What is the MYP?
The MYP has been designed as a coherent and comprehensive curriculum framework that provides academic challenge and develops the life skills of students from the ages of 11 to 16.
The programme allows students to build on their personal strengths and to embrace challenges in subjects in which they might not excel. The MYP offers student opportunities to develop their potential, to explore their own learning preferences, to take appropriate risks, and to reflect on , and develop, a strong sense of personal identity.
A video about the MYP at BMIS:
Programme model
In the programme model for the MYP, the first ring around the student at the centre describes the features of the programme that help students develop disciplinary (and interdisciplinary) understanding.
• Approaches to learning (ATL) – demonstrating a commitment to approaches to learning as a key component of the MYP for developing skills for learning. The five ATL skill categories are:
– Communication
– Social
– Self-management
– Research
– Thinking
• Approaches to teaching – emphasizing MYP pedagogy, including collaborative learning through inquiry.
• Concepts – highlighting a concept-driven curriculum.
• Global contexts – showing how learning best takes place in context. These are:
– Identities and relationships
– Orientation in space and time
– Personal and cultural expression
– Scientific and technical innovation
– Globalisation and sustainability
– Fairness and development
The second ring describes some important outcomes of the programme.
• Inquiry-based learning may result in student-initiated action, which may involve service within the community.
• The MYP culminates in the Personal Project (for student in Year 11).
• Service and action aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self, and their developmentally appropriate responsibility in their community.
The third ring describes the MYP’s broad and balanced curriculum.
• The MYP organizes teaching and learning through eight subject groups:
– Language and Literature (English)
– Language Acquisition (French/Spanish/English)
– Individuals and Societies (Geography, History, Economics)
– Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
– Mathematics
– Arts (Drama, Music, Visual Art)
– Physical and Health Education
– Design
• The distinction between subject groups blurs to indicate the interdisciplinary nature of the MYP. The subject groups are connected through global contexts and key concepts.
MYP Certificate
The MYP certificate is the highest standard of achievement in the MYP and results in official recognition and IB-validated grades. The MYP certificate requires participation in the final year of the programme, with recommended participation for two years, and successful results from:
• Five on-screen examinations (one from Language and Literature, Mathematics, Sciences, Individuals and Societies, plus an interdisciplinary assessment)
• One ePortfolio from a course of study in Language Acquisition (French/Spanish)
• One ePortfolio from a course in Physical and Health Education, Arts, or Design
• The Personal Project
Fulfillment of the school’s expectations for participation in community service is also a requirement of the IB MYP Certificate.
Note; we are not currently offering eAssessments and the MYP Certificate. For further information, please contact the Secondary Head Teacher.
Click on the links below to learn more about the MYP: