Middle Years Programme (MYP)
Empower Your Child with the IB Middle Years Programme
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a challenging and engaging curriculum designed for students aged 11 to 16. At Gardens Campus, we are proud to offer the MYP as part of our comprehensive educational journey.
The MYP focuses on developing essential skills and attitudes that will prepare your child for success in high school, university, and beyond. Through a rigorous academic program, students will:
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Gain a global perspective and intercultural understanding.
- Cultivate communication and collaboration abilities.
- Explore their passions and interests through a variety of subjects.
The MYP at Gardens Campus offers a balanced and holistic education that includes:
- Eight subject groups: Providing a broad range of subjects to cater to diverse interests and learning styles.
- Flexibility and personalization: In the final two years, students can select subjects that align with their personal learning objectives and local requirements, preparing them effectively for the IB Diploma Programme.
- Personal growth and development: Fostering self-awareness, responsibility, and a sense of belonging within the community.
The MYP is more than just a curriculum; it’s a framework for learning that empowers students to become independent thinkers, responsible citizens, and lifelong learners.
MYP teachers organise the curriculum with appropriate attention to:
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.
Concepts are big ideas relevant to specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts to investigate issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically.
A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups’ approaches to learning provides the foundation for independent learning and encourages applying their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these skills helps students learn effectively.
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 learn 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 in the lives of others and the environment. Service as action is an integral part of the programme, especially in the MYP community project.
MYP students are required to learn at least two languages (language of instruction and additional language of choice). Learning to communicate in various ways is fundamental to their development of intercultural understanding and crucial to their identity affirmation.