Questions Related to MYP Programme

Caroline Hazel, MYP Coordinator at ACS Egham answers:

If you had to pick an education programme for your 14 year old?

What sort of family does the MYP appeal to?

How does the MYP avoid 'teaching to the test'?

Teaching and learning the MYP in comparison to other exam systems
for 11 to 16 years olds?

Is the MYP good preparation for university and the world of work?

Introduction to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes

MRSM Tun Mohammad Fuad Stephens will be adopting International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes in their curriculum starting January 2015.

Why the Middle Years Programme?

In today's fast-paced, interconnected world, students need a sophisticated combination of knowledge, skills and personal attributes to prepare for success, achieve personal growth and lead lives with meaning.

Introduced in 1994, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) is part of an educational continuum that emphasizes concepts, ideas and issues that cross disciplinary, cultural, national and geographical boundaries. Within a coherent, comprehensive curriculum framework, the MYP provides academic challenge and encourage development of life skills on which students rely throughout the course of independent, purpose-driven lives.

"Student learning in the MYP focuses on taking one's place in communities, acting in new contexts, making informed choices about one's own welfare, interacting with the world and considering the consequences of human thought and action."
- Judith Fabian, IB Chief Academic Officer

Overview - IB Middle Years Programme

If you wish to see more IB videos, click here.

Best Homeroom for Activity Week

Homeroom Advisor 2014

FORM 1

HOMEROOM	DEDICATED ADVISOR
AMAZING	MS NORIZATI BINTI SALEH
BRILLIANT	MR SAFARUDIN BIN HEMPENG
CREATIVE	MS NUR ASYIKIN BINTI MOHD ISMAIL
DYNAMIC	MS MARRY LALIM
ELITE	MS HAMINA BINTI LASUNU
FUTURISTIC	MS RABIATUL ADAWIAH BINTI MUSTAFAR
GENEROUS	MS DIANA EVELYN ANAK MANDAI
HONEST	MS HARTINI BINTI JUBIDI
INDEPENDENT	MR ANDI MUHD ARISSYAHBAN BIN ANDI MOHD ARIFFIN
JUBILANT	MS NUR ASILLA BINTI HASNOL PUAD

FORM 2

HOMEROOM	DEDICATED ADVISOR
AMAZING	MR MOHAMAD AZLI BIN MOHAMAD ALIP
BRILLIANT	MS BALQIS BINTI LUQMAN
CREATIVE	MS ROSLINAWATI BINTI ARAFEE
DYNAMIC	MS CHIN TZE OI
ELITE	MS NURUL AQIDAH BINTI SULAIMAN
FUTURISTIC	MR NIK RAZIP BIN NIK MOHAMAD

FORM 4

HOMEROOM	DEDICATED ADVISOR
AMAZING	MS ALYA BINTI ABDUL JAINI
BRILLIANT	MR MOHD GHANI BIN MARUJI
CREATIVE	MS HALILAH BINTI IBRAHIM
DYNAMIC	MS ARIFAH BINTI HUSSAIN
ELITE	MS NURAFIDA BINTI ABU BAKAR
FUTURISTIC	MS NURMAIZATULHANIM BINTI OTHMAN
GENEROUS	MS NOOR NAZUHA BINTI MOHD NOOR
HONEST	MR MOHD ALIFF BIN OTHMAN
INDEPENDENT	MS SITI HAJAR BINTI ISMAIL
JUBILANT	MR MOHD HASMAN FAIRUS BIN OTHMAN
KIND	MR KHAIROL NAIM BIN ABD RAHMAN DAIRI
LOYAL	MR MCMANUS SING
MAGNIFICENT	MR ZUMADI BIN ANDI MAKKARASENG

FORM 5

HOMEROOM	DEDICATED ADVISOR
AMAZING	MS NURDIYANA ABD LATIF
BRILLIANT	MS FARAH BINTI AB AZIZ
CREATIVE	MS MAIZATUL FAZILLAH BINTI JENING
DYNAMIC	MS RIANTY BINTI ALIK
ELITE	MS NORLIA BINTI MOHAMED RAZALI
FUTURISTIC	MS MARIA BINTI SABARI
GENEROUS	MS HAZIAH BINTI SAIRIN
HONEST	MR JUANIS MAJILI
INDEPENDENT	MR MOHD DZULKIFLI BIN MAHAT
JUBILANT	MS NORSHAHIDAH BINTI OSMAN
KIND	MS NUR AZUA BINTI ABDUL SAMAT
LOYAL	MR MASJURAIQAIS BIN CHE SOH

The Advantages of Homeroom Guidance

Modified from an article by Renee Williams, eHow Contributor

A homeroom is a session in which students may occasionally or daily get important information from the school. A homeroom period can also be a session in which students interact with a teacher who provides emotional guidance. Homerooms also allow students to interact with each other and the teacher without necessarily having an academic lesson.

1. Consistency

The homeroom teacher who sees the students on a regular basis can provide consistent emotional help throughout the school year. This consistency and stability is especially helpful for students who have unstable home lives. Students look forward to attending school when they know that they can spend time with friends in homeroom and receive consistent guidance from their homeroom teacher.

2. Trust

As students get to know the homeroom teacher, the students are more likely to trust the teacher. When the student has a problem or concern, he will open up to the homeroom teacher. In some cases the homeroom teacher may be the only person who the child trusts, especially when the teacher is viewed as a fair and respected person in the child's life.

3. Specialized Training

In some schools, homeroom teachers receive professional development to help students during emotional crisis, just as a counselor will assist the students. Most schools have a few counselors to work with hundreds of students. Trained homeroom teachers can have a more meaningful bond with the students due to a lower teacher-student ratio compared to the counselor-student ratio.

4. Knowledge of Home Life

Homeroom teachers who develop a relationship with the student's parents, through phone calls and parent meetings, know more about the student's life at home and can help the child cope with life's challenges and successes. This background knowledge can also provide insight to the child's other teachers to give them direction on how to give the child the extra motivation or patience needed to help her succeed in school.

5. Stress-Free Environment

Students are not given subject related assignments during the homeroom period. Instead, the homeroom session is used to teach character development or to relay information from the school. This stress-free environment allows students to open up, relax and be themselves without academic judgment. A stress-free environment provides an important forum for discussion and social development.

6. Career Planning

Homeroom guidance can also be a time to help students decide on their future careers. Homeroom teachers can use a variety of questionnaires to aid in assessing students' strengths and weaknesses. Students can then use this information to enroll in appropriate enrichment courses. Homeroom teachers can help with the course enrollment process as well.

Bring Out The Best In You

Amazing (incredible)

extremely surprising, very good

Brilliant (talented)

very good, extremely clever or skilled

Creative (imaginative)

producing or using original and unusual ideas

Dynamic (active)

having a lot of ideas and enthusiasm, energetic and forceful

Elite (selected)

a group of excellent

Futuristic (advanced)

very modern, intended or seeming to come from some imagined time in the future

Generous (bighearted)

willing to help, kindness, especially more than is usual or expected

Honest (sincere)

telling the truth or able to be trusted

Independent (autonomous)

not influenced by other people, events or things

Jubilant (delighted)

feeling or expressing great happiness, especially because of a success

Kind (caring)

helpful and thinking about other people’s feelings

Loyal (faithful)

firm and not changing in your support for a person or an organization, or in your belief in your principles

Magnificent (excellent)

Very good, beautiful or deserving to be admired

Noble (admirable)

Moral in an honest, brave and not selfish way

Reference - Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Third Edition