International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Programme (MYP), Sotogrande International School Spain, private English school Sotogrande, Cadiz, Costa de la Luz, Spain.

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The International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Sotogrande International School has gained full authorisation to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP). The MYP is a programme of international education designed for students aged 11 to 16; a period that is a particularly critical phase of personal and intellectual development. The programme aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills necessary to participate actively and responsibly in an interrelated, complex and changing world. Learning how to learn and how to evaluate information critically is as important as learning facts. The MYP builds on the work of the Primary School (the IB Primary Years Programme) and prepares students for entry to the IB Diploma Programme (D1 and D2), a universally recognised rigorous, academic course which allows students to gain entry to universities and colleges world-wide.

The SIS mission statement, "We inspire learning and intercultural understanding, enriqueciendo la vida de nuestros niños y nuestro mundo"Intercultural understanding is central to the programme, as it recognises the importance of helping students to understand the nature of the world in which we live and, importantly, to help develop a personal value system that will enable them to live as proactive members of their local community and the world at large.

The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who recognise our common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet and help to create a better and more peaceful world. The IB learner profile is expressed as a series of desired attitudes and attributes that characterise successful learners and global citizens.

SIS has adapted the IB learner profile and, whilst retaining its essential features, made it uniquely applicable to our school. The SIS Values make an explicit link between our mission statement and what we do in practice. They clarify the attitudes and attributes we think are important in order to develop global citizens and achieve excellence, while also linking assessment and the teaching programmes to the mission statement. The SIS values are an explicit, fundamental component of our MYP.