Middle School Curriculum at WIS
Middle School
As our students move into the Middle School at GEMS Wellington International School, they start to access subject specialists in every area of their learning. This transitional period is an incredibly important part in our students’ learning journey, which is why we offer a holistic curriculum that promotes a love of learning.


Stephen Farish
Head of Middle School
Meet The Head Of Middle School
The position of Head of Middle School has direct responsibility for those journeys as I help students transition from their initial stages of learning in the Lower School into the Upper School, where they hone their skills for the future.
Explore Middle School
As our students move into the Middle School at GEMS Wellington International School, they start to access subject specialists in every area of their learning. This transitional period is an incredibly important part in our students’ learning journey, which is why we offer a holistic curriculum that promotes a love of learning. We ensure that we actively engage our students in independent study, cross-curricular development and effective collaboration with one another, to help them reach their true potential in an enjoyable and inspirational way. We believe that the students in our Middle School need this specialist teaching in order to feel appropriately challenged and we have found that this motivates them to achieve great things.
Our Pastoral Programme affiliates every student with one of our 4 Houses, which provides them with a sense of identity, promoting the family-feel nature that resonates throughout the whole of WIS. This programme ensures that we have the well-being of our students at the forefront of everything that we do, as they receive daily pastoral support from their form tutors, as well as regular support from their Head of House and Deputy Head of House.
Both the Specialist Teaching Model and the Pastoral Programme prepares the students in the Middle School well for their transition into the Upper School.
Resources and Downloads
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Lower School
Through a rich, diverse and exciting curriculum offer, our students develop into well rounded, confident learners pursuing ‘excellence’ in all that they do.
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Middle School
As our students move into the middle school, they start to access subject specialists in every area of their learning.
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Upper School
Upper School promotes an incredibly strong sense of independence, where students take pride in their achievements.
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IB
We take great pride in promoting academic excellence as well as individual betterment and endeavour.
Be Amazing at WIS
Our Student Stories
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Personalised Learning
At WIS our personalised learning takes many different forms and allows us to give the children a rich curriculum filled with opportunities.
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One Year On; Principal's Article
In March 2020 the KHDA moved all schools into ‘Distance Learning’ mode. This took schools into unknown territory and perhaps an initial sense of panic.
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What it means to be Hardworking
As one of the High-Performance Learning ‘Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs), ‘Hardwork’ is deeply rooted in our learning culture. A trait that is widely considered to be inherently personality based, we firmly believe it is a characteristic that can be taught, developed and ultimately mastered to ensure that students are the drivers of their own success, knowing that dedication to a skill, craft or discipline can bring about the most amazing rewards and accolades.