This document summarizes a parent coffee morning about the Middle Years Programme (MYP) at the school. It discusses the MYP overview and focus on intercultural awareness and holistic education. It also outlines the school's approach to assessment, which includes criterion-based assessments, formative feedback, and developing student approaches to learning skills. Finally, it discusses service as action and how students develop important skills like collaboration, organization, and critical thinking through the MYP.

1. MYP Parent Coffee Morning
25.09.14

2. Outline
• MYP overview
• Assessment in the MYP
• ATL skills
• Service as action

3. KWL: What do I know? What do I wonder? What have
I learned?
http://onnetwork.facinghistory.org/bulletin-board/post-it-note/

4. Middle Years Programme
Intercultural awareness Holistic education Communication

6. Assessment
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7. Principles of assessment
• To support student learning
• Criterion based model
• Variety of assessment methods
• Develop approaches to learning skills
• Provides opportunities for reflection on and
ownership of learning

8. Where
am I
going?
Where
am I
now?
How do
I close
the gap?

10. Brainstorm
What
makes a
good
restaurant?
?
? ?
?

11. Assessment cont.
• Each subject has 4 criteria
• Each criteria is out of a total of 8
• Grade at end of semester is from 1 - 7

12. Reporting at LIS
• Written reports (Jan 30 and June 11)
• ATL report (September 29 and February 20)
• Three-way conferences (October 2 and 3 and
February 25 and 26)
• Student-led conferences (April 30)
• Parents guide to assessment at LIS
http://www.lisluanda.com/secondary/myp/

13. Approaches to learning Skills
• Core of the programme
• Relevant
• Trans-disciplinary
• Report
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14. Communication skills Communication
Social skills Collaboration
Self-management Organisation
Affective skills
Reflection skills
Research Information literacy
Media literacy
Thinking Critical thinking skills
Creative thinking skills
Transfer

15. Skills we report on
• Works effectively in groups
• Works independently
• Organizes belongings and self
• Demonstrates active engagement in learning

16. B.A.R.
The acronym B.A.R can be
used to improve the design
of everyday objects. B =
bigger, A = add and R =
remove or replace

17. Service as Action

18. What
if?
You can ask virtually any
“what if” question (serious
or frivolous). Students
record their answers.

19. KWL: What have I learned?
http://onnetwork.facinghistory.org/bulletin-board/post-it-note/