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Canadian International School of Hefei

Welcome to MYP

As an IB Candidate school,

this is the framework we will

be developing and

implementing at CISH

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Make sure the child attends school regularly and on time.

Monitor the child’s progress through the MYP student portfolio and contact the school if you need clarification

Reading, watching or listening to national and international news and discussing their

impact

Asking student open-ended questions to allow them to define and express their opinions

Encouraging and assisting your child in becoming more involved in community, service

and school activities.

How can parents help?

For more information, go

to our website,

www.cish.com.cn and

select the tab for

academics.

Check the website for

upcoming events.

Set up a routine.

Check homework.

Canadian International School of Hefei is a candidate school* for the

Middle Years Programme. This school s pursuing authorization as an

IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy –

a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that

Canadian International School of Hefei believes is important for our

students.

*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its

three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the

Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the Diploma Programme ( and in

addition the IB Career-related Certificate). Candidate status gives no

guarantee that authorization will be granted.

For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit

http://www.ibo.org



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Serving Sizes

International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme

IB offers 3 self contained but coherent programmes. Each program challenges and encourages

the student to embrace and understand connections between subjects and the interconnection to

the real world. All programmes have the foundation of the values known as the IB Learner

Profile.

MYP is the Middle Years Programme and it is part of the International

Baccalaureate (IB). MYP is a 5 year program from Grade 6 to 10. It

stresses academic challenges and life skills.

The middle school years are often called the roller coaster years due to

challenges like puberty, learning to take control of learning, making moral

and ethical decisions and a sense of individuality. Middle school is a

critical phase of personal and intellectual development and the MYP helps

students participate actively and responsibly in a changing and

increasingly interrelated world.


Primary Years Program (PYP)

The core components:

• Transdisciplinary

• Program of Inquiry

• Action

• Approaches to Learning (ATLs)

• Exhibition

Middle Years Program (MYP)


• Interdisciplinary

• Inquiry & Conceptual-Based Learning

• Global Context

• Service as Action

• Approaches to Learning (ATLs)

• Personal Project (PP)

Diploma Program (DP)


• Concurrency of Learning

• Theory of Knowledge (TOK)

• Creativity, Action and Service (CAS)

• Approaches to Teaching and Learning

(ATTLs)

• Extended Essay (EE)


What is MYP?

Can you spot the other connections between the 3

programmes?



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Approaches to Learning (ATL)

IB Learner Profile

At the heart of the IB is the “learner profile”, a long-term, holistic vision

of education that underpins all 3 programmes and puts the student at the

center of everything we do. The learner profile is the IB mission

statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.

The ten aspirational qualities of the learner profile inspire and motivate

the work of teachers, students and schools, providing a statement of the

aims and values of the IB and a definition of what we mean by

“international-mindedness”.

The learner profile unites us all with a common focus: on the whole

person, as a lifelong learner. It applies to us all - student, teacher, parent or

administrator - for we are all continually learning.

At CISH we work at developing the learner profile in and out of the

classroom. It’s something that we value deeply at the school and

recognize on a regular basis.

In PYP, students are introduced to

Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills but

they are developed and mastered in MYP

and DP. ATL skills are “tools for

learning” and are applicable to all

subjects. All MYP units of work offer

opportunities for students to develop and

practice ATL skills. ATL skills provide

valuable support for students working to

meet the subject aims and objectives.

The MYP extends ATL

skills categories into 10

developmentally

appropriate clusters.

ATL skills are

interconnected;

individual skills and

skill clusters that

frequently overlap and

may be relevant to more

than one skill category.

What are the ATL skills?



All students:

• Take annual courses in

• Mathematics

• Science

• Individuals and Societies

• Language and Literature (English, Chinese)

• Language Acquisition (English, Chinese)

• Design (Technology)

• Physical and Health Education (PHE)

• Music

• Art

• Take an MYP class once a week to reinforce ATL skills and to find more success in MYP

The MYP provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills for middle school students.

MYP is a framework not a curriculum. The curriculum used is Canadian from the province of New Brunswick.

How MYP is structured at CISH



MYP at CISH

1-to-1 Laptop Program

Timetable of an MYP student:

The Middle School timetable is designed to meet the needs of the MYP students.

• The schedule rotates on a 5-day cycle.

• Each day there are 6 periods

• Each period is 55 minutes

MYP Class:

For each MYP student, one period per week is dedicated to the MYP. This is a class that is team

taught by our MYP trained teachers. This class focuses on helping students succeed in the MYP by reinforcing MYP elements such as:

Learning through

Inquiry

Key Concepts Approaches to

Learning (ATL skills)

Global Contexts Service as Action Personal Project

A link to the New Brunswick Curriculum Documents can be

found on our school’s website. By following these

Curriculum Documents we are able to provide not just an IB

Education but a Canadian one and therefore be able to offer

Canadian High School Diplomas to our students in grade 12.

To enhance student learning by enabling student’s unparalleled access to the benefits of technology as an educational tool.

Every MYP student must have a laptop that meets minimum specifications.

Please check with IT Services about specifications.


The Purpose of Assessment

Assessment needs to support and encourage student learning by providing feedback on the learning

process. Assessment should inform, enhance and improve the teaching process. It should also

promote a deep understanding of subject content by supporting students in their inquires set in the real world using Global Contexts.

This is done by using Criteria-Related Assessments. Each subject assesses their content using

criteria. Assessing using criteria gives the student and teacher a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses of the student and where to focus on for future lessons.

Each subject has 4 criteria. Criterion differ based on the subject but all criteria is weighted out of 8.

Throughout the year, students have assignments that use rubrics to assess the criterion. There are no

percentages given in MYP. The rubrics have a scale from 0 to 8. The student is assigned a grade based on meeting the descriptors in the rubrics.

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MYP Assessments

Best Fit

For each criterion within each subject group the student earns a level of achievement.

The level of achievement a student earns at the end of each semester is based on a Best Fit Approach.

To determine the Best Fit a teacher reviews all the work a student has completed throughout the

year for a given criteria and determine the level of achievement that most accurately represents the student’s ability.

Once the Best Fit is determined for each criteria, they are added up. The sum for all the criteria is

32. Teachers use the conversion chart below to determine the final grade for the student.

The final subject grade

A Final Grade can only be determined at the end of the year. This will be given in the June Report

Card. However, the January Progress Report will provide a predicted grade for students to give them an idea of where they’re at.

The four criterion are added

together and converted to a

grade from 1 to 7.

This table describes what

the grades from 1 to 7

mean in the most

simplistic way.



MYP is not just about academics. It also works to develop the whole child and the characteristics of

the IB Learner. This is accomplished in a variety of ways through the Community and Service

program. Below are some opportunities that students entering Grade 6 can take advantage of to

complete their Community and Service component of MYP.

In-school Initiatives

Science Fair from Grade 6 to 9

Personal Project in Grade 10

Field Trips and Educational Tours

Math Contests and Competitions

Athletic Events (Ex. Sports Day)

Charitable Events (ex. Oscar Charity Concert)

After School Activities (ASA)

Personal Project

At the end of each IB program, there is a culminating project. In the MYP, this project is an

independent piece of work. The purpose is for students to study a topic that they are personally

interested in but never had the chance to study. It also allows them to demonstrate how they have

developed as a learner.



CISH in Action

Eligible students may participate in a variety of clubs. These are a few examples of what’s offered at CISH:

• Student Council

• Leadership Development

• Environmental Club

• Sports Teams like Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Swimming, Badminton, Tennis and many more

• Drama club

• Newspaper

• Art Club

• Yearbook

• Cheerleading

• Piano

• Dance Club

• Mentoring

• School Band
