Field Trips

Field trips are an integral part of the curriculum. Most trips take place during the school day to places and events of interest in and around Ulaanbaatar. In all cases parental permission forms must be signed and returned to the teacher before a student can participate. Appropriate clothing, good walking shoes and a water bottle are required.

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

Experiential education refers to learning by which students learn valuable concepts, skills and attitudes by being more actively, and often, physically involved in the learning activity.

The IB programme by its very nature is based strongly on experiential learning. ISU offers many opportunities for students to get involved in outdoor education, service learning, and environmental community-based projects that are forms of experiential education.

In the secondary school, students are involved in a variety of activities under the auspices of the MYP SA (Service as Action) programme, the DP CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) programme, and the YACs (Young Adventurers Clubs).

Week Without Walls At the start of each school year, all of the secondary students and teachers go on a week-long trip in their respective grade levels. This is called Week Without Walls (WWW). It is a wonderful learning opportunity for all of the students to experience Mongolian culture, history and environment and then, throughout their school year, incorporate their hands-on experiences from this week in their curricular learning, tying it all together with MYP units of inquiry, IB Learner profile and CAS.