Students at Brookes Moscow read fiction and non fiction, poetry, drama and folklore from a wide variety of cultures, ages and locations and explore their own identity through language and literature.
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Outstanding MYP Results
Average Points
42
37,48
world average
56 highest possible
Average Grade for Exams
5,18
7 highest possible
Average for Personal Project
4,93
4,02
world average
7 highest possible
MYP Graduates 2023
Middle Years Programme in the IB Curriculum
Guided by the IB mission to develop active, compassionate and lifelong learners, IB learner profile serves as a preparation of IB students for the world, to make exceptional contributions to local, national and global communities.
In Brookes Moscow, we ensure our students’ academic goals are achievable through implicit and explicit teaching of approaches to learning (ATL) skills, by «learning how to learn». As a result, our students become lifelong learners with strongly developed academic mindsets, who readily engage in productive behaviour, work collaboratively, identify problems and create solutions, respect differences among themselves, discover independence in thinking and action, become self-regulated, intrinsically motivated learners, pursue personal aspirations, set challenging goals and develop the persistence to achieve those goals, make reasoned ethical judgments and acquire the flexibility, perseverance and confidence needed in order to bring about meaningful change.
Distinctive Features of the MYP
At the core of all IB Programmes is the learner profile, 10 attributes fostered in students that promote their development as responsible members of their local, national and global communities. IB learners strive to be inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators,
principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective.
In the MYP, students study 8 subject groups, with a minimum of 50 hours for Years 7 to 9, and 70 hours for Years 10 and 11.
Distinctive features of the MYP include:
Key and Related Concepts
Key and related concepts are big ideas, which form the basis of
teaching and learning in the MYP. They ensure breadth and depth in
the curriculum and promote learning within and across traditional
disciplines
Global Context
Global contexts provide shared starting points for inquiry into what
it means to be internationally minded, framing a curriculum that
promotes multilingualism, intercultural understanding and global
engagement
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Approaches to teaching and learning, a unifying thread throughout
all MYP subject groups, are skills which help students manage their
own learning. They provide a foundation for success in further
education and the world beyond the classroom
Action and Service
Action and service, essential components of the MYP, set out clear
learning outcomes that grow from students’ participation in local
and global communities. MYP projects are informed by respected
models of service learning and provide stepping stones toward the
Diploma Programme’s core requirements for Creativity, Action and
Service (CAS)
The Personal Project
The personal project, for students completing the programme
in MYP Year 5, is a culminating experience in which students apply their
approaches to learning skills to complete an extended, self-directed
piece of work. This required component provides opportunities for
creative and truly personal demonstrations of learning
IB MYP Curriculum
The MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents. Students take the core courses of language and literature, individuals and societies, mathematics, sciences, physical and health education, language acquisition, arts, and design. A unique feature of the programme is that it extends the traditional curriculum to include immersion in four themes — approaches to teaching and approaches to learning, global contexts and concepts.
Language learning in Brookes Moscow is given a prominent focus. Students are encouraged to continue learning their mother tongue as well as take up new languages. In their first year of the MYP LA studies, students explore the languages in a carousel and finalize the one language they would like to continue throughout their middle years program. This builds the students' language portfolio and better prepares them for their future career goals.
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The Individual and Societies classes open up doors to the past, present and future, allow them to explore historical and contemporary issues, know and respect different systems and develop into open-minded, inquiring and knowledgeable students.
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Learning science in a fun and motivating environment helps nurture the students’ minds and develop them into scientifically and technologically literate members of society who form opinions on the bases of evidence and reason. Our science classes provide opportunities for scientific explorations and discoveries.
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One of the most favourite and most popular subjects in Brookes Moscow, Mathematics helps to develop students’ thinking skills through the understanding of key concepts in math and through practical applications.
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The teachers in this class help students attain their highest creativity in music, visual art, media, drama. Regular performances allow the school community to appreciate Art in general and add colours to the world.
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Appreciation of both product and digital design helps the students better understand various applications and develop their design thinking skills through practical applications in highly developed design laboratories.
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This subject helps the students maintain a balanced lifestyle where they understand the necessity of having a healthy mind in a healthy body. Sport helps the students develop resilience and a healthy habit.
PDFIB MYP e-ASSESSMENT
MYP e-Assessments offer students the opportunity to demonstrate disciplinary and interdisciplinary understanding, international-mindedness, critical and creative thinking, problem-solving skills and the ability to apply knowledge in unfamiliar situations. This electronic assessment is a reliable, globally consistent and highly innovative assessment model that helps achieve greater student outcomes, provides quality assurance and earns an internationally-recognized certificate.
Students seeking IB MYP course results or the IB MYP certificate must complete end-of-programme on-screen examinations, which demonstrate their achievement of course objectives in the following disciplines:
Sciences [Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Integrated Science]
Students will submit an e-Portfolio for:
Language Acquisition (speaking component)
Arts (Visual: Visual Arts, Media; or Performing: Drama, Music)
Design: Digital or Product Design
MYP Personal Project Exhibition 2022
The aims of the MYP projects are to encourage and enable students to:
- participate in a sustained, self-directed inquiry within a global context
- generate creative new insights and develop deeper understandings through in-depth investigation
- demonstrate the skills, attitudes, and knowledge required to complete a project over an extended period of time
- communicate effectively in a variety of situations
- demonstrate responsible action through or as a result of, learning
- appreciate the process of learning and take pride in their accomplishments.
Students must identify a global context for their MYP projects to establish their relevance and significance. The following global contexts direct learning towards independent inquiry.
- Identities and relationships
- Orientation in space and time
- Personal and cultural expression
- Scientific and technical innovation
- Globalization and sustainability
- Fairness and development.
MYP projects involve students in a wide range of student-planned learning activities that extend knowledge and understanding and develop important academic and personal skills.
What is the Community Project?
The Community Project is an important service and action project.
It is a mandatory part of IB MYP in Brookes Moscow whereby all students in Year 9 complete an inquiry-based project that showcases their understanding of Global contexts.
The students choose a community and serve it to the best of their abilities by investigating a need within a community and addressing that need through advocacy, research, direct or indirect service.
Community Project gives an opportunity to students to engage in service learning and demonstrate their approaches to learning skills. This journey helps the students to develop a deeper sense of empathy and develop a deeper understanding of one’s role in the community, both local and global. Community Project enables our students to engage in practical explorations through cycle of inquiry, action and reflection.
What is the Personal Project?
The MYP personal project is a student-centered and age-appropriate practical exploration in which students consolidate their learning throughout the programme. This long-term project is designed as an independent learning experience. The personal project formally assesses students’ ATL skills for self-management, research, communication, critical and creative thinking, and collaboration.
The personal project encourages students to practice and strengthen their ATL skills, connect classroom learning engagements with personal experience, and develop their own interests for lifelong learning.
Year 11 students must successfully complete the internally marked but externally moderated personal project to be eligible for IB MYP course results and the IB MYP certificate.
