This site gives you information about the Middle Years Programme (MYP) at ISH. You can navigate from the menu at the top to learn more.
The MYP Division Lead is Minna Tammivuori-Piraux. She can be reached at minnat@ishelsinki.fi
Information about applying to ISH can be found on the school website.
The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a curriculum framework providing a broad and balanced education for learners aged 11–16. The MYP is designed to encourage students to make connections between all subject areas, link their learning to the world around them, and become critical and reflective thinkers. At the ISH we offer the MYP as a full 5-year programme from Grade 6 to 10.
In addition to the understandings and skills acquired in different MYP subjects, ISH designs its curriculum to encourage all students to develop the capacities of the IB Learner profile. As the IB website says,
The profile aims to develop learners who are:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
At ISH, we know that these skills and attributes, when applied in balance, will result in academic success and quality of life.
In all aspects of school life, in the classroom and beyond, students will be expected to develop international mindedness as defined by ISH:
Promoting international mindedness is working with students to help them develop the ability to look at things in a broader context. It is about understanding the effects of global events and how they apply to local environments. It is about developing an understanding that the beginning of resolution to world issues is in action, action that is forged by a passion for learning and tempered with an understanding that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
The Middle Years programme and other opportunities will assist students develop attributes of global leadership.
We believe in creating an environment and a set of learning experiences that fulfils the vision statement for the International School of Helsinki:
We empower our students and inspire each other to take thoughtful action.
The ISH vision guides us in supporting MYP students who are in the process of establishing their personal identity, building their self-esteem and exploring their learning preferences.
