CURRICULA GUIDE

Your child will expand their international education, following the IB Primary Years Programme. A theme-based approach to learning will help them to understand how different subjects of study relate to each other and to their world.

The six transdisciplinary themes emphasised in PYP are:

• Who we are

• Where we are in place and time

• How the world works

• How we organise ourselves

• Sharing the planet

• Science

Through these themes, your child will develop skills, knowledge and understanding in:

• Social Studies

• Physical, social and personal education

• Arts

• Languages

• Mathematics

• Technology

By experiencing a theme-based curriculum, they’lll discover how to apply their learning to a range of real-life situations.

The MYP is considered one of the finest middle school curriculum offerings in the world. It places a strong focus on developing attitudes and values, in addition to skills. This concept-based curriculum explores subject-specific content through six global contexts. 

In essence, the programme doesn't just offer facts and knowledge, but a deep understanding of how to learn and how to apply that learning. 

Grades 6 to 8 lay the foundations for future study, honing skills in self-management, research, creativity, communication, collaboration and critical thinking. 

In Grades 9 to 10 your child gains more responsibility and develops in-depth research projects that allow a demonstration of understanding. 

This qualification is widely recognised by the world’s top universities and grounded in the philosophy that students should apply critical thinking skills to the world around them.

Subjects and structure

The IB curriculum is split into six groups. Students must study one subject from each of Groups 1–5, and another from either Group 6 or one of the original five. Three subjects must be studied at Higher Level, and three may be studied at Standard Level (although the student may opt for more than three subjects at Higher Level if they wish).

• Group 1 (Studies in Language and Literature) is usually taken in the student’s native language

• Group 2 (Language Acquisition) involves learning a second language

• Group 3 (Individuals and Societies) subjects include Economics, Geography, History

• Group 4 (Sciences)

• Group 5 (Mathematics)

• Group 6: (The Arts)

Students must also complete the following three core elements, designed to broaden their horizons:

• Theory of Knowledge (ToK) is an opportunity for the student to reflect on what constitutes evidence, how theories can be applied in the real world, and the nature of learning itself

• The Extended Essay is an in-depth, 4,000-word thesis on a subject of the student’s choosing,

• Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) sees students participate in a variety of personally challenging activities designed to prepare them for life as a responsible global citizen.