Programme

Middle Years Programme (MYP)

Overview

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is offered to our students in Grades 6 – 10. The overall framework is to provide students with an academic challenge that encourages students to understand the connection between traditional subjects and between conceptual knowledge in the real world.
 
Students are encouraged to become critical and reflective thinkers. We want our students to have a positive attitude towards learning and have strong communication skills.

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  • Core Concepts

    The overall philosophy of the MYP is expressed through three fundamental concepts that support and strengthen all areas of the curriculum:
     
    • Intercultural Awareness – understanding the interconnectedness of ourselves and others and our relative place in the world
    • Holistic Learning – educating the academic, social, physical, emotional and ethical
    • Communication – in more than one language and through written, graphic, speech, physical and digital methodologies

  • Core Subjects

    Language A – English
    Language B – Second Language (French or Mandarin at Regular or Advanced levels)
    Humanities
    Sciences
    Mathematics
    Design
    Arts (Music, Art or Drama)
    Physical and Health Education

  • Personalized Learning

    In the final year of the MYP Programme, each student completes a Personal Project, which is a significant piece of work that is the product of the student's own initiative and creativity. Each project must reflect a personal understanding of a Global Context. Students are expected to develop their project fully, which can take many forms, under the supervision of a teacher in the school. The Personal Project involves planning, research and a high degree of personal reflection.

Highlights

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  • Lifelong Learning

    Our students build on their natural curiosity in each of their subjects and in the connected co-curricular and athletic programmes. Students become critical thinkers who are able to analyze and evaluate situations and issues, come up with new ideas and consider different perspectives. As they move through the MYP they acquire the skills of self-management, reflection and collaboration that will be essential to them as they become lifelong learners.

  • Breadth and Depth of Learning

    Our students explore different subjects separately from each other and in combined inter-disciplenary units. They use an inquiry based approach to move from existing knowledge and ideas to new integrated and deeper understandings of how to connect their conceptual knowledge to real world situations and problems. In this way, our students see the direct and indirect links between subject areas and gain critical insights which help them succeed in the Diploma Programme and at university.

  • Exploration of Talents

    Throughout the MYP, students are given opportunities to explore what interests them. This culminates in Grade 10 with the Personal Project, where students spend the year honing and developing new skills and interests that are then shared with the wider school and local community.

  • Development of Skills

    Our students develop the skills that will see them to success beyond high school; at university, in professions and in life outside of academics. They learn the skills to organize, plan, meet deadlines, concentrate, bounce back, persist and think positively about themselves, friends, family and work. Students are guided to cultivate these ‘approaches to learning’ by their teachers as they move through the MYP.

  • Creating the Well-Rounded Student

    Through their eight subject areas, athletic and co-curricular activities and their service projects, students are guided in all areas of their development to become balanced and well-rounded individuals.

More Information

St. John's School

Telephone: 604 732 4434
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