Thailand, Bangkok
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Wells Bang Na offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) integrated with an American-style curriculum, delivered to students from Nursery through Grade 5. Core subjects are taught using an inquiry-driven approach rooted in US Common Core literacy and mathematics standards, with themes that interconnect science, social studies and other areas of study. Specialist lessons include Thai language, physical education, visual and performing arts, technology, and additional foreign languages as elective options. Grade 5 culminates in the PYP Exhibition, a student-led project involving research, presentation and service learning. After Grade 5, most students transfer to Wells’ On Nut campus for middle and high school, where the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and optional Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available for Grades 11–12.
Wells International School’s Bang Na Campus, opened in 2011, serves children aged 2 to 10 years (Nursery through Grade 5). Licensed by Thailand’s Ministry of Education, the campus delivers an American curriculum, enriched by the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) framework designed to cultivate inquiry-based learning and international-mindedness. The school is set on a leafy site just off Srinakarin 62, a short drive from Paradise Park and Seacon Square yet offering a relaxed, green atmosphere. Classes are deliberately kept small (about 16 students per classroom) to allow hands-on, child‑centred learning. Facilities include a library, computer lab, music & dance studios, swimming pool and parent lounge. The school places emphasis on creative arts, sport, and community service (students have engaged in water-treatment projects through their Grade 5 exhibition). Daily instruction is in English, with exposure to Thai language and cultural content. A Z‑zone bus service is available and tuition fees range from 112,000 to 132,500 THB per semester. Parents play an active role via a regular parent‑teacher organisation that plans family events and activities.
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