The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme provides the framework for the curriculum at Skinners’ Kent Academy, initially in Junior House (Years 7 and 8), and then extending into the personalised pathways programme in Senior Houses (Years 9 -11). It provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and become critical and reflective thinkers. The programme:

• encourages international-mindedness in IB students, starting with a foundation in their own language and culture;
• promotes a positive attitude to learning by challenging students to solve problems, show creativity and resourcefulness, and participate actively in their communities;
• reflects real life by providing a framework that allows students to see the connections among the subjects themselves, and between the subjects and real issues;
• supports the development of communication skills to encourage enquiry, understanding and language acquisition, and to allow student reflection and expression;
• emphasises, through the learner profile, the development of the whole student – physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
• is exciting, innovative, meeting students’ personalised needs, satisfying all National Curriculum requirements and providing a framework for all national qualifications and accreditation, including GCSE.

The Learner Profile at the centre of the MYP identifies the attitudes and attributes that we are seeking to develop in Skinners’ Kent Academy students:

Five areas of interaction will provide a framework for learning within and across subjects:

• Approaches to Learning
• Community and Service
• Human Ingenuity
• Environment
• Health and Social Education

For more information on the Middle Years programme, please visit the IB website:

/http://www.ibo.org/myp/