The Middle Years Programme will help your son or daughter to develop and hone what the IB refers to as “Approaches to Learning” skills in an effort to cultivate good habits of life-long learning and exploration.
10 reasons why the IB Middle Years Programme encourages you to become a creative, critical and reflective learner:
- Become a life-long learner.
- Learn by doing and experiencing.
- The MYP encourages critical thinking.
- Explore global challenges.
- Learn for understanding.
- Train yourself to organise and plan, persist and think positively.
- Subjects are not taught in isolation.
- It empowers you to develop your talents.
- It prepares you for future education.
- It encourages international-mindedness.
Based on IB research – www.ibo.org/research
Three fundamental concepts underpin learning at the ISB:
– Holistic learning: the MYP offers an approach to teaching and learning that embraces yet transcends the focus on traditional subjects. While insisting on thorough study of various disciplines, the MYP accentuates the interrelationship between them, so advancing a holistic view of learning.
– Intercultural awareness: the MYP aims to foster understanding among young people. By encouraging students to consider multiple perspectives, we aim to foster tolerance and respect, which leads to empathy.
– Communication: the MYP supports enquiry and understanding, and allows student reflection and expression. The ISB offers a strong languages programme as a means of teaching the students an appreciation for different cultures as well as other ways of thinking and expression.
MYP Curriculum Model
The student’s academic and social development is the focus of this programme.
The IB Learner Profile is the core of the MYP.
The six Global Contexts are the contexts through which the curriculum content interacts with the real world. Using these global contexts in planning and teaching helps students by providing relevance and meaning.
Identities and relationships
The focus questions are ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Who are we?’
Orientation in space and time
The focus question is ’What is the meaning of “where” and “when”?’
Personal and cultural expression
The focus question is ‘What is the nature and purpose of creative expression?’
Scientific and technical innovation
The focus question is ‘How do we understand the world in which we live?’
Globalization and sustainability
The focus question is ‘How is everything connected?’
Fairness and development
The focus question is ‘What are the consequences of our common humanity?’
MYP Subject Groups
All our MYP students study English and Dutch.
Language and literature (Language A) – for native speakers
- English and Dutch.
Language acquisition (Language B) – for second language learners
- English and Dutch. From MYP2, students have the opportunity to add a Language B course, either Spanish or French.
Humanities
- History (MYP1-5), Geography (MYP1-5) and Economics (MYP5). From MYP5 students select 2 out of 3 humanities, choosing from Economics, History and Geography.
Sciences
- Integrated science (MYP1-3), Biology, Chemistry and Physics (MYP4 & 5). From MYP5 students select 2 out of 3 sciences, choosing from Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Mathematics (MYP1-3)
- MYP4 & 5 students can follow Standard or Extended Mathematics
Arts
- Visual arts, Music, Drama (MYP1). From MYP4 students make a more specialised choice in the Arts by selecting Visual arts or Music.
Physical and health education
Design
- Design will only be offered in MYP 1-3.