Middle Years Programme (MYP)

For students aged 12 to 16 we offer:

• highly dedicated and qualified teaching staff who provide a healthy balance between academic challenge and supportive student-teacher relationship
• daily communication regarding classwork and homework
• opportunity to learn other languages, i.e. Spanish and French
• organized educational excursions overseas
• excellent Norwegian language and cultural programmes
• a smooth transition to and from other international, national and local schools
• preparation for students to enter the IB Diploma Programme.

What will my child learn in the MYP at KIS?

The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) provides a framework of academic challenge, which encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers.

The MYP:

• encourages international-mindedness, starting with a foundation in their own language and culture
• encourages a positive attitude to learning by challenging students to solve problems, show creativity and resourcefulness, and participate actively in their communities
• emphasizes holistic learning, understanding that all knowledge is interrelated and reflects real life, by providing a framework that allows students to see the connections among the subjects, and between the subjects and real issues
• supports the development of communication skills to encourage inquiry, understanding, language acquisition, and to allow student reflection and expression
• emphasizes, through the learner profile, development of the "whole student", physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.

The programme consists of eight subject groups, integrated through five areas of interaction, which provide a framework for learning within and across the subject. In the final year of the programme, students also engage in a Personal Project, which allows them to demonstrate the understanding and skills they have developed throughout the programme.

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