MIDDLE YEARS LEARNING AT HKA
The IB MYP organises teaching and learning into eight subject groups. Within each group, students develop subject-specific skills and understandings that are transferable to a wide range of learning contexts. The concepts identified within the IB MYP subject groups are revisited each year, ensuring that students have multiple opportunities to make connections within and across each subject area.
To bring learning to life in these eight subject groups, our teachers use the following IB MYP drivers to create a globally-minded curriculum:
OUR PROJECT-BASED APPROACH
Authenticity and transferability are key to creating meaningful learning experiences that stick with students.
At HKA, our units of study are designed to move students’ thinking out of the classroom and into the world by applying what they are learning in local, regional and global contexts.To ensure students can also apply their learning across subjects, HKA subject teachers collaborate across disciplines to create Interdisciplinary Units. These projects help students make connections, apply their learning in new contexts and deepen their understanding of why what they are learning today will be relevant tomorrow.
Built in Flexibility and Choice
In Grade 6 to 8 HKA’s Science, and Individuals and Societies classes are integrated courses, and students also study one term per year each of Visual Arts, Drama and Music. In Grade 9 and 10 HKA splits Science into Biology, Chemistry and Physics units, and Individuals and Societies into Geography, History, Economics and Psychology units. Grade 9 and 10 students also select which Arts they wish to focus on and can access Advanced Mathematics classes. To further support our students in understanding themselves as learners, all students in Grades 6 to 10 attend daily Flex classes enabling them to explore new skills, create student-led projects, work with students from other grade levels and develop their learning profile with a bespoke schedule.
THE MYP PERSONAL PROJECT AT HKA
In Grade 10, the IB MYP Personal Project provides every student with an opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills they have developed through an independent, interest-driven project. Over several months, students investigate a product they want to create or an outcome they want to achieve, plan out criteria for success and a production timeline, take action to bring the product or outcome to life and reflect on their learning journey throughout the process. Students are supported by a supervisor who mentors them through the IB MYP Personal Project and showcases their products in an annual exhibition.
PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL YEARS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
Our Grade 10 students are ready to pursue the pathway to graduation that best aligns with their current priorities and future ambitions.
As they complete the IB MYP, and having built their critical thinking skills and grown as reflective, self-directed learners, HKA students are well-prepared for the successful completion of their Secondary School education. Whether they graduate with an HKA Diploma or opt to pursue additional external recognition through the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP), our students have a strong foundation upon which they can build upon now as well as in planning for post-secondary opportunities.
