IB MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME
IB MYP: What is it?
An education that is grounded in the more progressive educational thinking of the time but also in the belief that the world could be made better through an education that focused on concepts, ideas and issues that crossed disciplinary, cultural, national and geographical boundaries.
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) is a natural progression for the project-based approach at TNS Beaconhouse. IB MYP provides a framework of academic challenges for students from 11 to 16 years of age. These academic challenges rooting from the progressive educational thinking encourages the students to embrace and understand the connections between theory and practice focusing on ‘learning by doing’ hence providing them with 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 in local and global contexts.
Subject Groups & Curriculum:
TNS as per The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) offers eight subject groups:
- Language acquisition
- Language and literature
- Individuals and societies
- Sciences
- Mathematics
- Arts
- Physical and health education
- Design
In years 4 and 5, students have the option to take courses from six of the eight subject groups within certain limits, to provide greater flexibility in meeting local requirements and individual student learning needs.
Each year, students in the MYP also engage in at least one collaboratively planned Interdisciplinary unit that involves at least two subject groups.
MYP students also complete a long-term Personal Project, where they decide what they want to learn about, identify what they already know, discovering what they will need to know to complete the project, and create a proposal or criteria for completing it.
The presence of the Key and Related Concepts and Global context in the curriculum help the students connect their learning to real world bridging the gap between theory and practice; inquiring issues and ideas emerging from personal, local and global significance.
Our MYP programme is further enhanced and supported by our belief in our vision of ‘Learning without boundaries’ and holistic education; combining experiences from in-class learning, field trips and an array of clubs offered as part of the extended curriculum.
Assessment:
Assessment in MYP is criterion-related, therefore students around the world are measured against pre-specified criteria for each subject group. Teachers may modify these criteria to be age-appropriate in the earlier years of the programme. Teachers set assessment tasks that are assessed internally in the school. External checks (either moderation or monitoring of assessment by IB examiners) are carried out on this internal assessment in the final year to ensure a worldwide consistency of standards. For schools that require official IB certification for their students, moderation is carried out every year.
Service and Action: Community Service
SA as a requirement and a fundamental component of the IB MYP programme, allows the students to use the city and community as their classroom where they can interact with public and private spaces and the living things that inhibit those spaces including humans and animal alike. This interaction with the spaces, environments and the community allows opportunities to the students to connect and contribute to the real world that exists outside the traditional classroom hence, empowering them as caring global citizens.
Students at TNS as per the IB philosophy and requirement, take action by applying what they are learning in their classrooms (Learning by doing) to bring positive change to someone’s life, an environment or the community as a whole.
S&A allows the students to:
- Become more aware of their strengths and areas for growth
- Undertake challenges that develop new skills
- Discuss, evaluate and plan activities
- Persevere in action
- work collaboratively with others
- Develop international-mindedness through global engagement, multilingualism and intercultural understanding
- Consider the ethical implications of their actions.
For more information:
Hamza Rana
IB MYP Score achieved: 54
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Sereen Yusuf
IB MYP Score achieved: 53
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Anum Azhar
IB MYP Score achieved: 53
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*Candidate School* for the MYP.
Gulberg Branch of TNS Beaconhouse is a candidate school and pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy-a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.
IB MYP: What is it?
An education that is grounded in the more progressive educational thinking of the time but also in the belief that the world could be made better through an education that focused on concepts, ideas and issues that crossed disciplinary, cultural, national and geographical boundaries.
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) is a natural progression for the project-based approach at TNS Beaconhouse. IB MYP provides a framework of academic challenges for students from 11 to 16 years of age. These academic challenges rooting from the progressive educational thinking encourages the students to embrace and understand the connections between theory and practice focusing on ‘learning by doing’ hence providing them with 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 in local and global contexts.
Subject Groups & Curriculum:
IB MYP programme consists of eight subject groups integrated through five areas of interaction that provide a structure for learning within and across the subjects.
Students are required to study the National Language (Urdu), a second language (French), Humanities, Sciences, Mathematics, Arts, Physical Education and Design &Technology supported by the Approaches to Learning (ATL skills) throughout the 5 years of the programme. The presence of the Concepts and Global context in the curriculum help the students connect their learning to real world bridging the gap between theory and practice; inquiring issues and ideas emerging from personal, local and global significance.
Our MYP programme is further enhanced and supported by our belief in our vision of ‘Learning without boundaries’ and holistic education; combining experiences from in-class learning, field trips and an array of clubs offered as part of the extended curriculum.
In the final year of the programme, students also engage in a personal project that allows them to demonstrate the understandings and skills they have developed throughout the programme.
Assessment:
Assessment in MYP is criterion-related, therefore students around the world are measured against pre-specified criteria for each subject group. Teachers may modify these criteria to be age-appropriate in the earlier years of the programme. Teachers set assessment tasks that are assessed internally in the school. External checks (either moderation or monitoring of assessment by IB examiners) are carried out on this internal assessment to ensure a worldwide consistency of standards. For schools that require official IB certification for their students, moderation is carried out every year.
Service and Action: Community Service
SA as a requirement and a fundamental component of the IB MYP programme, allows the students to use the city and community as their classroom where they can interact with public and private spaces and the living things that inhibit those spaces including humans and animal alike. This interaction with the spaces, environments and the community allows opportunities to the students to connect and contribute to the real world that exists outside the traditional classroom hence, empowering them as caring global citizens.
Students at TNS as per the IB philosophy and requirement, take action by applying what they are learning in their classrooms (Learning by doing) to bring positive change to someone’s life, an environment or the community as a whole.
- S&A allows the students to
- Become more aware of their strengths and areas for growth
- Undertake challenges that develop new skills
- Discuss, evaluate and plan activities
- Persevere in action
- work collaboratively with others
- Develop international-mindedness through global engagement, multilingualism and intercultural understanding
- Consider the ethical implications of their actions.
Gulberg Branch of TNS Beaconhouse is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students. * Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org .
For more information:
https://www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme/what-is-the-myp/