intercultural awareness and is the perfect place for truly international families who are bringing up their children to be global citizens. ZIS students are a unique blend of nationalities, cultures and ethnicities, all eager to contribute actively and compassionately to the life of our school and the wider community around us.

ZIS students strive to do the right thing, even when they may be the only ones who will notice. Whether our students are with us for a year or two or stay through to graduation and move on to the university of their dreams, we want our young people to look back on ZIS as a time when their desire to learn was awakened and they began to realize they have the power to change the lives of others and make a difference in our world.

Shared Values

Global Citizenship
We are internationally-minded thinkers and communicators, open-minded and empathic.

Action & Service
We connect with our community to contribute and learn through the pursuit of shared goals.

Sustainability
We seek to better understand and appreciate our natural world in order to be responsible caretakers of the planet.

Inclusion & Diversity
We are better when we consider more viewpoints and understand our differences.

Wellbeing
We believe that compassionate hearts, principled minds, and challenging ourselves both physically and mentally are essential to health and happiness.

At ZIS we encourage our students to become:

  • Inquirers – their natural curiosity has been nurtured and they actively enjoy learning
  • Thinkers – they exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to solving complex problems
  • Communicators – they receive and express ideas and information confidently in more than one language
  • Risk-takers – they approach unfamiliar situations without anxiety and have the confidence to explore new ideas
  • Knowledgeable – they have explored themes that have global significance and have acquired a critical mass of knowledge
  • Principled – they have a sound grasp of the principles of moral reasoning and have acquired integrity, honesty and a sense of justice
  • Caring – they show sensitivity towards the needs and feelings of others, and have a sense of personal commitment to helping others
  • Open-minded – they respect the values of other individuals and cultures and seek to consider a range of points of view
  • Well-balanced – they understand the importance of physical and mental balance and personal well-being
  • Reflective – they give thoughtful consideration to their own learning by constructively analysing their personal strengths and weaknesses.

At ZIS, a “global citizen” is someone who…

  • seeks an understanding of the wider world
  • develops an identity that involves the capacity and responsibility to make positive change in their world
  • collaborates with others to pursue equity and sustainability
  • takes action to advance peace in the world
  • practices service learning in their global engagement
  • applies creative and critical thinking to world issues
  • leads through empathy, values diversity, and respects otherness
Our commitment to teaching global citizenship involves:
  • intentionally planning for curricular and co-curricular learning that is embedded in all programmes
  • delivering age-appropriate global citizenship learning in relation to the 7 outcomes
  • maximizing the school’s cultural context to inform local and global citizenship
  • seeking ways to measure, assess, and further develop student’s development of global citizenship and intercultural learning
  • providing a culturally sensitive learning environment, employing culturally responsive pedagogy
  • involving all stakeholders in adopting, supporting, and furthering our school mission to develop global citizens
Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Zhuhai International School:

  • Promotes education through the interplay between inquiry, action and reflection
  • Builds a community of learners equipped to engage with complex challenges
  • Explores aspects of culture in respectful and responsive ways
  • Develops through engaging student voice, choice and agency
  • Empowers learners for global engagement and change