![]() ![]() The MYP consists of eight subject groups: Language Acquisition (Spanish), Language and Literature, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, Arts (Visual Arts and Music), Physical and Health Education, and Design/Library. MYP teachers organize our curriculum with appropriate and intentional attention to: Global context: Scientific and technical innovation : adaptation, ingenuity and progress Statement of Inquiry: Applying scientific information when designing and adapting products can help to improve a user’s experience. 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 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. A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these skills help students learn how to learn.Action (learning by doing and experiencing) and service have always been shared values of the IB community and Vernon. 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. ![]() MYP Community Project: The MYP community project encourages students to explore their right and responsibility to implement service as action in the community. Students may complete the community project individually or in small groups. This is completed in grade 8, with intentional inquiry and action activities preparing current students in grades 6-7. Similar to the way Exhibition is the culminating learning experience for our PYP students in grade 5, the Community Project is the culmination of our students’ MYP experience.Language and identity – MYP students are required to learn at least two languages (language of instruction *English, Mandarin in grades K-4 and Spanish in grades 5-8).MYP global contexts provide common points of entry for inquiries into what it means to be internationally minded, framing a curriculum that promotes multilingualism, intercultural understanding and global engagement.Learning to communicate in a variety of ways is fundamental to their development of intercultural understanding and crucial to their identity affirmation. Why is it important for me to understand?.When teachers select a global context for learning, they are answering the following questions: The global contexts provide a common language for powerful contextual learning, identifying specific settings, events or circumstances that provide more concrete perspectives for teaching and learning. Teaching and learning in the MYP involves understanding concepts in context. ![]()
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