The International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme is a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers which:
- Emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world
- Fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement — essential qualities for young people living in a connected world
Grade 8-10 Middle Years Programme at Johnston Heights
- Addresses holistically students’ intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being
- Provides students opportunities to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need in order to manage complexity and take responsible action for the future
- Ensures breadth and depth of understanding through study in eight subject groups
- Requires the study of at least two languages (English plus a second language) to support students in understanding their own cultures and those of others
- Empowers students to participate in service with the community
- Helps to prepare students for further education, the workplace and a lifetime of learning
The IB MYP Personal Project - Grade 10
To complete the IB Middle Years Programme, each student will have completed a personal project by the end of Grade 10. The personal project encourages students to practice and strengthen their Approaches to learning (ATL) skills, to consolidate prior and subject specific learning, and to develop an area of personal interest. The personal project provides an excellent opportunity for students to produce a truly personal and often creative product/outcome and to demonstrate a consolidation of their learning in the MYP. The project offers many opportunities for differentiation of learning and expression according to students’ individual needs. The personal nature of the project is important; the project should revolve around a challenge that motivates and interests the individual student. Each student develops a personal project independently.
MYP projects are student-centered and age-appropriate; they enable students to engage in practical explorations through a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection. All students will create a learning goal and a related product goal. MYP projects help students to develop the attributes of the IB learner profile, provide students with an essential opportunity to demonstrate ATL skills developed through the MYP and foster the development of independent, lifelong learners.
Students will complete the IB Personal Project largely on their own time, receive feedback and supervision through their CLE 10 class, and present their learning at the end of the process to the school. The IB Personal Project mark will appear on students’ final report cards as a separate course and students receive two credits towards graduation for completing this project.
