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The school is located at Lot 235, DD229, Clearwater Bay Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology South Gate. The campus sits in a rural part of Hong Kong and provides an environment that supports engagement with the natural surroundings. The school emphasizes outdoor and experiential learning, including day trips to museums, galleries, and theatres, as well as residential trips and camps, with activities such as river gorge walking, high ropes, kayaking, orienteering, surfing and raft building, and incursions such as art workshops and wildlife encounters. The IB Primary Years Programme is offered for Years 1-6, and ESF resources support delivery of a world-class international education.
The school offers a diverse sports program including football, basketball, netball, and swimming. There are opportunities to join school teams for inter-school events and to represent the school in Hong Kong-wide competitions, with rugby, hockey, and cricket also offered.
The Primary Years Programme (PYP) is offered for Years 1-6. The school uses ESF English curriculum documentation, with language learning delivered across the curriculum in three strands: language of instruction, additional language, and mother tongue. Specialist Provision covers Languages, Mathematics, Learning Technologies, and Expressive Arts. Arts learning is integrated across the curriculum, with co-curricular music including Junior and Senior Choir, Chinese Singing and Dancing, recorder, xylophone, Chinese Drumming, Theatre Club, Ukulele and Art Club, and specialist music lessons.
CWBS offers a broad range of extracurricular activities beyond sports, including choir. Sports ECAs include football, basketball, rugby, hockey, and cricket, with opportunities to join school teams for inter-school events and Hong Kong-wide competitions. Other clubs such as orchestra, drumming and dancing culminate in festivals, performances, or community service initiatives.
Clearwater Bay School (CWBS) is an ESF primary school offering the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) for Years 1–6; it has been an IB World School since 2009 and completed a joint IBO/CIS evaluation in 2018. The campus sits in Clearwater Bay, New Territories, with easy public-transport access from Choi Hung and Hang Hau; the school runs 28 bus routes serving nearby districts. CWBS enrols about 720 students across 24 classes and operates a four-form entry model. Learning is delivered in English, with Chinese taught in banded groups, including options for Chinese as an additional language. Co-curricular options include choirs, theatre, ukulele and art clubs, alongside sports teams. A student-led Eco Warriors group organises an annual Green Week focused on sustainability. Student wellbeing is supported by a Learning Diversity team, ELSA-trained assistants and a school counsellor.
