Middle Years Programme Curriculum
What We Study
The Core of Learning: What we study
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) curriculum comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents.

MYP Subjects
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) encourages students to make connections between their learning and the world around them. Explore the eight subject groups and discover how each develops knowledge, skills, creativity, and real-world understanding.
📖 Language and Literature
Students develop strong reading, writing, speaking, and critical-thinking skills through literature and real-world texts. They learn to express ideas confidently, understand different perspectives, and communicate with purpose.
🌐 Language Acquisition
Teaching and learning additional languages, including Filipino and Chinese, develops students’ communication skills and intercultural understanding. Students may begin or exit the course at any phase of the continuum, according to their language proficiency and learning needs. Clear learning targets guide progression within each phase, supporting students in communicating confidently across cultures and contexts.
🌏 Individuals and Societies (I&S)
Through history, geography, economics, civics, and social sciences, students investigate how people, communities, and nations interact. They learn to analyze evidence, understand different perspectives, and make informed decisions about real-world issues.
🔬 Sciences
Science encourages students to explore how the world works through observation, experimentation, and evidence. Students develop curiosity, problem-solving skills, and scientific thinking that they can apply to challenges beyond the classroom.
➗ Mathematics
MYP Mathematics goes beyond memorizing formulas. Students develop reasoning, problem-solving, data analysis, and mathematical communication skills that help them understand patterns and make sense of real-world situations.
🎨 Arts
Through Theatre and Visual Arts, students explore creativity, culture, identity, and self-expression. In Grades 6 and 7, students experience both arts subjects before selecting their preferred Arts track and focus in Grade 9. Through these experiences, students develop imagination, confidence, collaboration, and the ability to communicate ideas through artistic forms.
🏃 Physical and Health Education (PHE)
Students develop physical skills, teamwork, resilience, and an understanding of healthy and active living. PHE encourages students to make responsible choices and develop lifelong habits that support their well-being.
💡 Design
Design challenges students to identify real-world problems and develop innovative solutions using the MYP Design Cycle. Students learn to research, plan, create, test, evaluate, and improve their solutions, developing creativity, digital skills, and practical problem-solving abilities while responding to real-world needs.
Approaches to Learning (ATL): What we can do

Approaches to Learning (ATL) Skills
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) helps students develop essential skills for learning and life. Through the Approaches to Learning (ATL), students strengthen their communication, collaboration, self-management, research, and thinking skills to become independent, reflective, and lifelong learners.
🗣️ Communication Skills
Students learn to communicate clearly through speaking, writing, reading, listening, and digital media. They develop confidence in expressing their ideas while learning to listen to and understand others.
Students become confident communicators who can share ideas with purpose.
🤝 Social Skills
Students develop collaboration skills by working effectively with others, sharing responsibilities, contributing ideas, and supporting one another towards shared goals. They learn to listen to and value different perspectives, give and receive constructive feedback, and manage disagreements respectfully and constructively.
Students become respectful team members who can contribute, cooperate, and lead.
⏰ Self-Management Skills
Students strengthen their organization, affective, and reflection skills. They learn to manage their time, organize tasks and resources, set meaningful goals, maintain motivation and resilience when facing challenges, and reflect on their learning and progress. As they become more aware of their strengths and areas for growth, students learn to evaluate their approaches, make adjustments, and take increasing responsibility for their own learning.
Students become organized, resilient, and reflective learners who take responsibility for their learning and know how to improve.
🔎 Research Skills
Students learn how to find, evaluate, organize, and use information responsibly. They develop information and media literacy skills, including recognizing reliable sources, understanding different viewpoints, and practicing academic honesty.
Students become responsible researchers who can make informed choices about information.
🧠 Thinking Skills
Students develop critical thinking, creative thinking, and transfer skills. They learn to analyze ideas, solve problems, make connections, generate new possibilities, and transfer what they have learned from one subject or situation to another.
Students become creative problem-solvers who can apply learning beyond the classroom.

