Middle School
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
Overview
The IB MYP is a programme of international education designed for students aged 11 to 16, a period that is a particularly critical phase of personal and intellectual development. The programme aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, and skills necessary to participate actively and responsibly in an interrelated, complex, and changing world. Learning how to learn and how to evaluate information critically is as important as learning facts. The IB MYP builds on the work of the Primary Years Programme and prepares students for entry to the IB Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme, a universally recognized rigorous, academic course that allows students to gain entry to universities and colleges worldwide.
Through the MYP, our learners are also challenged to excel in their personal development. MYP at GHA offers a broad rich curriculum that comprises eight subject groups. Teaching and learning involve learning concepts that act as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local, and global significance and examine knowledge holistically and in a context that allows learners to connect to their lives and their experience of the world that they have experienced.
Approach To Teaching
Global Contexts: Teaching is framed within global themes that connect learning in real-world contexts. Our units are specifically designed to cater to the following key areas;
Concepts: Exploration of key concepts that promote interdisciplinary understanding and critical thinking.
Approaches to Learning (ATL): Development of essential skills, such as communication, research, self-management, thinking, and social skills.
Service Learning: Encouragement of community engagement and active participation in service projects through Service as Action and Community Projects.
Assessment and Reporting
Criterion-Referenced
Assessment in the Middle School learning program follows the criterion-referenced approach, aligning with the IB MYP assessment principles.
learners are assessed against specified criteria and learning objectives, providing meaningful feedback on their progress and identifying areas for Improvement.
Formative and Summative Assessments: Ongoing formative assessments and Summative assessments are used to monitor and evaluate learner progress.
MYP Assessment Criteria: Each subject utilizes specific criteria aligned with the MYP objectives to assess learner performance.
Levels of Achievement: Assessment is based on a four-point scale (1-4) that indicates learners' levels of achievement in relation to the criteria.
Administration
Ms. Flavia Owambo
Principal
Mr. Benon
Vice Principal
Mr. Frederic Nduwayo
Vice Principal