The MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents.

The MYP is a challenging framework that encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world, laying the foundation for college success.

Language Acquisition

Language acquisition

The study of additional languages in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) provides students with the opportunity to develop insights into the features, processes and craft of language and the concept of culture, and to realize that there are diverse ways of living, viewing and behaving in the world.

Language and literature

Middle Years Programme (MYP) language and literature courses develop skills in six areas. The six skill areas are: Listening, Speaking, Reading., Writing, Viewing, and Presenting. Inquiry is at the heart of MYP language learning, and aims to support students’ understanding by providing them with opportunities to independently and collaboratively investigate, take action and reflect on their learning.

Individuals and societies

Individuals and societies incorporates disciplines traditionally studied in the humanities, as well as disciplines in the social sciences. In this subject group, students collect, describe and analyse data used in studies of societies, test hypotheses, and learn how to interpret complex information, including original source material.

Sciences

The Middle Years Programme (MYP) sciences framework encourages students to investigate issues through research, observation and experimentation, working independently and collaboratively. As they investigate real examples of science application, students will discover the tensions and dependencies between science and morality, ethics, culture, economics, politics, and the environment.

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Mathematics

The MYP mathematics framework encompasses number, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, statistics and probability. Students in the MYP learn how to represent information, to explore and model situations, and to find solutions to familiar and unfamiliar problems. These are skills that are useful in a wide range of arenas, including social sciences and the arts.

Arts

Students develop through creating, performing and presenting arts in ways that engage and convey feelings, experiences and ideas. It is through this practice that students acquire new skills and master those skills developed in prior learning. Students have opportunities to function as artists, as well as learners of the arts.

Physical and health education

Physical and health education empowers students to understand and appreciate the value of being physically active and to develop the motivation for making healthy life choices. Students focus on both learning about and learning through physical activity.

Design

As part of the Middle Years Programme (MYP), design challenges all students to: apply practical and creative thinking skills to solve design problems, explore the role of design in both historical and contemporary contexts, and consider their responsibilities when making design decisions and taking action. MYP design focuses a holistic design process rather than final products and solutions.

For example, during Spanish students learn about the people of Venezuela and Venezuelan Culture through the novels they are reading. In Art class, they simultaneously learn about Venezuelan art, and then move on to design Venezuelan inspired ceramic bowls, that they then sell to raise money for Venezuelan people in need.

MYP Curriculum

MYP Curriculum

The MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents.

Language Acquisition