• The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) is designed for students aged 11 to 16. It provides a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement—essential qualities for young people who are becoming global leaders.

    The MYP:

    • provides students with 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 (language of instruction and additional language of choice) to support students in understanding their own cultures and those of others
    • empowers students to participate in service within the community
    Teaching and learning in the MYP

    The MYP aims to help students develop their personal understanding and their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community. Teaching and learning in the MYP is underpinned by the following:

    Teaching and learning in context

    Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and the world that they have experienced. Using global contexts, MYP students explore human identity, global challenges and what it means to be internationally minded.

    Conceptual understanding

    Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically.

    Approaches to learning (ATL)

    A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning provides the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of students’ knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these skills help students learn how to learn.

    Service 

    Action (learning by doing and experiencing) and service have always been shared values of the IB community. Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment. Service as action is an integral part of the programme, especially in the MYP community project, and to some extent in the personal project. .

    Language and identity

    MYP students are required to learn at least two languages. Learning to communicate in a variety of ways is fundamental to their development of intercultural understanding and crucial to their identity affirmation.

     

    MYP Community Project

    MYP projects provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned in MYP. In MYP year 3 (8th grade), all students must complete the community project. This project encourages students to explore their right and responsibility to implement service as an action in the community. Students may complete the community project individually or in small groups.

     

    Downloads  

    Download the MYP: A Guide for Parents factsheet by clicking here.
    Download the MYP Programme Brochure by clicking here.
    Download the MYP at a Glance publication by clicking here.