SERVICE AS ACTION

SA is about raising students’ awareness about problems that occur in different types of communities: family, school, city, country and world. It provides students with an opportunity to explore these communities, find their place in them, and make an impact.

Service requires that students are able to build authentic connections between what they learn in the classroom and what they encounter in the community. Meaningful service includes interaction, such as building links with individuals or groups in the community.

Students are introduced to the obligatory Service as Action activities at the beginning of a school year.

PERSONAL PROJECT

Personal project is a significant body of work produced over an extended period. It is a product of students’ own initiative and should reflect their experience of the MYP. The personal project holds a very important place in the programme. It provides an excellent opportunity for students to produce a truly creative piece of work of their own choice and to demonstrate the skills they have learned in approaches to learning.

It provides an opportunity for students to select a topic or theme about which they are enthusiastic, and to show commitment to the completion of their own project. It is designed to assess their ability to organize and create.