IB Middle Years Programme
A rigorous, inquiry-driven education for students in Grades 6–10: where critical thinking, intercultural understanding, and real-world connections prepare young learners for the IB Diploma and a lifetime of purposeful impact.
How students connect learning to the real world
The MYP at Tesla is designed to be challenging, empowering, and globally minded. Through inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning and real-world contexts, students develop intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
Approaches to Learning
Developing core skills that enable students to become independent, self-directed, and effective learners.
Concepts
Focusing on big ideas that deepen understanding and connect learning across subjects.
Global Contexts
Placing learning in real-world settings to help students understand their role in the world.
Service Learning
Connecting learning with action, fostering responsibility and meaningful contributions to the community.
Authentic Assessments
Assessing through real-life tasks, emphasizing application over memorization.
Connecting Subjects
Interdisciplinary learning that enables students to transfer knowledge and see the bigger picture.
What students learn
MYP students engage in eight subject groups, building a strong foundation while developing interdisciplinary connections.
Language and Literature
Developing analytical thinking, reading, writing, and communication across diverse texts.
Language Acquisition
Building proficiency in an additional language while enhancing intercultural communication.
Individuals and Societies
Exploring history, geography, and social sciences to understand how the world works.
Sciences
Investigating the natural world through inquiry, experimentation, and evidence-based thinking.
Mathematics
Developing logical reasoning, problem-solving, and real-world application.
Arts
Expressing ideas and emotions through visual arts, music, drama, and creative forms.
How we understand each child's progress
Assessment in the MYP is continuous, supporting, guiding, and recognizing student growth.
Ongoing feedback throughout learning
Continuous observation and timely support to guide learning pathways.
End-of-unit or term assessment
Measuring achievement against MYP criteria and the ability to apply learning.
Criteria-based assessment
Clear, transparent IB standards that help students understand goals and track progress.
How we understand each child's progress
Assessment in the MYP is continuous, supporting, guiding, and recognizing student growth.
Ongoing feedback throughout learning
Continuous observation and timely support to guide learning pathways.
End-of-unit or term assessment
Measuring achievement against MYP criteria and the ability to apply learning.
Criteria-based assessment
Clear, transparent IB standards that help students understand goals and track progress.
Approaches to learning
Five key skill groups that support independent learning and effective collaboration.
Express ideas clearly in various forms
Develop language across learning contexT
Listen and respond effectively
Approaches to learning
Five key skill groups that support independent learning and effective collaboration.
Express ideas clearly in various forms
Develop language across learning contexT
Listen and respond effectively
Ten attributes that shape the whole learner
These ten attributes are woven into everything we do in the Early Years programme by guiding how students think, act, and relate to the world around them.
Inquirers
Natural curiosity and research skills
Knowledgeable
Local and global concepts and ideas
Thinkers
Critical and creative problem-solving
Communicators
Multiple languages and modes
Principled
Integrity, honesty, and fairness
Open-minded
Respecting different perspectives
Caring
Empathy, compassion, and respect
Risk-takers
Courage in the face of uncertainty
Balanced
Intellectual, physical, emotional health
Reflective
Thoughtful about learning and growth
Inquirers
Natural curiosity and research skills
Knowledgeable
Local and global concepts and ideas
Thinkers
Critical and creative problem-solving
Communicators
Multiple languages and modes
Principled
Integrity, honesty, and fairness
Open-minded
Respecting different perspectives
Caring
Empathy, compassion, and respect
Risk-takers
Courage in the face of uncertainty
Balanced
Intellectual, physical, emotional health
Reflective
Thoughtful about learning and growth
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