An organised teaching-learning approach which aims to develop and help the child to become a happy adult.
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Bilingual School
The original bilingual school in Hatyai, Songkhla — since 1998.
Applications are now welcome.
Applications are now welcome — Academic Year 2026
Bilingual K1 to Year 9
The original bilingual school in Hatyai Songkhla, since 1998
Book a school visit any weekday
Applications are now welcome — Academic Year 2026
Bilingual K1 to Year 9
The original bilingual school in Hatyai Songkhla, since 1998
Book a school visit any weekday
PBS Curriculum
Two tracks, one curriculum.
An education designed for every stage of childhood — from the earliest years through Primary.
The primary level curriculum aims to support the education of all students and provide education in a variety of formats.
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Approach of Curriculum
Five ideas that shape how we teach.
Every classroom at PBS is built around these five principles — the ideas that have guided our teaching since 1998.
01 — Active Thinking
Teaching focused on PBS's unique thinking development.
The teaching and learning approach at PBS emphasizes the development of critical and creative thinking through three core principles:
- Developing Thinking Skills and Application Abilities — fostering metacognition to help students understand, reflect on, and enhance their thought processes.
- Thinking in Action — translating ideas and thought processes into practical applications.
- Awareness of the Impact of Thinking — recognising how thoughts influence themselves, others, society and the world.
02 — Cultivating Awareness
Building self, social, and global awareness.
- Awareness of Self — developing mindfulness and metacognition to encourage self-reflection throughout learning and life.
- Awareness of Society — analyzing the effects of societal changes and fostering understanding of one's role within them.
- Awareness of the World — encouraging students to evaluate their impact on global changes and consider their responsibilities to the planet.
03 — Bilingual Curriculum
A bilingual approach supporting deep learning.
The teaching methodology integrates Thai and English as complementary tools for learning, ensuring that both languages reinforce one another.
This approach leads to deeper understanding and promotes an English-speaking environment, which helps students achieve an accent that is approximately 70% native-like.
04 — Innovation through Historical Theme Studies
Project-based integrated learning.
The integrated teaching approach through project-based learning helps students:
- Explore questions born from curiosity.
- Actively seek information.
- Build understanding relevant to real-life contexts, both past and present.
This method integrates content and skills within and across subjects, enabling students to create innovative solutions effectively.
05 — 4E Learning
Aligned to each developmental stage.
The 4E Learning model is designed to align instruction with each student's developmental stage and learning — Engage, Explore, Explain, and Evaluate. It turns curiosity into competence at every age.
21st Century Skills
Skills for the world they're inheriting.
PBS students develop 21st-century skills, woven through every term, every subject and every grade.
Learning Skills 4Cs
Critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.
Literacy Skills
Reading, writing and information literacy across two languages.
Life Skills
Adaptability, leadership, productivity and social-emotional skills.
Meta-Cognition
Reflective thinking — the habit of thinking about one's own thinking.
PBS Values
The attitudes for a meaningful life.
PBS students are nurtured with the attitudes and values essential for living a meaningful and quality life in the 21st century.
Be Gentle (Polite)
Kindness in word and gesture — the everyday face of respect.
Respectful
Valuing others — their effort, their voice, their differences.
Global Self Awareness
Knowing one's place in the wider world — and taking it seriously.
Honesty
Truthful with others and with oneself — the foundation of trust.
Gratitude
Recognising the effort of others — teachers, family, friends, community.
Compassion
Caring action — thinking of others before, during and after one acts.
Message from the Director
A vision that has shaped education in the region.
Dr. Aimpitha Chittsena
Director and Licensee of Pholwitaya Bilingual School
Dr. Aimpitha Chittsena is a visionary leader whose contributions have significantly shaped education in the region. With an MBA and a Ph.D. in Education Administration from the University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA, her distinguished academic background underpins her enduring commitment to excellence in education.
Under her leadership, Pholwitaya School earned the prestigious Royal School Award. Dr. Aimpitha's forward-thinking vision laid the foundation for Hatyai's first bilingual school — a transformative milestone in the region's educational landscape.
For the past 28 years she has served as Dean of Pholwitaya Bilingual School, cultivating a culture of academic excellence, innovation and inclusivity.
News and Updates
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Recent news and headlines.
The latest news and headlines of the school.
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